A Day to Remember (or forget)

I posted a LONG time ago that the hubs and I have been struggling to get preggers. On my latest trip to the RE (reproductive endocrinologist) this past Sunday he scheduled me to come in for an IUI procedure. Prior to the procedure S had to give me an injection!!! Yikes, my husband????

Seth had to be at the doctor prior to me @ 8:30. I didn't have to be there until 9:30-10:00ish. So we took separate cars. I dropped Drew off at school and pulled out of the parking lot. Not two minutes later the Check Transmission light came on in the van. I called Seth who was already on his way to Little Rock and he called the Honda dealership. "Get here now," they said.

Let me just say that having a procedure done like an IUI is somewhat time sensitive.

Ok, back to the story: Get to the dealership and they understand that we are under a time crunch. Problem: All their cars they loan out are OUT! WHAT!!!!! After I had a meltdown over everything, I called my dear friend Holly. She had just stepped on the eliptical machine at the gym and dropped everything to come get me and let me take her car to Little Rock. (I owe her!!!!)

On the way to Little Rock we start getting freezing rain. I made it to Little Rock with no problems. Just some slow moving traffic.

Procedure: check

Back outside it's beginning to really come down. The roads are beginning to get slick and they are starting to close schools. Keep in mind I'm in someone else's car!!! A million hours later I make it back to Holly's house. Because I still don't have a car and I wasn't going to be at my school I had D bussed to the JH where Holly picks up her son. Holly then took me to get Seth's truck so I could go by the store to pick up something for dinner.

Hoping the trip to Little Rock was worth it! We'll find out in two weeks! Longest two weeks of my life!!!!!!!

Nana's Mother's Day 2012

My Nana & Me

My Nana is 30 years old.
My Nana weighs 50 pounds.
My Nana's favorite color is Purple & I think, pink.
My Nana's favorite food is s-getti.
My Nana always says "I ask her if she plays with me and she does."
My Nana cooks the best bah-sgetti.
My Nana's job is she plays with me.
My Nana laughs when I make some jokes.
If my Nana had time she would love to go somewhere, a fun place like Chuck E. Cheese.
My Nana & I like to look in magazines.
My Nana really loves me.
I really love my Nana because I love her.

Happy Mother's Day, Mom!

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."
  
  
  
  
  
  

Just a few pics

Today we went to a birthday party for this cute little man, Brody. He turns 4 tomorrow. His mommy and I teach together. Actually, the two ladies a teach with both have boys Drew's age. Which means they all start kindergarten together in a few years. Watch out!!! Drew loves to play in the sprinkler! And take off his clothes! There is something sweet about him running around outside on a summer night soaking wet from the sprinkler. Good memories!
And how, how I ask, can you resist this face?

Arts & Crafts Time

A few years ago I bought three frames for 80% off at Hob Lob. They were all black and had chips in the paint, dents, etc. Nothing a sharpie couldn't fix! :) I stapled some black and white fabric behind them and hung them on the wall in our old house. Here they have been repurposed into collages for pictures. What? These are already picture frames? Just wait...I started by spray painting the frames brown.

Collected these supplies: (scissors, duct tape, fabric)And these: (more fabric and some cardboard)All I did was this:

1) Cut cardboard to size of frame opening.

2) Wrap fabric around cardboard and pull tight.

3) Secure fabric in place with the "fancy adhesive"

4) If your cardboard is large enough, you will not have to do anything, but pop the cardboard in the back of the frame.
This frame and cardboard made a perfect fit. However I did a slightly larger frame and my cardboard was too small. To remedy this, I just didn't tape the two ends to the cardboard, I taped them to the frame. The cardboard was too small, but only I know that! (Now you too!)

You can see how I have these frames placed. I covered the other one with the brown and white polka dot fabric shown above.
I then using straight pins, added some pics. The pins allowed me to make tiny holes and I can also change pics whenever I want.Here's the finished product hanging on the wall. The other frame is done as well, I just didn't take a picture. Sorry.
Happy crafting!

Rachel

Seth Cooked!

Seth made this Baked Spaghetti for supper the other day! Yum! Let me say, I am a spaghetti with meat kind of girl, but this...delicious and NO meat. It is just soooo good! We also had "fancy" garlic bread. Can you tell what it is? That's right, a hot dog bun that has been toasted with a little butter and garlic salt. Doesn't this just look delish! If you want the recipe just leave a comment and tell me you are interested. (All 4 of you that read my blog! haha)

Rachel

I'm In Love...

With this...
And this... And this delicious, light, scrumptious, red velvety, cream cheesy, totally guilt free;), wish-I-could-eat-one-everyday Red Velvet with Cream Cheese frosting cupcake from Sprinkles in Dallas. These little slices of Heaven cost $4.00. I told my oh-so-wonderful-hubby before we left for Dallas that we might have to buy a dozen. (For the low, low price of $36) He thought that price was too high to pay for "just cupcakes!" When we got there, we ordered a cupcake each and two for my parents. Seth asked about the price of a dozen, then backed out. After he ate this...

he decided he should have bought a dozen, but didn't want to pay a second time. Guess I'll have to make more frequent trips to Dallas! By the way, his is Chocolate Marshmallow with a chocolate ganache top!!!

Rachel

A Post of Pictures

As per Sherry G.'s request...house pictures. Since my family came for the 4th, my house is still relatively clean. This is the entry. My mirrors all have patriotic drawings done by yours truly! I found these Crayola window crayons that are soooo fun! Drew's/Guest bathroom

Hallway. Kitchen is to the left. The double doors are a linen closet. Drew's room is to the left of the linen closet, guest bath to the right as well as another bedroom. Across from the kitchen is the pantry and playroom/computer room. I'll share those pics later!

Drew helped me make chocolate chip cookies this afternoon. What a sweet boy!


Rachel

Summer Days

One of the perks of being a teacher is SUMMER! I think every teacher would agree that summers get shorter every year! I always get frustrated with people who know nothing about teaching that say..."You get three months off during the summer." Not true! Two months is more like it and scatter a few professional development classes in there. Then be married to a coach or band director, like my sis, and you are very limited to a summer!

Earlier in June, Seth, Drew and I were able to go to Savannah with Seth's parents to visit Kyle and Jennifer (Seth's brother and his wife.) We did tons of fun things while there: took Drew to his first movie at the theater: Toy Story 3!

from my iPhone, so it's blurry

We went bowling:

We also had family pictures done on Tybee Island:

These were my two favs from the photo shoot!

The latest from Drew:

• On the way to church Drew mentioned the clouds and heaven...I asked him who lives in heaven..."Santa"...lol
• When we were eatting dinner on the fourth with my parents, Sarah, and Josh, Drew mentioned armpits. He said he wanted to see my armpits (I know, gross, right!) When asked what he saw he replied...dots! lol...better dots than hair, I guess!
• You know the song on KLOVE, "You will be safe in His arms" It was on the radio and Drew thought they said safe in His eyes. "Why they say safe in his eyes?" "Safe in his arms," I said. Drew asked what that meant. I told him that we were safe because it was like God was holding on to us, protecting us. Drew said, "Like he saves us." Ahhhhhh!