and good morning to you too

Whole house fans are awesome. Everyone should have one. Case in point, you think your having a relaxing shower when out of no where; BEEP! BEEP! Yeah, I don't get it either. Steam can be dangerous folks especially when it looms in the air filling a hallway (insert Halloween creepy music here). I’m going back to bed now.Yesterday at lunch time babe sang Happy Birthday Pickle. Yeah, there are variations of this once popular song that nobody's ever heard. Vlasic you lucky duck.

lovely ladies in limbo

For all of you waiting for surgeries, results, ovulation, triggers, the two week wait, betas, ultrasounds, your ovaries, uterus, and tubes to cooperate, those waiting to make sure their babe is healthy, they're healthy, the bed rest, the blood pressure and everything in between, I wish I could buy each and every one of you this and this.Babe refers to herself in the third person; the name she has given herself, Nana. All I can figure is the creative area of her brain must be larger then most adults.

lunchtime friends

If I could go to lunch with anyone I would pick the Dali Lama. It used to be Robin Williams, but as I mentioned before this is lunch we're talking about and I really want to eat and I'd be worried that he would make me laugh so hard that I would miss a whole meal. Priorities people and lunch is a big one for me.
I think babe would like to have lunch with Big Bird. You know, he's big, he's yellow and he'd make a comfy seat in case of a missing chair disaster.

Some days your the mum...

Yeah, like this only with WAY more saltines.

dreamzzzzzzz

Predicting dreams that's what I'm asking; have you ever had any? Last night I had a dream that I was pregnant with twins, well I also was trying to rewrite the code for html in a language that could be deciphered and understood by hedgehogs so maybe I'm losing credibility here, oooohhh, maybe not.
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Babe is now drinking milk! Yeah! I took this crazy little thing called Cheerios and put a bunch in a bowl with some milk. I call this magical concoction; milky do-dos.

onomatopoeia my day

zzzzzzz, mmmmm, yawn, stretch, smack smack, ieeeee, mmmmm, nom, nom, nom, burp, hahahaha, weeeee, yawn, stretch, pop, ouch, thud, hahahahaha, ohhhh, zing, whirl, snap, jinkle, ouch, mmmmm, nom, nom, nom, yawn, zzzzzzzzz, mmmmmm, yawn, stretch, smack smack, ieeeeee, mmmmm, nom, nom, nom.Calamity Kid's kid now has a black eye. She was just sitting down when out of nowhere, she fell over (it's okay, I laughed too). Padded rooms sound better daily.

Ooohhhh Booooyyffrrriieenndd

Boyfriend is in trouble. He went shoe shopping and ended up with a computer virus. A virus so invasive it was impossible to get on the internet. Our only solution, completely wipe the hard drive and start over. We lost everything. It's cool, all that matters had been already uploaded to Shutterfly. Boyfriend's lucky he's cute.
I literally fell asleep watching the babe. Woke up ten minutes later and I had been covered with stuff animals and books. Her decorating style is a little cluttered.

Healthy Pregnancy!

That's what the betas say. Monday's numbers were 1,485; 48 hours later 3,724. That's a healthy double if you ask me. Here's a decent fairly short article on measuring preggo hormones. I'm still really nervous, can't help it, but at least I know it's not ectopic. Counting down to Aug 11th has begun, we're on day 20."Um, no sweetheart the baby isn't actually up my shirt, yes I appreciate the kisses, but can we not do this while waiting in line at Target, thanks."

The waiting game

is where all players loose sanity and patience while trying to get normal day-to-day activities done. No really I think there is one quote that for me sums up infertility, pregnancy and even parenthood; the days are long but the years are short. Blood draws are done but we won't get the results until next week... ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!Somersaulting into one room from another is a dangerous but effective attention getting tool when trying to convey ahhh weeeeee oop to multiple adults.

This episode of random

as brought to you by my eye lids, which have now completely dried out and begun to peel. Is that even legal? I'd just like to take this opportunity to trade my body in for a younger model, a model with more facial moisture but in a non-super gross kind of way. Suppose it could be worse, I mean how often do I blink anyway.Some stuff animals just get more hugs than others and some get an up close and personal view of toddler molars; now that’s love.

2 for 1 on Bliss

Money may not be able to buy you happiness but it can buy you a smile and sometimes that's all the catalyst you need to achieve this allusive so called "happiness". So I present unto you some of the things money can buy that really make me smile. You have to know where to find them, like every tenth word of this post.
Did you just put cottage cheese in your water? Did I really need to ask you that when I was watching. Silly Tuesday is at it again. Watch out!

Whew...

Okay, it's too hard to top yesterday's blog entry so I won't even try. Thanks for all the love ladies! I'm picking up slips today for 2 beta blood draws to measure the pregnancy hormone to make sure its doubling every 48 hours like a healthy pregnancy should but my ultrasound appointment isn't until August 11th. Waiting....Now I know the cat appreciates the acknowledgement and greeting to each and every one of his body parts but do you have to pull them while you do so?

I'm Pregnant....

Undeniable; my lovely breakfast snack of soy chili now tastes like a metal can, my basal temp was 98.46 and its normal in the low 96's. Of course there is always the positive pregnancy test and the surge of progesterone giving me chest pains. I shall call my doc tomorrow for further instructions. Wish me luck.Unbeknownst to babe but knownst to us hopefully by next March babe will have a brother or sister; hoping for the best. Boyfriend says his job is now done, haha.

A letter to my future self ...

Dear Older Me,
Why aren't you wearing pants its January? You and I both know that is no excuse for your behavior. Why you have allowed it to go this far I may never know. Has there been an intervention? Has there?
Yours Truly and Stuff, Younger MeIf there is a person who possesses an unopened sticker within a 500 yard radius then you can bet babe has received it and our furniture is now wearing it.

sun kissed

Well, I've managed to cool the place down to 79 degrees. Yeah, its supposed to be 104 today. And there's only one way to dress when its 104; a headband and flip flops from the comfort of your air conditioning. The infernal feline still wears his favorite fur coat but seems less and less enthused about it. Welcome Friday folk!Meanwhile week five of gymnastics and babe’s abilities are quickly taking form. Her unwavering ability to not be able to stop bouncing entertains at least a dozen.

date night

Yeah Boyfriend and I have these often. Here's how they go down, babe goes to bed at 8:30pm (whoo hoo, no just kidding, but I'm not, yes I am, no no), he lays a blanket down on the living room floor, we eat a yummy snack or super late dinner and curl up together with some Netflix. It's awesome and highly recommended.
Babe likes to sing herself to sleep at nap time, her song of choice; Happy Birthday, I know, I know, our cuteness measuring meter imploded.

efflorescence of inflorescence

I love the smell of lilac and magnolia. Purple irises are just plain pretty while jonquils are the cutest. Bachelor's buttons and sweet peas are just awesome and lavender and calla lilies are perfect in large groups from a great distance. Hydrangeas look best overgrown but it is the white rose that will always have my heart.Cultivating a love of gardening in a kiddo involves, I mean babe still has a ton of weeds to pull up but I’m confident that in three months, an hour a day and she'll be done.

I don't feel pregnant.

I'm hoping to NOT see my period by the 21st of this month but if I do that's okay, I still have three more cycles/months of trying I can attempt before I have to take a break. Clomid makes you ovulate but it also thins the uterine lining making implantation of a fertilized egg more difficult. We don't judge harshly, we have babe.Yeah, babe needs an entomology class, stat. Yesterday she handed me a "yady bug" that had been in her hand for ten minutes and it turned out to be an earwig.

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groundskeeping keeper

Whoo, busy short weekend in which I've realized that the only way to stay on top of the gardening while making some sort of head way involves me spending more than one day doing yard work a week. I know. You could blame it on the 11 trees in our backyard if you want, I do. So now this calls for reinforcements; shrubbery and such.And my wonder still doesn't cease because last night out of nowhere babe counted to twenty. I wonder if she got the random gene from me.

My Lyman-alpha transition.

Woke up this morning with a charlie horse which has taken residence in my left calf. This horse has shaped into an interstellar radiation field where the ions and atoms have begun to disco dance while trying to real in the cosmic rays that refuse to do anything other than the electric slide, poor thermodynamic equilibrium.'Nuggle' or snuggle is when babe jumps on top of you doing a body slam full of giggles and grins while facing the wrong direction so as to heel kick too. It’s divine.

Super Buddy

My brother; a dragon; a mathematical genius, a riot, a connoisseur, a scary movie buff, a trusted ally, amazing musician, doting uncle, and birthday boy. It is in your honor that today I am baking you a chocolate chocolate ice cream peanut butter cake. Have I mentioned that he has impeccable taste? Hm, Maybe I don’t have to.Uncle; the only one worthy enough to receive the running pizza grease stain award, may you wear it proudly on your good work shirt.

You don't say.

I often wonder what we must sound like to others taken completely out of context in just a random five minutes pulled from our life. And, what have I come up with; how come nobody’s called CPS, the IRS, the CHP, the DMV, the CSI, the FBI, and the CDC? I mean come on people; you really need to brush up on your eavesdropping.Summersaults; there I said it or wrote it or admitted it to my fellow following folk. Babe and summersaults = OhMyGodOhMyGodAreYouOkay?

{yawn}

Every morning I tell myself that this is the day I will start going to bed earlier and every night I completely ignore the notion and stay up anyway. I think 'morning me' needs to sit 'evening me' down and have a huge heart to heart, though the quote "never argue with a fool he might be doing the same thing." comes to mind.The coolest toy which also houses the most danger if left unsupervised is the tape measure; able to keep babe entertained for minutes. I'm indebted.

hopeless hook-and-loop fasteners

Ahhhhh, for the love of Velcro; I used to be a staunch advocate of the sticky plastic substance but nooooo, that’s all gone now, like my sanity. I thought, velcro toddler Tevas, what’s cuter. I’ll tell you what’s cuter… laces. Laces you can septuple knot and tuck into the shoe. We’re still learning, we’re still refining.Babe’s Crayola coloring art addiction almost needs an intervention. The kids addicted, what am I to do? I’ve tried weaning her to mud pies but it didn’t take.

one more time for the kids in the back

It's called a Turducken and yes I do believe you're supposed to eat but I can see why you would be a little standoffish. Maybe next year they will outdo themselves and really give into their creative side and create a Fisturduckenfalo. It's worth a try. Wow, this post is making my spell check angry. Haha, revenge is a bit salty.There's no stopping her now, as if I really wanted to in the first place but I think you should be forewarned before you come to visit, all dolls are naked.

location, location, location

What a difference two miles can make. Our old place on July 4th; canons, guns, and the occasional firecracker, it was a battle field out there. Our new place; sparklers, snakes, and a pagoda; which brought about the realization that we're totally going to have to buy Halloween candy this year. Mmmm nom nom nom.Meeting and greeting, that's where babe's at. My personal favorite to date is, "Hi wet, bye pants." We've gone ahead and purchased this.

Happy 4th

I hope everyone has a safe, happy, fun-filled, noisy joyful day complete with sparkle and glitz. Always have a designated driver back up plan and don’t forget to keep your furry loved ones inside as reading them the Declaration of Independence won’t help justify the bangs and pops. Though, who doesn’t like an educated ferret?Not a very child-friendly holiday but we still manage to make it work by lighting small things early to watch the wonder of this magic on babe's face.

weekend warriors

Partying begins now and will continue through Monday which is a nice distraction from everything else. Family is awesome like that. Today we’re spending all day with Boyfriend's family and then we’ll jet over to my parent's place tomorrow and stick babe in the local parade. My poor camera, quivering with anticipation; it should rest up.Not too sure how babe feels about fireworks but I'm hoping in the chaos she'll find a fellow friend. After all she's only ever been compared to a Piccolo Pete.

Sunny Side Up

I'm ovulating and I was also surprised to learn that you can buy fireworks already. Yeah, I have no idea what day it is or what's going on; too awesome. Back to ovulating, I finish tomorrow then we have a two week wait before I know whether this month was a success. I've already thanked Boyfriend. Manners people, well, can't hurt.Okay, we're okay; false alarm. She just likes to say raisin while she picks her nose. No correlation thankfully. Ahem, welcome Friday followers and thanks for the award OutnumberedMama.

Be careful what you ask for fellow followers...

A photo is only as good as its caption, possible titles include: You should see my other ride. OR I don’t feel the need to explain my tricycle to you. OR Untitled number 53. OR Four Wheeling for dummies. OR No I won’t give you a ride so stop asking. OR A little ‘me’ goes a looong way. OR Why is babe naked watching me ride her tricycle?
I was just showing babe the untapped possibilities of a Radio Flyer tricycle. Much to her amusement there weren't as many as I had tried. I shall be sore for weeks.