My Momma

She is my best friend. She is my hero. She is my rock. She calls me every morning, not that I need her to wake me up it's just what we do. We talk every day, and when we miss a day I miss her. I know I have said it before...but I really don't think I can iterate it enough how much she means to me.

The other day I told her we have a blog, but I didn't tell her the name of it. I said "you are going to be a Grandma someday and I think that entitles you to a few surprises," so once we get pregnant I will tell her & she can play catch up. Until then, she just knows we are flying to San Diego to try...but that's it. I know she is probably curious about the actual methods...I would be. I mean duh, with my brother and sister in law it's obvious how they will try, but with Courtney and I we kinda get to choose how we go about this making a baby thing. It is all interesting. But until I am preggers we will keep the details to ourselves. I don't know if I am weird, well yes I do, I am...I just don't think it would be very strange to tell Mom how/what we are going to try in August, but I know Stace & Courtney are not as comfortable with my mom as I am...so I guess in my mind, after the fact, after we are home & pregnant (because of course it'll happen on the first try), Mom can look at the blog and read all about just how this baby was made. I hate leaving things out when I talk to her...but how many Grandmas know just how their grandbaby was made? Maybe I'm weird? Maybe she really doesn't want to know the hows & whens & all that...still I would :)

The point of this blog today - When I talked to Momma this morning, she told me she had something interesting for the blog. She had a dream last night that I was pregnant!! She was even telling her co-workers that I was pregnant, and they were asking about who the dad was & she told them Stacey, but remembered specifically saying the baby is mine & Courtney's. How neat is that?! I haven't had any dreams about being pregnant, yet. Knowing that she did & was excited to share it with me, was just really comforting this morning.

Side Note - I can't remember if I have said this before or not, but...if/when --positively thinking-- we get pregnant in August, we would find out right around Mom & Carol's (twin & other Mom) birthday towards the middle/end of August, we would find out if it's a boy or girl around Stacey's birthday in December, and the likely due date would be around Court's birthday in May! See why we just think this baby making is meant to happen when we go out to San Diego??? I'm sure I'm not the only one who correlates special dates to "knowing" that conception will happen, but like Court said before...strangely, when we wish for something (even out loud!!), it happens.

She will be such an awesome Grandma.

Until next time!! Baby Dust all around :) 

Hybrid? Sure!

---This is Jamie for a snippet. I love that Court emails with an update every now and then for me to post to the blog because it's just easier that way...I usually leave them just the way she sends them & copy them to a new post...this time I am leaving her cute little instructions for me to put the picture I took with my phone of the baby dust...Gosh I am just the luckiest!!---

So, Jamie (Hold UP...she said we should too) went on another ordering spree and we went ahead and received some baby making items very quickly :) We now have our instead cup thingy bob to keep our little guys contained, our syringes for the insemination and our pre seed. The pre seed even had a little note typed on the receipt saying good luck and such and a teensy bag of baby dust. So cute!

(Damies.. insert peecher here, okies?)

 It reads "This baby dust is Special and is being sent to you hoping it will help your fondest dreams come true." SO Sweet!

Anyways so there's just our little update about what's going on with our baby making adventure. Jamie and I are attempting.. ehemm.. to eat better and begin a regular exercise routine. Lots of fish for now.. while we, and by we I mean she, can eat certain kinds. And, although she's not a big drinker in the first place, when the occasion does arise to drink there's just the casual glass or two of wine. I'd say we're doing alright. Also we are purchasing tickets soon to fly out to San Diego in August to make the baby times! Hopefully it works. We've had a very strange roll recently that we've been on where we wish/hope something would happen and it just does. Synchronicity is what I like to call it. (She's right this has been happening pretty much for our whole relationship...I'd like to keep it up!) So, as corny as it sounds, we're just convinced that this will work out on the first try as long as we keep thinking happy baby thoughts :) -Power of Positive thinking!

Life just couldn't get much better, could it?! (All we need is that sweet tiny baby!) I'm just head over heels for this little gal *blush* and I'm sure that she's going to be the cutest little pregnant lady I've ever seen. SO if everyone could just throw baby dust and good wishes our way we'll be set!!

The Internet is Lovely

Holy Cow.

Over 1000 views from 10 different countries. Maybe that isn't really a big number...but 1000 anything is big to me! I can't even believe it!!! Wow :) I think it is wonderful that we have this community of people who are willing to share so much of their own very personal lives (trials, joys, losses, everything!) with complete strangers. Of course, I don't feel like any of you is really a stranger to me anymore. I really feel like the women who I have connected with because of this blog are, somehow, close friends. I realize I may never meet anybody I communicate with, but to be able to "know" all of you and feel comfortable asking super awkward questions to anyone who may respond is just awesome.

This is a huge THANK YOU!!!!! to all of my new found friends for opening up your lives and sharing your stories with me. Just little ole Jamie, from Tennessee. I feel so special to be on this journey and have the support, knowledge and understanding from those who have paved the way before me, and to be able to one day be that person for someone else!

I am just grateful. Really grateful for all of you. I wish nothing but the best for all of you on this extraordinary journey, and I can't wait to share what is to come for all of us!

Now that I feel all warm and fuzzy inside, I need to get some work done. Thanks for putting a smile on my face today everyone!

Normalness

This blog of ours isn't the most exciting right now, is it?

Little Lesbian over there in our BlogRoll is freaking hilarious. Courtney & I get a kick out of her weekly updates. I wish I was as creative and silly as her...go check her out!!

There really isn't much to update, except that I got a +OPK on Friday, as expected. Fertility Friend has me pretty much figured out to the T...or P or O??

We went out of town to visit friends in Virginia this past weekend. I took an OPK around lunch time before we hit the road & it immediately showed a dark line, that only got darker...the picture I took wasn't the greatest so I'll not even bother posting it :). I did bring a few more OPKs to test with again Friday night & Saturday afternoon, but it is a little awkward to test while visiting friends (who don't exactly know we are this far into our adventure, ya know?) So...instead of asking for a cup to take to the bathroom to pee in, I just tried to pee on the stick. That, of course, didn't work like I hoped & the results were invalid. But temps did still show that I was pre-O, and Sunday my temps jumped a bit, not like what I thought they would for post-O...but enough to make sense. Sunday night we went out in DC - it was Capital Pride weekend - so we drank way too much, and stayed out too late...long story short...I didn't temp Monday morning, knowing my results would just make my chart look even more insane! I started temping again yesterday morning & had a pretty big spike...as far as I can tell from my reading, that is accurate, but how long does it stay up there? This morning it was 98.2. Still almost a degree higher than normal.

Here is a picture of my chart for this month...Crazy right??

I really think not traveling or camping or drinking insane amounts or peeing before I temp will make for a more normal-looking chart...yes?

We have plans to either be super lazy this weekend or super adventurous & use one of our groupon deals or lay bamboo floors down in the bedroom. Or be lazy. :) Anyone know which one I prefer? Happy Humpday Babybloggers!!

I will leave you with a picture of one of the cutest roadtrip partners ever!!



CannonBall, Fireflies, & BBT.

I have to admit a few weeks ago I had a minor nervous breakdown. I think Courtney touched on the topic in one of her posts...about how she was more so excited about the baby & I was caught up in the details of it all.

I thought I was the only one who cannon-balled into this adventure. She seemed to be easing her way into the shallow end. I couldn't understand why I was obsessively reading blogs, and using the Google to find different ways of doing things, and researching ratings for the best baby products. In my mind, I was as enthusiastic as the rest of my new found friends of blogland. I felt like my BabyCenter cohorts were on the same page as me, too. So, it was hard for me to figure out what was happening in Court's mind...I thought she was just going along with this whole bit to make me happy. That is nowhere near the right track.

So after some tears and questions and obvious miscommunication, I now realize she was pretty much leaving the detail parts up to me. She sees the final picture, I am the one who starts with the outlines of the trees. Her last post made it even more real for me just how excited she really is. It is unbelievably cute to hear what she has read about in her new books. I needed reassurance from her, and I got just that!! She has been wonderful. She may think she is baby crazy...but I think this is totally normal. I feel like we are the perfect team again. I just need to remember she can't always read my mind...and even though 98% of the time I can read hers, I may get it wrong sometimes.

Now that I have all of that out there...we had a great weekend camping with my family! We live just a short drive from the Smoky Mountains. If you haven't heard about the fireflies at Elkmont, you should look it up. We got to see them this year for the first time ever!! It was really cool, despite the fog and chilly weather. Apparently last year there were even more, but the warm winter we had & our summer-like spring made their peak happen earlier. Nonetheless it was still neat!!

Here are some pictures from our weekend :)



 This is my momma & daddy

   Elkmont

  This is my backyard :)

Smoky Mountain Beauty

This was nearly a full moon & sooo pretty :)

BBT charting was a little whacky this past week for a couple of reasons. #1. I had a breast biopsy on a lump I found a while back (tests came back normal, like we expected...I am prone to fibroids), however, I got an infection from the actual procedure. So, Wednesday morning my temp jumped from 97.1 to 97.8!! I made a note on FF to remind me why that happened. #2. This weekend sleeping in a tent with outside temperatures averaging around 50 my BBT dropped to 96.9 & 96.5. My chart looks crazy!! I'm hoping this week will be more normal. Today I was back to 97.5...I am going to start using OPKs to help lock down the exact day for O this afternoon...if I read correctly LH surge is usually in the evening?? FF shows my most fertile days CD12-CD14 with O being CD15, this Friday. I'm a little nervous that I won't get a +OPK...or maybe the cheapo tests I got from Amazon won't work correctly. Oh well, at this point all I can do is go for it and see what happens.

Seeing how I have written a short story here & I have jumped from topic to topic, I think it is time to get some actual work done. Happy Monday, all!!

Baby Crazy?

We're not even in the process of actually creating this baby yet (although we are working on tracking BBT and ovulation) and we're already going baby/pregnancy product crazy. I think we may need to get second jobs just to support our baby fever.

For Humor's Sake :)

Everything from Moby Wraps to pregnant belly sling supports to speculums are sparking our interest. Maybe we're odd? Maybe this is normal? I'm not sure. Someone should probably tell us... Books. Books are also intriguing. I may have purchased a few and another should be on its way as I type this. I got a baby sign language book too. Now how nifty is that? Pretty nifty if you ask me. A way to communicate before they can communicate! Verbally at least. Needless to say we're excited to get our new addition into Jamie's belly and welcome it into our world. Although I'm not the best with details regarding the pregnancy I'm excited to have this little bee bee and to start our own little family. It's funny that I said little, though, because this baby's family will be far from little and that's one thing that I think is safe to say we're both very excited about. Our little girl or guy.. hopefully both eventually.. will be so incredibly loved. That's just great to think about :) Makes my little heart just want to burst with joy.