Well, here we are a month into the new year and I am only working on the 2nd blog post of the year. FAIL on that New Year Goal. Since the holidays, Casey and I haven't been too busy. Case got a new chainsaw and has been working on clearing out some of the cedar trees on our property. Speaking of cedar trees, our allergies have been horrible. The trees around this area are pollinating right now and everyone is miserable.
A few weeks ago, Reagan and I took Macartney to my parent's house to see their baby sheep. She liked them at first, however, when the sheep started "bah-ing", she got scared. Haha! I cant say I blame her! It yelled right in her face!
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| Excited to go see the sheep |
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| I dont know about this thing |
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| Hold me, mom |
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| This lamb laid like this forever |
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| Group pic!! |
We have also been spending lots of time visiting with Jonathan and Natalie and cuddling Miss Bellamy! She is the sweetest baby!
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| Sweet baby girl |
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| Uncle Casey and Bellamy |
Last weekend we went to Midland to celebrate Bobby and Lynnie's 40th wedding anniversary. We all went out to dinner at Cancun Grill.
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| Happy 40th Anniversary!! |
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| Jordan and Josh |
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| Sarah and Stan |
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| Me and Case |
It was also Harper's 1st birthday! I cannot believe that little nugget is already ONE! She had a great party but hated her hands being dirty from the cake icing. It was good to catch up with Lon and Jessica as well. Sure wish we lived closer to them!
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| Birthday girl! |
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| This looks yummy! |
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| Nope, dont like it! Someone clean my hands! |
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| This most beautiful and delicious cake ever! |
FERTILITY UPDATE
It appears last time I updated regarding our path to being parents, I was waiting on the surgery. I ended up having the surgery on December 3rd to remove my endometrial polyps. My doctor thought there were 2 polyps, however, when she got in there, there was 3. She got all of them removed and the procedure went well.
At the beginning of my next cycle, I started on 50mg of Clomid. I took it on days 3-7 of my cycle and went in on Day 21 for a blood test. At my 21 day blood test, my progesterone level was at a 11.4. My doctor stated she wanted it at a 12 or above, so if I wasn't pregnant this cycle, she was going to increase my dosage. Turns out, I wasn't pregnant.
The following cycle (our current cycle) she increased my Clomid to 100mg. Once again I took it on days 3-7. My 21 day blood test this month revealed that my progesterone was at a 19.3. A definite sign that I ovulated. GREAT NEWS! Now we are in our two week wait. And it has been torturous. I really need to learn patience. Here is to hoping that we get a positive this month!!
Casey and I decided that if we are not successful this month, we will seek out a fertility doctor to proceed with treatment. We are 14 months into this journey, and feel that is the best step for us at this point.
