Lately...

Things have been pretty busy this whole summer..

The kids are doing great and have had a great summer with a bunch of fun playdates and birthdays! DJ and Reagan start school in EIGHT Days!!! It's completely crazy that I will have a Kindergartner and a First Grader! DJ is more than ready for school to start so he can see his friends! Reagan is excited but she is also very nervous since she is really shy. DJ and Reagan both got bikes for their birthdays and have been riding them non stop! It took DJ 20 minutes to learn how to ride a bike without his training wheels or Stabilizers as DJ puts it! Reagan, not so much... She will need a little more practice :)

Both DJ and Reagan have started Practice for Football & Cheer! They are both loving it! Reagan is both the youngest and the tiniest one out there. It takes her a little longer to get the cheers down, but she is not giving up! She is such a trooper out there! DJ is having a blast and is one of the fastest kids out there! They are so excited!!

Allen is a crazy 2 1/2 year old and is getting into everything! A few weeks ago, Allen and DJ crashed their bikes into each other and Allen got a chipped tooth and bruised gums. I called his dentist and they said that if he is not having trouble eating or is not in any pain, not to worry about bringing him into the office until his appt. The day of the appt, I was helping Allen brush his teeth and I noticed that the tooth under the bruised gums was turning grey :( So I took him in on Friday and he was such a trooper. He loves the dentist! Well, after the dentist came in and looked at his teeth, it was confirmed that his front tooth was dead :( We are now being referred to a pediatric dentist. Poor little guy...

Also....

With my Surrogacy Updates...

I had my transfer on 7/28 and had a positive hpt at just 5dpt!!! So that means that My IP's are going to be PARENTS!!!!! I am beyond excited for them! I go in for my betas on Friday!!!

Happy Hump Day!!!

Happy 5th Birthday Miss Reagan!!!

Reagan wanted a Lalaloopsy Birthday Party this past weekend! She had so much fun and loved that everyone came over to celebrate her!

Here is the recap!

Thank you everyone who came out!!!

It's almost time!!!

{From my Surro Blog}

WOW!!!

I can't believe that it's almost time to head down to la! In exactly two weeks, I will hopefully be at my fertility clinic getting ready to have 2 embryos transferred!! It's been a long time coming and I am so excited, nervous, anxious and ready for this day to get here!!

I had my first of many labs last Tuesday to measure my progesterone & estradiol levels. My estradiol was 15 and progesterone was 0.7. So both numbers were great! I've taken 2 delestrogen IM injections and have my second set of labs today and should get the results today :)

Dave and I like to talk to the kids about our IP's and why Mommy has been giving herself shots everyday. They know who they are if we show them their picture. They said that they can't wait to meet them and their baby :)

Sorry for not updating, my laptop is still broke and we've been so busy... Plus i'm on my phone doing this!


So there ya have it!!! Less than 2 weeks away!!

DJ's Party Recap!

DJ wanted to pick out his birthday cake and what flavor for his actual birthday.. This is what we came up with! A Chocolate bundt cake with blue vanilla frosting & sprinkles...

DJ had his birthday party at a local pizza place. These are the only pictures I was able to take. I was too busy to take pics :( Plus I don't think they ever slowed down. They were going from the snack table back to the arcade area and back to the snack area.. lol

DJ was completely spoiled!! He got a Nintendo DS that he has been asking for for about 6 months, he also got a new bike!! He has been asking for a bike for a while too! He got some really fun presents from his friends too! He has some pretty great friends!

All in all, he had a blast at his birthday party! Now it's time to plan Reagan's Lalaloopsy Birthday Party!!!


Surro News: I start my Lupron TOMORROW!!!

There's a first for everything....

***Warning: There are bloody pictures below. If you are squeamish, just skip this post! lol

Do you ever feel like you are constantly at a certain place all the time? Well, I feel like I am always at the emergency room. It's always one kid who is having a hard time breathing cause they are coughing so bad or one kid who fell and hit their head.. Well, Monday night was a first for me.. I had to take Dave to the ER.

A little back story:

Apparently Dave was tossing his dirty work clothes in a bin at work, before clocking in and when he pulled his arm back, he cut his arm. So Dave went and cleaned it up and decided to just bandage it up and clock in for work. When he got home he showed me what it looked like...

I honestly could not believe he worked all day like this. I immediately said "I am gonna find a babysitter, You go and change because we are going to the er to get you stitches..." He asked me "Is it really that bad?" Ummm Duh! So I had talked to a friend who works in the medical field and we went to see her before we went to the er, just to be sure!

 

After C cleaned it up, she said that we should go in. Even she called Dave a Dumb ass for waiting so long hahaha! So she butterflied it and put a bandage over it and we were off to the er... Once we got to the er, Dave had no idea what to do. We have been together 7 years and he has never been to the er by himself or with any of the kids. I am the one who takes them. So I told him to fill out the paper and then get his wrist band. After a few minutes, we were called back and the Dr's were asking him a bunch of questions and when the Dr asked when this happened and Dave said "about 8:40 am," the Dr's just looked at him and shook their heads. lol They said, next time something like this happens, not to take his time coming in... I just laughed. They also asked him when his last tetanus shot was, while Dave was thinking the Dr said "Sounds like you will be getting one tonight!" hahaha Have I told you that my husband is terrified of needles, but he has 3 big tattoos?! They put a numbing cream on him and send us back out to the waiting room.

After about an hour, we get called back to the room. Dave gets into the bed and lets the nurse know that he is terrified of needles... This right here is the best part of the night:

Nurse: Do you have any tattoos?

Dave: Well, of course.

Nurse: Then I don't feel sorry for you! If you can sit and get tattoos, then you can get a shot!

Me: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

So Dave got his tetanus shot and then it was time for the stitches!!! I watched and took pictures. Dave tried occupying himself with playing games on his phone...

Dave is the lucky winner of Five Stitches... After everything was done, he said that it wasn't as bad as he was making it out to be. He said that the only thing that really hurt, was the tetanus shot.. So that was the first time Dave has received stitches and been to the er with me.. Lets hope it doesn't happen again!

Happy Thursday!!!