Already with the tums...

As previously stated Brad & I are going to try IVF. Actually I am the one doing IVF, no injections for him. The first step of IVF is birth control for 21 days to suppress the ovaries to nothing & then after that they will jump start them with all kinds of injections I get to do in my lovely belly. I started the BC last night & lets just say I don't do well with hormones & I was so nauseous & in fact still nauseous. I can't wait to see what I am like in my 1st trimester. Now I have taken tums for 2 days now & not looking forward to living off them in the future. At least I will have nice & strong bones. So we will see how well I will do on this path of IVF. If Brad & I end up having children, they better be nice to me. I had to go through a lot for the little buggers. I am excited & scared at the same time. I know I need to have faith in the whole process & just let it happen. I hope you guys enjoy my adventure to motherhood. Why can't this happen the old fashion way...

Anybody have Valium???

If anybody knows me truly, knows I HATE to fly. Ok. That is really putting it lightly... Tonight I booked reservations for our cruise & of course we have to fly to L.A. I would rather swim with the sharks then board a plane. But enough about that. It is officail, we are going on a vacation in August. Just Brad & I... YEAH:):):) We are going on a Mexico Cruise through Carnival. We are so excited. We go from LA to Puerto Vallarta, Malzalon & then Cabo. Sorry if they aren't spelled right. Didn't major in english, spelling or grammer. We leave the 15th & return on the 23rd of August. We are going to stay with Brad's brother Eric Saturday night & the cruise leaves Sunday. Our 5th anniverasy is the 20th, yippy... The fun thing about it, is that if the IVF works I will be 17 wks pregnant & hopefully through my 1st trimester yuckiness. We hope. So, if anybody has any valium they want to share, PLEASE can I have some?

Adoption vs IVF

For those who don't know, my baby making goods aren't where they are suppose to be. Which means that the little egg & little sperm will never meet & won't make the long journey to the big uterus in the sky... Or my belly! So for the last 4 yrs or so, Brad & I have contemplated what to do. I was never in a hurry. Probably because I wanted to be that one time miracle. Hate to say it, no miracle has happened. But I have loved every minute with my hubby & all the fun practicing we have done. LOL!!! At first we decided to do adoption. We are in the application process now. We hope to have the application done by Mayish time. But in the mean time, my Ob-Gyn MD has suggested trying IVF with a doctor in Soldotna. Yay... After a month of talking about it, we decided to go ahead and make a consult apt. Which was today. Talk about a whirl wind of information. The trip down was uneventful, wish I could say the same for coming home. We ended up in a nice size snow storm with white out conditions. I about had a heart attack & contemplated drinking something VERY strong. But the great thing about Anchorage was the moment we hit the out skirts it was as clear as day & no SNOW!!! Enough about the trip. Off to the appointment. My Doctor is Dr. Anderson & to come to find out he is a U of U graduate, go Utes & is a member of the church. In fact he use to go hunting in Grace ID, where my in-laws are from. Nice side note. But back to the apt. Dr. Anderson is very interesting. He just came in the room & asked why can't you get pregnant. I was caught off guard and was tongue tided. Over time we got to the point & he did an ultrasound of my ovaries & checked my cervix, always a joy & they gave me a plan and that was that. It was such a fast apt & so much information that my brain has left. If we decided to do it. We start the process on third day of my next period with a month of birth control & then all these fun injections for 2 wks after that, then ultrasounds/blood work & if everything is perfect then the big IVF will happen. Then there will be more injections, pregnancy test, if positive then more injections & then ultrasound, the moment a heart beat is heard: NO MORE INJECTIONS. I love needles... Brad & I are thinking of starting in April, with IVF in mid-May & then if pregnant, ultrasound with heart beat in mid-June & baby in Feb next year. Fun! Fun! If it doesn't happen then adoption here we come... That is my appointment in a nut shell. Is your brain as over loaded as mine. Hope not. Hope all is good in your side of the world & we will keep you posted.

Quilting

I have a new hobby. Quilting. Why I got into it, I have no idea. BUT, I love it. My ward has quilt group every Thursday morning and it is so much fun. I don't have to be to work until 1 pm. Besides learning to quilt, we also are taught how to do other projects. One of them is making bags. I have learned to make a Jessy Bag & A Bigger Better Bag. Sorry I don't have a picture of the Jessy Bag, but here is a pic of the Bigger Better Bag. The down fall to all of this, is I want to make quilts left and right. And believe me it isn't cheap. The magazine Quilts and More is the best magazine. It has very simple quilts & other activities or projects. I am learning self control, but it is hard. Wish me luck that I don't become bankrupt.

A Little Box of Heaven

As you know I live in Alaska. One of the draw back is lack of restaurants. I am always in a hunt of a fabulous Italian restaurant since serving a mission in Italy. The one place that I have fallen in love with is Macaroni Grill & there isn't one in Alaska. Bah Humbug!!! Little did I know our local Walmart (thank you Sam) carries Macaroni Grill in a BOX!!! HEAVEN HAS ARRIVED!!! Well my back end doesn't think so. There are only 4 meals to choose from & so far 2 of them are fan-freaking-tastic:):):) So if you are like me & living in the frozen outback just go to your local Walmart (bc they're everywhere) & pick up a little piece of heaven...