Still In The Game.

Yep, we still have a chance this month. Just called the OB office and I ovulated for sure. Monday, is the ultrasound and apt. Then the waiting game. I think I am going to test Monday morning before I go just for giggles. I should be 12 days past ovulation by then. My hope for some reason is fully restored for this month. Just pray that we are not let down.

Today has proven to be a fanfreakintastic day!! My first class was cancelled, Dan is home due to the weather, we got direct tv this morning, my shows are on tonight (American Idol, Greys, Private Practice and Hells Kitchen), I do not have to work, it is Taco night at the Welms household and as you already know I ovulated!!! Could it get any better.

Blessings to all!!!

Day 21 bloodwork!

I had it done this morning. Only had to be poked twice this time. They are getting the hang of it. Only a touch of sarcasm promise. Tomorrow I will call to find out if I ovulated this month. I think I did either day 16 or 17. We will see. Cross your fingers, and your toes and all other cross able parts and throw in lots of prayers if it isn't to much to ask.

On a side note--will it ever stop snowing? This is crazy.

Have a great day everyone!

Not Much

I have been a bad blogger lately. Nothing really has been happening though. School, work, sleep repeat; thet's my life. Today is CD 16, which is the day I ovulated the past few months. I just want to get through these next two weeks. I really don't know how I will handle this month if we end up not pregnant. It will be rough.

I guess I do have something to report. My husband as y0u all know is amazing. He was offered a big promotion at work this week. He has not accepted yet, the negotiation is still in process but it is looking good. Tomorrow is decision day. Dan really wants to take it he just had some questions before doing so!! I am so proud of him. Certain situations that popped up in this promotion reminded me how fair and kind hearted he is. He is my inspiration.

This first week back to school/work has been a busy one. Honestly though, I am enjoying it so far. I am stressed about two of my classes but feel really good about the other three. Bio and Geography are not my things. It should be interesting.

Things at the daycare are going well. Monday I was in the baby room which I love and would spend all my time there. Yesterday I spent the day with the 2 year olds. It was a lot of fun, but they are defiantly B.A.D. Cute, but bad. It kills me that 2 year olds swear, and pretend to shoot each other. Who is teaching them this behavior? We don't shoot our friends. LOL. Time out is no stranger to these children. Okay, off my soapbox. They are all adorable though. It is good to be back. On a side note, my boss at the daycare told us yesterday she is 8 weeks pregnant. Am I happy for her, yes. It still gets frustrated being surrounded by pregnant people, did I mention I have at least one girl that is knocked up in Every.Single.Class?

I am still totally hopeful for this month and currently on CD9, sex week is right around the corner. Bowchiccabowwow!!

Pretty Good Weekend.

I must say that this weekend was all in all a pretty good one. Well, Friday night I worked till 11, and Saturday 9-5,that wasn't so great but left room for improvement. Since we got an immense amount of snow on Saturday Dan took me to and from work. Our original plan was to go to Erie to renew our cell phone contracts, then go eat at the Olive Garden. With the snow we decided to stay local and go to our mall then grab a bite to eat somewhere. We got to our mall and everything was closed. Only the main stores; Sears, Penny's and Bon Ton were staying open. (yes, those are basically the only stores at our mall) so we decided to stop back out today after church. So we went downtown to the former Yesterdays which opened back up on Friday; Now Mulligans. Dan and I both ordered steak, and I must say we were not impressed. We chalked it up to only being opened two days and will give them some time but will indeed give them another chance. I guess this doesn't sound like a great night so far, bad food, a closed mall. It gets better from here. After dinner we rented Forgetting Sarah Marshall and decided to be "snowed in" for the night. It was very nice and relaxing just the two of us. Today, we did the normal, Sunday School and Church. We finally got our phones renewed and we are loving them. Dan talked me into getting the Blackberry Curve which I didn't really want at first because I am sort of a no fuss kind of person and this new phone is a lot more high tech than I am. No regrets, I am loving it. Then we went to my parents house to watch the Steelers defeat the Chargers. YAY!!! Now we just need to shut out the Ravens and Pittsburgh's going to the Superbowl, here we go!!! :) So we watched the game, ate and visited with some family friends.

I am excited about the week to come. I start back to school tomorrow and if I do this correctly I could be done in 2 years. I am also starting back to the daycare tomorrow morning. I am so friggin excited!! I love those little kiddos. I do believe I will be in the baby room (which I am really hoping for)! Wish me luck!

Well a new cycle has started!! Yesterday, I was graced with AF. Finally, 9 days post provera. That is in hindsight now though. I go for blood work on the 28th and my ultrasound on the 2nd. I swear the turnover rate at the OB's office is monthly. It seems like I talk to someone new every month and it is a huge ordeal to get stuff scheduled. After getting tossed around twice and put on hold four times I finally got stuff scheduled. I have not been this hopeful and excited for a cycle since our first round. I am taking this new year, new start thing to the next level. If this is our month we will be having a mid October baby. Which would be fanflippentastic. It is our favorite month, season and we will be celebrating our third anniversary in October. Cross your fingers, say your prayers that this is it for us!!!

Ranting

I fear that in the world we are living in all tact and class has gone out the window. We have; text messaging, email, myspace, facebook, and things I probably know nothing about. I see this limiting face to face communication and making it unnecessary to pick up the phone to call someone. Now, I am guilty of using all of this "new-age" technology but I find myself wanting to stay as old school as possible, and only using these devices for a fix, because yes, these are all addictive. Here are some recent examples I have encountered; a friend that I have had since Kindergarten and have remained pretty close with she even sang in our wedding sent me a text message to tell me she is pregnant. I am happy for her but to me that is tacky, pick up the phone and tell me this yourself. Other similar situations, announcing it via myspace or facebook. I don't see any problems with adding to your profile or making note on these websites that you are pregnant, (I probably will given the chance) but make sure you tell everyone that you care about in person or phone at the very least, don't let them hear about it online. I see my little brother texting his girlfriend all the time. Where yes, it means they talk 24/7 it just makes me laugh because when I was dating I had to talk to them on the phone and frankly those were some of the best conversations I have ever had. You can really learn a lot about someone when you have to talk to them and really listen to the tone they use and saying what they are thinking, not just reading it and trying to figure out how they meant what they were saying. You can't read tone. Conversation is very important and I worry that all these new fads are going to ruin the ability to converse with each other.

Along a different line of "tact" or lack there of, yesterday at church most of the congergation had left and we were in the Narthex putting on our coats and this elderly lady in the church that we are very close to approached me. This lady was like a second mother to my mom and has been important in my life. Anyways, she had been talking to our friend that is due the first week of Feb. and she walked over to me and said, "I just know you will be next" How do you know that? Am I mad at her, no, I can't be she didn't know any better. She also said, "I am just praying you have your turn." This left me confused, I didn't know she knew we were trying. Has my mom said anything? Wouldn't suprise me if she was requesting prayer during Sunday School (although they are in different classes) but now I wonder who knows what we are going through.

In baby making news, nothing is really new. I am 8 days past my last provera pill and still no sign of AF. I feel like any minute she will be here but it has never taken 8 days to start post provera. Usually after I took the last pill I could set my watch, 5 days and there it was. I remember the ob telling me if it isn't here in a certian amount of time to call, I just wish I could remember what that time frame was. I am going to call on Wednesday if I still have not started. I am right now on CD 48 and just want this new year cycle to begin.

Most Of All, Let Love Guide Your Life, Col. 3:14

Today, we were at Dan's cousins house for New Years Day lunch. Your typical feast to bring in the New Year; pork, sauerkraut, mashed potato's, and a tradition in Dan's family Spaetzle-basically a boiled dough. Anyways, as we were sitting there I saw this framed hand stitched picture that had the verse "Most Of All, Let Love Guide Your Life." What a great scripture for a New Year. This sums up my resolutions for 2009. If I can let love guide me in my decisions how can I go wrong. Looking up the scripture it continues on;

"Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity."

I find this to be very comforting to me and hopefully you will to. I want to take this with me throughout the year and live these very words. I ask each and every one of my readers to slap me with I am not following through and am not acting out in kindness and generosity.

Happy New Year!!!!!