I'm an aunt again!

So my baby sister just had her little boy this morning! This is my second nephew (her older son is 2 1/2). The delivery went well (and quick) and everyone is doing wonderfully! They are released from the hospital tomorrow morning :)

Here are a few cell phone pictures she sent me! I lobe him :)

Our Furbabies (when they were little)

Young Furbabies
Leo (Galileo)


Kimo (Kimosabe)

I just want you all to know...

That I read your blogs and really enjoy them (those that I have access to anyway). For some reason I have the hardest time getting my Google account to work so I can leave comments. I try almost every time with no success :(

I wanted to say this because I like catching up on you all, but I just wanted to let you know that's why I don't comment on yours!

xoxo
Papps

The new me

Ok, so I have lost 3lbs since I started my new me program! I've been eating better, doing my workouts (even when I'm pissed I have to go) lol DH has helped me immensely, he has gone with me each time, he has helped me and pushed me when lifting weights. I love him :)

I know this summer is shot in terms of hitting my goal, but hopefully by the New Year, I can be the new me ::insert cheesiness::

I feel better already.

cd1

I knew she was coming- the reservations had already been made. Though I had high hopes in the beginning clomid would work for me, towards the end I just started losing hope. I will say though my initial temp drop stung pretty badly. I kind cried a lot yesterday. Went through stages..... but then I woke up today and was ready to move on. I'll call the RE today, set up my appt for cd3 and we might bump it up to 100mg this go around.

I talked to DH last night about if he wanted to combine IUI with it, he said not yet. I can understand because this would put us in a tight spot to do that. With him only working 2.5 days a week (he's a full time student) I'm pretty much the breadwinner, and it would put a strain on us. We decided on 3 cycles on clomid, then we'll bump it up to IUI if no luck. Though I personally would like to do 2 cycles and move on, for now I will respect his wishes and go with 3. Who knows, maybe this will work- and if not, then it gives us that much time to save up!

The new me....

Alrighty... where do I start. Vegas was a blast! We ate and drank ourselves into a coma it was fucking awesome! I told myself I would allow an eat/drink anything I want on vacay, including the volcano lava brownie with ice cream and fudge, as long as when I got back, I started my "new me". So here I am. I told DH what I was looking for (in terms of weight loss, toning etc) and he devised a plan for me. When he was in Iraq, in his down time he studied up on weight lifting/workouts, so he's pretty good at this sort of thing :)

The Plan:

Weeks 1-3
Monday's- off

Tuesday's 40 mins of cardio- Heart rate (HR) 125-135
Machine Bench Press 2 sets of 12- 50 lbs
Leg Press/Squat 2 sets of 12- 40 lbs
Seated row/lat pull-downs 2 sets of 12- 70 lbs

Wednesday's- 45 mins of cardio- HR 125-135

Thursday's- Off

Friday's 60 mins of cardio HR 125-135, and same weights as Monday

Saturday's- 60 mins of cardio HR 125-135

So we got back into town late Sunday evening, and Monday evening we were at the gym. It feels great! I have been watching what I eat, my portion sizes and working out doing cardio and free weights/nautilus. I've been sore this entire week, but so worth it! I haven't even had any alcoholic beverages since we got back...and this is a rarity! lol

So, the dreaded stats. I'm laying this out to you ladies to keep me motivated and on goal. Kinda as in if I tell you and have no updates, then I suck!

Current Stats:
Height: 5'8
Weight: 176
Build: Med, and I do still have quite a bit of muscle (it's just buried under fat currently)

Goal Stats:
Height: (hopefully it stays the same- buahahahahaha)
Weight: 145
Build: Should stay the same, but I'm hoping to let the muscles make an appearance

I know I can do this, I just need to set my mind to it! Wish me luck ;)

Off we go!

So I'm excited to say we are off to Vegas tomorrow! There are so many reason's why I am grateful I'm going.... let me count the ways. One- because we've had TWO days of 70 degree temps this year and the sun is just (and by just I mean today) peaking, Two- because DH and I so desperately need a vacation/break from our everyday life-goings here at home, and Three because I can't wait to eat, drink and be merry in Las Vegas!!

I'm hoping that I O while on vacation, but I'm not getting my hopes up. I know I took clomid this cycle, and hopefully it works for me (cd14 u/s showed 2 mature follies)..... but I just can't get too excited just yet. I would love more than anything to have the best of the best and get KU while on vacation, but I'm not sure I really know how to have this feeling of hope. Either that or I'm just scared shitless to get excited again.

See you all when I get back! xoxo
-Papps

Updates

Ok, so I'm glad to say I finished my last clomid pill last night! W00t!
I didn't have too many s/e really, just a few nightly hot flashes, mild headaches and some irritability (I didn't think so but DH had a few suggestions). So all in all I came out unscathed. I have an appt with the RE this Saturday to do an u/s and see where I'm at right now and if the clomid has helped any. I'm a wee bit nervous for that, but overall pretty excited.

As for the rest of my life.... DH and I have been trying to spend more "weeknight quality time" together lately, which means I've been bumping less. I've had so much fun hanging out with him, and it's done wonders to our relationship.... but I'm kinda going through withdrawals too. I feel like I miss out on updates more from my ladies :( To add to that, every time I come back I'm overwhelmed by newbieness an it's a bit much lol

I'm looking forward to summertime, and hopefully having good results with clomid (pg or not)

Check this site out!

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Since its been a while since I've done a positive post.....

OUR VACAY! Ok, so we're going to Vegas, and I am in desperate need of some getaway time. This should be fabulous for the soul :)

~We're doin' this up picture style~

So, here's the hotel lobby & room (just built in Nov '09)


The pool with the Shark tank & waterslide


We will of course be partaking in:

Here among many other places


Seeing this


And last but not least.....
Celebrating DH's 29th bday!!

My Heinz 57 post

Ok, so by Heinz 57 I mean a few topics wrapped into one. :)

To begin with, I am on cd44- I took my first Provera pill last night and will continue for 5 days. Hopefully this will get the show on the road and I can go in for cd3 b/w & u/s and move on. Though I am not sure what moving on will be now that we have the SA results back.

DH's SA results-

Sperm Morphology- 30 mil
Sperm count- 41.7
Total sperm- 145.9 mil
Motility- 80%
Volume- 3.5

I'm not sure if they will have him submit another sample to see if the first was a random fluke, or if we will discuss other options instead of just trying clomid.

Either way, it appears that both DH and I are somewhat broken.