Say Cheese!

This is what Carolynn does if you tell her to "Say Cheese" or "Smile Pretty." It's not very pretty, but how can you NOT love this face?

She lights up my life!

It's My Birthday Week!

Yay! So, let's start with the most recent occurance!

Tim gave me one of my birthday gifts early!

Here it is:

Yay! I've been wanting it since it came out on the 9th. He's installing it right now! Yay! Between the Wii & Spore--we're going to be some gaming fools!

We went to Arby's for dinner. That was yummy!

Melanie and I went to Michael's for their huge season end scrapbooking sale. I got some stuff to help me get my "Arts & Crafts" business on the road again.

This is a sticker set I got for a "Jungle Love" note card & some Monster's Inc, stickers I just couldn't pass up. Note to Mel-If you ever see ANYTHING Monster's Inc, call me so I can give you $$ to buy it or go & get it myself! OK? Thanks!

These are some clear stamps that were only $1 a piece! Awesome! I love my clear stamps!

Next up is the circle cutter I've been wanting. Melanie got one too! There's also a pack of paper that's all different shades of purple!

And the last thing I bought is a set of 25 cards & envelopes for my "notecard" making. (This ought to speed things up quite a bit!)

Melanie and I got our manicures & pedicures done at Le Nails on Princess Anne. They did a decent job. Not super grand, but it was only $45 with the tip, so that's not bad!

Here's a picture of my color: "Let's have a party"

And of my pretty french manicure:

So, it was REALLY nice to go out with just Melanie. We like NEVER get to do that. We think this may be the 3rd time, ever. Anyway, I think the highlight of the event was holding Mel's hand while the Vietnamese woman "tickled" the crap out of me, first with the callus cutter & then with a pumice stone!

Tim and I got some "lunch" at Subway. It was almost 4:00, but we hadn't eaten anything. Tim forgot to buy anything for Caro, so he had to get her more food later. Oh well.

OKAY, so now I'm going to go back to 7:00 am when I got up & then take you through the day up until 4:00 (which is where we are now...OK? do you follow?)

So, I got up at 7:00, 1 minute before my alarm went off. I forgot to take my temp, but I'll do it tomorrow.

I got right to work on getting some stuff done. I switched & folded some laundry. I scrubbed Carolynn's high chair, and I just generally got ready for the day. I think I even blogged a bit about my morning already. When Caro got up at 8:00 I was MOSTLY ready for her. I got her taken care of & then passed her off to Tim. I got in the shower, around-about the time I should have been leaving, but wasn't stressed. After I got showered & got the laundry taken care of, I went ahead and headed to the Central Admin building in Norfolk. I was 30 minutes late. I talked to my Dad on the ride over. The training was called "Science Fair Boot Camp" and it was a huge waste of my morning. Tim did well with Carolynn while I was gone though.

When I got home, just after noon, I gave Caro a bath & got her stuff all ready to go. Tim showered & we were on our way.

We headed first to the library to return some Dvds & a Book on CD. Then we headed to the DMV, which was closed. We needed to get Tim registered to vote & put him on my new Title. Then we headed to the Post Office, which was closed. We needed to ship a diaper, mail some stuff to Laura, and send a present to my Mom. Oh well. Then we headed to PetSmart & bought some more stuff. We got 68 lbs of puppy food. We also bought some dog toys. I have pictures!

So, what we have here is a Kong bouncy ball, a Bamboo rugged chew toy, with a rope & a tennis ball attached, a GIANT rope knot, and a new Nylabone. You can see the OLD Nylabone on the left. We figured they were fighting over & sharing this one (it's funny 2 dogs on the bone at once!) so we ought to get another one. It was a very well spent $130!

After PetSmart we went to Michael's to get Mom a gift. Shh, don't tell her. Then we walked around Grand Furniture looking at couch sets. Around 3:15, we realized I was going to be running late for Melanie's so we shook off the salesperson & high tailed it out of there.

Here's a pic of a happy baby mid-laugh. This was before I put in her ADORABLE pig tails!

Caro is asleep in bed & she's been a joy to have this weekend. I can't wait for a baby.

So, I think that's my whole day. I think it was a GREAT beginning to the day.

Carolynn is spending the weekend with her Auntie!

Be prepared for a picture-full weekend!

So, Chrissy is in a world of hurt AGAIN (She may be facing lots of jail time, we won't know until Oct. 3.) so she asked me to keep Caro this weekend, so she could work & go to AA meetings.

John took Brianna back & brainwashed her into thinking that Chrissy can't afford to raise her (which is actually true--she ran entirely out of diapers last week) and that Bri should live with her Dad so that she doesn't HURT her mom anymore.

How F&#*ed up is that?

So, Chrissy has a lot of stuff to ge straight. He's taking her to court for $19,900 in back child support! (and he's trying to finalize the divorce)

So, off of their mess, I picked her up last night around 7--then spent an hour packing for her. When I got home, Tim had made Chicken & potatoes for dinner. Yummy. This was also the first home-cooked meal in a couple weeks! (We ate a lot of "quesadillas" off the griddle!) Carolynn pigged out & then we started cleaning. We actually worked together & got the house ALMOST finished. We didn't do any folding/putting away of the huge mountain of laundry though, so that still needs done. I did get all of the laundry (except the last load I started this morning) washed & dried though!

I laid out all the cute clothes, diapers, and whatnot that Tim will need today, because he's actually going to be doing most of the babysitting today! I have training this morning from 9-12, then I'm going to come home & get him, go to the PO, go to the DMV, and then take him back home, so that I can go to Virginia Beach. Why am I going to VB? Oh, yea, to get my Manicure & Pedicure, that Melanie & I are giving each other for our birthdays! Yay! I'm very excited!

So anyway, I should go get showered, scrub the high chair (it was SUPER nasty, I already washed the removable cover), and fold some laundry so I can be on time to class!

I'll leave you with a stuffed-up-nose Carolynn playing Rock Band with Uncle Tim!

GREAT NEWS!

So, I went to the new GYN yesterday, Dr. Frank Morgan. I am so pleased! He is 1. Willing to work with me & "not treat me for infertility", since my health insurance doesn't cover ANY infertility treatments! 2. In agreement that I do have PCOS 3. In agreement that the Metformin doesn't appear to be doing anything for me.

His plan of action is to
1. Start losing weight. ASAP. The more the better.
2. Take Progesterone to induce a period. This will take about 17 days. (so by Oct. 4 I should have my period for the first time since June 9)
3. Wait & see, while I continue exercise, diet, and my Met at 1500 mg a day.
4. See me again on Nov. 17 to see what's going on. I may change that appt. to 2 months after the first day of my new cycle though, because I think that's what he meant by 2 months, not 2 months from yesterday. Which would still be by Dec. 4.
5. Assess where we are at that point. The options are
A. Pregnant (Wahoo!)
B. Not pregnant but ovulating on my own & possibly having another "regular" period
C. Not pregnant & not showing any signs of ovulation
6. If the options are B or C, he will start me on Progesterone again (to induce another period within 60 days of the last) and then Rx Clomid to make me ovulate! So, by the end of this year I should ovulate!

YAY!


Doesn't my hubby look wonderful holding a baby?

Crib Rock Couture

Well, there's yet another contest on Momdot that I'm interested in!



This one is for a free shirt/onesie from Crib Rock Couture!



I'd love to win a onesie for our future baby & for Spencer to wear in the meantime!



Here's a pic of Caro looking pretty cool!


She is such a HAPPY baby!

Spencer

Look what I got for my birthday!

We haven't even had it for 3 hours & we're already fighting over it. Great, huh?