Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from the Spa City!

Funny Sayings

Drew is just so funny and full of personality these days. I just want to jot some of these things down so that I will remember.

• Drew is quite the early riser. Like 5:30 or earlier kind of early. Tuesday he was up before me and waiting on me to get up. I told him he could not get out of bed Wednesday morning until I came to get him up. "Little boys need lots of rest to grow up big and strong," I told him. So Wednesday morning, he walks in the bathroom while I'm in the shower. I reminded him that he wasn't supposed to be up unless daddy or I had come to get him. His response: "I just wanted to tell you I love you." My reply: "I love you, too. Now go back to bed."
• My sister is blessing me with a nephew in about 4 1/2 months. I called her yesterday to see how she was doing. I asked her how she was feeling and before she could respond, Drew said pregnant.
• Drew is definately his father's son. He says things like: "And the crowd goes wild!" "Interception" "Arkansas wins by a field goal." "Into the home team territory." all while tossing the football around in the house. The boy loves him so football.

Been Feeling Crafty

Interview with Drew

So I saw this on another blog and stole the questions. Here goes:

What's your name? D-r-e-w R-e-e-v-e-s (at least he can spell it)

How old are you? 4

What's your favorite color? blue and red

Who's your best friend? Kolton

What's your favorite animal? tiger and a lion

What do you want to be when you grow up? a coach

What's your favorite movie? Cars 2, Hot Wheels Battle Force 5

What's your favorite book? Cars 2

What makes you happy? Dad wrestling me

What makes you sad? I don't know, wait I know what it is, somebody pushing me

What do you like to eat? basghetti and meatballs

What's your favorite song to sing? Dyn0-mite

What is your favorite game to play? football and baseball

Who is your favorite team? New York Yankees

Waiting...

Exactly one year ago, while in Dallas visiting friends and celebrating our anniversary, Seth and I decided we were going to start trying to have another baby. The weird thing was that that very weekend I was already about one week late. We found a Wal-mart and ran in quickly to buy a pregnancy test. We returned to the hotel and anxiously waited to see if one or two lines were going to appear on that little pee stick. Negative. That was ok, we had just decided we were going to try for another one. No biggie! August approached and it was time for "that drs. visit." Yea, you know the one! When the nurse asked the date of my last period I told her that is was in June. "June," she replied, eyebrows raised. "Yes, June. But I've had 6 negative pregnancy test." The dr. came in and said it wasn't a big deal that I hadn't had a period in July. And that it usually happens at some point or another, but that he wanted to do a blood test. Now, me and needles don't mix! AT ALL! In fact, while i was preggo with Drew my obgyn would prescribe hydrocodone for me before a blood test.

They attempt to draw blood but can't get anything. "Come back sometime this week." However, 'this week' was the first week of school. Not happening! On the first day of school approximately 15 min before kids came in from the playground my body decided to "get back in the swing of things" as well. Yay! Does this mean I don't have to take a blood test? (fingers crossed!)

So at this point, June: normal; July: abnormal; August: normal. September was normal and October was as well. November: same as July.

I called the dr. in December and they got me in quickly. The dr. gave me a prescription for ProVera, a drug that would "trick" my body into having a period. On the # day take another drug, Clomid, for 5 days then you can __________. Ok, so I'm not actually writing what your supposed to do after that. The desired outcome is a baby so you can fill in the blank!

I did this for 4 months and then went back to the dr. That's when I had the HSG and he upped my Clomid dosage. It's been a year since we rushed into the Wal-mart in
Dallas and we are still patiently waiting. I know that a year isn't long and that some people try for years to get pregnant and can't. I also know how wonderfully blessed I am to have a child and I wouldn't trade him for the world. But I also know that God's not done with us yet in the way of children. So we'll wait another year if that's what God has in store for us. I joke that God laughed at me because when people would ask if we wanted to have another I'd always say, "We'd like to get pregnant in August so that I'd be due in May. That way I can have all summer at home with the baby." So the waiting game continues. In the meantime, we will continue to pray for God's will and His perfect timing.

Our Dream Vacation

365 days from today we'll be heading out on this: the Disney Dream

Riding this: The Aquaduck

Eating here: Animator's Palate

And here: Royal Palace

Stopping to play here: Castaway Cay

And here: Nassau, Bahamas

Firsts

Back in May, we went to Dallas to see this guy and his teammates. Seth is a Yankees fan and when he found out they'd be playing the Rangers in Dallas he got tickets. Like most little boys, I assume, Drew loves everything his daddy does. Drew can tell you every Yankees player and what position they play. He also knows most of their jersey numbers, too!

Seth's best friend/college roommate, Jeremy, his wife, and cutesy son lived in Plano at the time. We were able to stay with them for the weekend. Since it was mother's day weekend, Seth took me to Sprinkles! I can't tell you how much I love these cupcakes. They are like little pieces of goodness from heaven! And I'm sure they are fat free! lol

Back to the game...We got there early enough to watch batting practice. We got to see all the pitchers warm up right in front of us. Jaba, Jorge, Mo. I had to keep wiping drool from Seth's mouth. Ok so I didn't really have to, but he was so excited which made Drew supper excited as well! One of the ballpark's security guys was standing down on the field right by us. At the end of batting practice he picked up two balls and handed one to a little boy next to us and the other to Drew. He was sooooo ecstatic! First Major League Ballgame, his first Sprinkles cupcake...

His first crush!

Isn't she a cutie. I asked him the other day if he had a girlfriend and he said, "No, but when I'm older K can be my girlfriend."

A Little Taste of Summer

Today I had my short little procedure at the hospital. It went well! After the procedure I came home and rested for about 2 1/2 hrs. on the couch. Ahhhh! So nice! I knew I needed to go buy some trash bags, razors, etc. and I had some coupons. I went to Kroger and bought two of these:

Kroger had them for BOGO and I had a $3.00 off two packages coupon. So I got 16 razors for $3.98. WooHoo! I then went to Walgreens hoping to get a deal, but they were out of the toothpaste I wanted. After visiting multiple Walgreens locations, I went to pick up Drew early. I had purchased some water balloons at one of my many Walgreens visits and decided to let Drew play in the backyard. So much fun!

Tonight is Girls' Night Out with the ladies in my lifegroup and we are having a Pampered Chef party! Yay! Unfortunately I bought a new transmission recently so I won't be making a contribution to the Pampered Chef company this evening. It will just be fun to get together with the girls!

After today I am really craving summer vacation. Only 13 days of school left. Yay!

Life Lately

The last few months have been crazy busy! We've made it through baseball season. The Wolves finished first in their conference. We went into the post season and unfortunately lost this past Saturday to the home team, Marion. After taking it all last year, the boys were less than disappointed. Drew has started T-ball. He talks like he is all into it, but really enjoys playing in the dirt just as much as anything else. As of today we have 14 days left of school. Woohoo!

Since this is my blog I get to be personal, right? That being said, here goes! We've been trying to get pregnant since last July, but have been unsuccessful. I've been through 3 months of Clomid and tomorrow will have a procedure called an HSG. The procedure will see if there is any blockage which could be preventing me from getting pregnant. I'm hoping this will help move things along. So say a little prayer that all goes well!

On top of all of this the transmission in my van went out. Boo! Adios vacation :( Oh well. life goes on right?

Party Time

Today we celebrated Drew's birthday which is not actually until Wednesday. We had his party at Play-by-Play. They have a big indoor play area and private party rooms. This was the way to go. No cleaning the house, everything either went in the trash or a box to take back home when we were done! This was also the first year we had a "friend" party. This worked out perfect because we had had about 6 inches of snow on Wednesday so none of my family was able to come. Bob and Pat drove down from Mountain View to party with us.

This is Drew with Brody and Lex. Their mom's are my teaching partners. God knew what he was doing when he paired us up: All 3 of these heartbreakers start Kindergarten in a year and a half. It'll be sob city in our classroom on that day!

Some Toy Story games. Yay!

Spongebob game.

Rock out!

Phineas and Ferb is our FAVORITE show! So of course we had to have a P&F party.

Isn't this adorable! It turned out soooo cute. Cookie Co. did a fabulous job!

• Drew is still into Toy Story, Cars, and all things sports.
• He has become a better eater, but is so slow!
• We are becoming very independent and like to argue. Pretty sure he gets that from me!
• He can write his name without help and can write any letter on his own if you show him a picture.
• He is learning how to use scissors.(I realize that the teacher in me, is proud of this and probably no one else.)
• He says the funniest things like "Good luck with those chocolate chips!" or "I didn't need to wipe, that's what my underwear is for."