ML and I spent the nicest weekend in the mountains with Bestie and her family. Her family is awesome. Crazy but awesome. Her parents were like second parents to me growing up, and her sister might as well be my sister.
It was raining on Saturday, and I grew out of rain skiing a few years back, so ML and I stayed at the lodge and watched Little One. (Well, I watched Little One while ML worked via the wi-fi connection.) She is walking now and much more vocal about her desires - to look at this, go here, go there, touch that, watch this, etc. We giggled a lot and finally she got tired and fell asleep in my arms. My heart just melts around that adorable little girl.
We were expecting a big storm on Sunday with lots of powder. Alas, we woke up to find that it was still too warm out and instead of powder we had a windy mess of rain and sleet. It was some nasty weather. So instead we stayed at the cabin, warm and dry. It was a wonderfully perfect day with wonderfully perfect people.
Bestie's sister is a graphic designer. Mostly she designs high-end wedding albums, but she is also one of the most creative gals I know. She gave me a mini lesson in digital design and digital scrapbooking. How cool is digital scrapbooking!!! I am inspired to give it a try, learn the basics of photoshop, and make something awesome. I downloaded a few of the free digital kits from Shabby Princess to practice with last night. So much fun!
I'd love any ideas or suggestions about good sources of online tutorials and (free?) digital kits. Maybe I will design a Christmas/New Years Card after all :)
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UPDATE on Cycle #3...
I had my day 10 ultrasound yesterday. Two big follies were ready to go. I got my trigger shot and an appointment to return today and tomorrow for the iui's. The Doc noticed that my lining was not as thick as it should be so he prescribed me some estrogen (Vagifem) to thicken it up a little. I am still listening to my Circle Bloom audios and trusting that my body is doing everything that it needs to be doing.
Love to all!
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awesome on the follies & the IUI's to come! So what do you think of the Circle+Bloom IUI/IVF program? I'm about to purchase it to use for my IVF in a few months! (I have a discount code...yippee!!)
Yay for iui tomorrow! Wow!
Okay issue here - my lining isn't good either, but my doc (who is NOT an RE) did not have any suggestions for estrogen. Hm. I think I need an RE. Bad.
Well I'm hoping (if the the planets align) I'll get to do iui at the same time as you :)
Best of luck tomorrow :)
YAY!!!! I will so keep you in my thoughts the next couple of weeks. I am so excited for you!
Good luck, fingers crossed for you!
Christmas IUI! Woohoo! Do you live in socal? the proximity to mountains and powder and differences in temperature is oh, so familiar. Good luck!!!!! Love ya honey!
Sounds like a wonderful weekend! Glad you have moments of joy these days. I'm also very excited that your IUI cycle is in full gear. All my fingers and toes are crossed.
Glad to hear things are coming along nicely. :) I'm crossing my fingers and toes for you.
Thanks so much for your comment on my blog...now I am a little concerned that by the time I come in for a CD12 u/s that it will be too late...hmm. I guess if that happens and it looks like I have already ovulated that would surely provide us with valuable info for the next cycle. I kinda hate to call them up and be like, "I have been doing scientific reasearch on the internet for months and this is how I would like to do it". Even though I think this is a kinda weird protocol I think I will just go with the flow for the first cycle and then vocalize from what we learn then. Does that sound at all wise? Or should I vocalize my questions now?
Have a great Christmas yourself lady!!! Thanks again!
Wait, the estrogen is actually called "vagifem?" That cracks me up for some reason. It's like the only thing the marketing people could think of was, "We must make sure that everyone understands This Is For Ladies."
I am so, so, so rooting for you this cycle!
And I'm intrigued by the idea of digital scrapbooking.
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