School and Heat

The two words in the title pretty much sum up the past week.  We went back to work and it was ridiculously hot!  We had workshops on Monday and Friday and the kids were in school Tues, Wed, Thurs.  The temp was close to 100* all week and our classrooms ran about 92*!  What an exhausting day to spend in that heat all day with kids.   It has cooled down today though thanks to Earl and we are looking at  a little more pleasant weather this week.  Some schools in NH were closing due to the heat - crazy!

One cute kid story from this week - I was doing lunch duty for Grade 1 and one of the little boys starts poking my belly and says, "Hey, are you growing a baby in your belly?"  I love the things kids come up with - they crack me up!

We are thankful for the long weekend as we are both exhausted.  No big plans which is very nice - going to putter around the house and so some more cleaning and organizing in preparation for Cupid's arrival.

Had an OB appt on Tuesday and everything is great - measuring well, blood pressure fine - etc.etc.   We go back on the 14th for our next appt and we also have the hospital Birth Center tour that night.  Time is going by quickly and it is only 7 weeks until I start Maternity Leave - YIKES!!! 

Enjoy your weekend everyone!

Independent

I tell you - our child is going to be one independent soul!!! Yet another ultrasound today where we still don't have a "cute" profile pic. We got all arms and legs, hands and feet. It's a good thing we don't want to know what we are having because Cupid wouldn't cooperate anyways. No good pics, but it was fun to see the little one anyways! S/he was moving like crazy as usual. My mom came with us again and still didn't get a good view of her grandchild! The appointment was fine otherwise - no problems. Just the way we like it! We start going every 2 weeks now!! Here are some of our pics from today. The doc told us she had "girl vibes" when she was listening to the heartbeat today. We'll see if she's right in a couple of months.

As you can see, Cupid was  all curled up and face down:

This is my favorite pic from the day!

28 Weeks

Yes, that's right - somehow we have managed to make it to 28 weeks.   I'm trying to figure out where the time has gone and we are hastily making plans to get everything done before baby arrives!  In addition, we are in the process of getting ready to go back to school 2 weeks from tomorrow, so lots going on around here.

As you can see from our Wordless Wednesday post, we were in Colorado recently.  We actually took a wonderful vacation 3 weeks long.  We drove to Minnesota to visit MJ's mom and one of her brothers.  We also drove to CO to visit her other brother.  We figure we drove about 6000 miles in those three weeks.   We had lots of fun and it is always nice to spend time with family.

Next OB appt is tomorrow - we get a peek at Cupid, regular appt, appt with insurance, and also glucose test.  I thought since they did it early and I passed no problem that I wouldn't have to do it again, but they said I still do.  I am already dreading the sickly sweet orange drink. 

We are just enjoying our last couple weeks of vacation and gearing up to meet Cupid in a few short weeks - the time will be here before we know it! 

Movement

I am finally feeling Cupid move.  Last night I was pretty sure that I was feeling the baby, and today there is no doubt.  If possible, I am now even more in love with this baby.  This is the best feeling!!!

We had a busy but absolutely wonderful weekend! We did tons of work outside including -
seeding a huge bare patch in our back lawn:

planting veggies and flowers in our new little garden

more veggies

and planting lots of other flowers in our other gardens including this butterfly bush.

I also updated the photo blog with a few more pics from the weekend so check them out here.

We also took a trip to the Car.ters outlet and got some fun stuff for Cupid at their sidewalk sale and had my parents over for dinner.


The weekend was a perfect mix of beautiful weather, time together, and productive working outside. The extra day off was perfect too!

Wordless Wednesday - Cupid Edition

Status

Today's Facebook status:

4 years, 14 cycles, 11 IUI's, tens of thousands of dollars, countless needle sticks, 2 positives, 1 miscarriage - and we finally have a keeper!!! Introducing Cupid - coming to meet us in early November.

We had another OB appt today and had my full physical. She tried to hear the heartbeat with doppler, but couldn't so they snuck me in for an ultrasound. We weren't disappointed because it meant another look at Cupid. S/he was so wiggly and jiggly that the U/S tech had a hard time getting measurements. It was quite comical to watch actually. Heartbeat was in the 150s and measurements are all on track. It finally feels real and I finally can believe we are in this for the long haul. It's about damn time!

Some Things......

The nausea that so abruptly left a couple of weeks ago has come back over the past few days.  So has the exhaustion - big time!

I made our first OB appt.  It is on the 21st and we are anxiously awaiting that. 

I'm not quite sure how to fill out all of the health history forms since we used donor sperm.  I mean we have medical history (sort of) but just what's on the long profile and assuming it's the truth.  How did you handle this?

The dog is sick again and goes to the vet on Monday morning.

MJ bought Cupid some really cute books at the school book fair this week.  She then read them to my belly that night.  I'm finally getting used to the idea that we are going to be blessed with a baby in the fall.

Pregnancy brain is in full effect.  I am constantly losing my train of thought mid sentence.  I am also great at going from upstairs to down (or vice versa) and forgetting what I went there for.  I also don't always make sense when I'm talking.  I often find myself just starting over!

Life.is.good.  Really.good.

Introducing........

........Cupid. Yeah, I know, kind of a cheesy name, but when your IUI and conception takes place on Valentine's Day you have to run with it!

Thanks to everyone for all of the supportive comments on yesterday's post!

Great appointment today!

We went in absolutely terrified and quickly were relieved when that little flicker of a beating heart appeared on the screen!

Heartbeat first measurement was 160BPM and second measurement was 154BPM - PERFECT!

I am 7W1D and measuring 7W0D - just fine there too.

For now we are breathing a huge sigh of relief.

We go back to the doc in 3 weeks (mostly for our own sanity) before making an appt with an OB. We just feel more comfortable sticking with the people who have seen us through this journey until we are a little more out of the woods.

Stick baby, stick...

Your mamas need you!