Faith

I bought this bracelet over the weekend. Its to help me remember that I have to have faith. Faith that a baby is part of our future. Faith that if this is not so that we will be able to survive and keeping on going.

News

We got news! Although not all positive even knowing that our paperwork is being looked at is good news at this point. So our case is being reviewed and we basically got moved to the 'incomplete' pile. This is what needs to be resent:
-new employment letters
-new reference letters
-signatures on the translations
-something about the birth certificates and marriage license

I have already started working on that stuff. Then we are waiting for Larrys fingerprint appointment and that elusive INS approval. There is hope.

On a funny note, you know that you have a desperate/hard situation when Maw-Maw needs to change saints because the first one couldnt quite cover it. lol We are past St Gerard and have moved on to St Gianna. lol

New Home

We are moving! Yup we are buying a new house. Its in an awesome family friendly neighborhood. Its alot bigger than are current house and closer to the interstate. It will be about a 5 minute commute for Larry and a 35 minutes commute for me. We are super excited about it. Its new construction so it will be done around March-April. This is the floorplan we picked:

Another one bites the dust

The doctor's office called this morning. Another non ovulatory cycle. I dont know if I am not ovulating at all or just ovulating really late in the cycle. Either way its not normal. So after I start my cycle I will be taking clomid and another drug that starts with a d. Hopefullly this will do the trick. I did get a copy of my bloodwork results just so I could play doctor and look up some stuff on the net. I have yet to get to that, its on my to do mountain.

On other news, I think we found a house. It will be new construction and we know where it will be. Larry and I are still negotiating about which floor plan it will be. Its a tough negotiation between the two of us. We have to figure it out by Sat which is when we will go meet with the builder.

Adios for now

More Pictures

From most of my posts you can tell who carries the camera lol So I let Larry take a picture of me so he could stop pouting.
Then I took the camera back. This is Larry with a monkey mask. He looks so funny. It suits him though lolThis is something we bought for the munchkin. Its a monkey backpack. I love it.

So that was our day today. It was fun. We also went looking at some houses. There are some good prospects.

Pictures

Just to update you all, I am feeling all better from the accident the other night. Not too much soreness anymore. The car is okay. We probably wont get the bumps fixed because its just not worth it at this point. We'll see.

Today we had a wonderful day. Larry had to DJ a corporate party today at the zoo so I tagged along. It was a beautiful day. Here are some cool pics from today.

This is a typical New Orleans brass band. They are kinda cool:

This is Larry with the sea monster:

This is one of my cool buddies, the orungatan (sp?): I think this is the coolest picture. Its a White Alligator. Yes its alive. You can see him through his glass tank
This is one of the tragedies of Hurricane Katrina. Tony the Hippo died because of the hurricane. We are hoping they will bring another hippo soon.

More pictures to come...

Shitty Shitty Day

My day sucked. There is no better way to put it. It started this morning when I woke up lonely because Larry was out of town. Added to that I woke up late. Then I went to get in the shower and saw this huge cockroach. I hate cockroaches. I drowned it, then smashed it, then threw it in the trash can. Ok then I had to attend a training all day long. I just dont like sitting down for long periods of time. I need to move around alot. I had school this evening so that was another 3 hrs of sitting.

So up to then it doesnt sound too bad. Then on my way home from school something happens that I end up here:

Yup the ER. I take the back road to my house. Its a pretty busy two lane road. Tonight, I am driving along, talking to my dad on the cell phone (hands free device been used). Out of nowhere I see this dog running onto said road. Of course you probably know what happens next. I swerved to avoid the f****ng dog and lost control of my car. I spun various times ended up in the barricade.

Since I am writing this obviously I am okay. I am banged up and will probably hurt like hell tomorrow. My car is also banged up but fixable.

Getting sleepy now. Will update later.

Summary

Okay so apparently our life has been busy. The other day we finally got a chance to go to dinner with my mother-in-law (this used to be an almost daily occurance). Its been a while. So as we are eating she's like "So, whats up with you guys? People have been asking me..." As an aside, Larry's family is very close and know all about our journey to become parents. We dont really mind that they know. We have just been really busy and haven't seen them in a while.

So back to the question. Whats up with us? Well I guess I would say not much. I will give a brief summary for those reading.
On the adoption front, Larry's fingerprints got rejected by INS so he has to redo them on Oct 27th. Also the political instability in Mexico is only getting worse. We are starting to accept the fact that the wait for a baby will be longer than we ever dreamed. It saddens us that this is the case since there are so many children in need there.
On the baby making front, my bloodwork came back normal. Which just means that what was tested is not the problem. I am on a roll with 2 cycles on my own so that is just a wait and see thing.

Basically right now we are just waiting. There is just not much we can do. We enjoy being with each other and spoiling our nephews and niece. I work and go to school and keep myself relatively busy. Oh yeah we are also looking at moving to a new house. Yes this would be our 4th move I think lol We are hoping to move closer to my work. We are talking about it.

This is our life at the moment

Lucky

I am a very lucky person. One of the good points of my marriage besides having a wonderful husband is that fact that I have great in-laws. They are great people and we get along very well. We get together with Larrys family alot and usually have a great time.

Today I got home and this was waiting for me:
Yup a Curious George cookie. Isn't it cool? My mothe- and sister-in-law went to the bakery and saw this so they bought it for me. Gotta Love Them

Now should I eat it or save it? lol

Gloominess

Yes its that kind of day today. Its gloomy and rainy and not making me feel happy. It started early this morning before going to church. This morning we had to go to the dump first thing. It stunk. It was so awfully gross. Then we go to the bakery and my muffin was not good. I didnt like it. So then comes church. If you really know me, you know that it was only after I got married that I started going to church every sunday. I didnt grow up in the church so dont feel the need to go every sunday. Larry on the other hand did grow up in the church and feels the need to go every sunday. I feel that its my duty as his wife to go together. Sometimes I enjoy it, sometimes I dont care, and sometimes it makes me sad.

Today was a sad day. The homily/sermon was about being a good mommy/daddy. My question is when am I going to get to be a mommy. Will I ever hear the sound of someone screaming "Moooommmmy". So while he is going on and on about whats a good mommy, blah blah blah, I get sadder and sadder. I think I can be a good mommy so my question is WHEN DO I GET TO BE A MOMMY? Thats what I want to know

Oh yeah and immigration rejected Larry's fingerprints so he has to get them redone a month from now. Isnt that just great

Update on the bloodwork. The nurse said that all my test came back within the normal range which means that at least we can say that those are not the cause of my problems. So another blood test to check for ovulation later this month. We shall see what happens.

Bad Blogger

Okay I am a bad blogger. I was doing so well and then I got swamped. Between work and school and home and all that, I just have enough time to check email and jump into bed. Its fun though. The job is going great and school is going well. I have certainly been busy though.

On the baby front, I had some blood work done on Monday. The nurse called today and said everything came back normal. What does this mean? I have no idea lol She called in between meetings so I didnt have much time to talk. I will call her again to see what that means. I was also supposed to try clomid again this month but I forgot to ask her about that too. It was a busy day today. But tomorrow is friday! Yay!

Life Is Good

Two In A Row

If you look right above this post you will see one of my tickers. Today its on cycle day 1. Yup thats right, I started another cycle on my own. Oh I wonder if it could be, could I finally be getting regular? That would be awesome. I'll be getting some bloodwork done on monday.

But with everyone of these cycles. I have horrible PMS. Just ask Larry:) He usually bears the brunt of it all. I can actually feel my mood swings come and go. Its kinda creepy. Lucky for me he is a wonderful man and tries to understand that I cant control most of it.

Adding to my PMS is the fact that Larry has been working like a madman. Tomorrow will be his 7th day in a row working. I get lonely. I dont ever remember lonely like this. But with him working so much, my new job and school I am really missing my husband. Hopefully it will all calm down soon and we can spend some quality time together.

Survived

I survived my first week at my new job. I love it. I absolutely love it. I have lots and lots of work but it keeps me busy and its good work. Now hopefully a relaxing weekend lies ahead.

Food for Thought

As many of you know, I now manage a Head Start center. The center has kiddos from 0-5. I was talking to my sister the other day and shes like 'I bet it will be hard for you being around the kiddos'. I must say it really isnt. The youngest is 6 months and the oldest is almost 5. We are getting a couple baby babies so that should be cool. I really like my new job and I enjoy playing with the kiddos when I get a chance. Today I ran into this quote and I think this is why I am so relaxed about all this:

For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.-Jeremiah 29:11

I will take that to bed with me tonight.

Landfall

The storm has definitely made landfall. My new job is really cool. I like it so far. I have alot of responsibilities and tons of paperwork. Other than a trip to the ER for a little one's smashed finger (I really could have lived without that). It was an eventfull first day to say the least. The people are awesome and the kiddos are cute. I really think I will like it here. At least I hope I do. The only thing that sucks a little is that I go in at 730am and I am not a very good morning person. I better get used to it now. lol We shall see how the rest of the week goes.

The Calm Before The Storm

Tomorrow I start my new job. I am nervous but excited. I really think I am going to love it. I'll be really busy though. Wish me luck!

To relax, we bought this cool rocker. It was 40 bucks at Wal-Mart (I've never gotten something 50% off at Wal-Mart lol). Here's Larry taking a rest after the tough job of putting the chair together.
And here is Larry having what looks like a very serious conversation with Max. I wonder what they were discussing lol.
Are you wondering why I didnt get a picture on our brand new chair? Well its about 1000% humidity today so I was out there for about 30 seconds. Just long enough to snap a photo. Than back to the A/C for me. This humidity sucks.

Political Instability

I am very sad to see the political stability happening in Mexico. As sad as I am for us and what this means for our adoption plans. I am even more sad for the people of Mexico. This political turmoil keeps the people of Mexico from getting better services that they are entitled to. I really hope that the politicians stop to think about what this does to the people they are supposed to be representing.

What this does to our adoption plans? I do not know. Nobody really knows. All we can do is wait. We are getting rather good at waiting lol Gotta have faith I guess.

By the way, if you look on the bottom left hand corner of the page you can see that my counter has surpassed 1000 hits. Yay! Most of them are probably from me reloading the page to see how far along my counter is lol. So I know that somebody out there is looking at this page so leave me a message. It makes me feel special. You dont have to have a blogger account :)

Also this is my 50th post. As weird as it may sound this is a good outlet for me. Its very good therapy. I try to post my goods and my bads. If you are reading, I hope you are enjoying my life story lol

Good Relaxing Weekend

We had an awesome relaxing weekend at the coast for the most part. We were sad to see the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, even after a year rebuilding is nowhere near beginning. We hope to see the area return to its pre hurricane splendor.

On to the awesome relaxing weekend stuff. We stayed at the Beau Rivage, it was really cool. We were on the 21st floor and had a very nice view of the gulf. Here is a picture of our hotel at night:
Here is a view of the Gulf of Mexico from our hotel room. Its no ocean but its still cool.
And here we are walking on the dock by the beach. A really nice lady from Texas took our picture. It was a little cloudy and rainy but we survived.
Oh yeah we lost $7 at the casino. Big spenders we are.

On the way home we stopped at the outlet mall to do some shopping. It was some nice retail therapy. So I am ready for my last week at my current job and to start the adventure of my new job.

Life is good...

Yay for Long Weekends

I so needed this long weekend. I had originally planned to take fri-tues off but today I had to go to new employee orientation and I have to go again on tues. I still have the day off on monday. Tomorrow Larry has to work and I have some homework to do that I will do while he is working. Then on Sunday we are leaving to go here. I am so excited! I have never seen the Gulf of Mexico. It should be fun. I will make sure to take lots of pictures. Have a great weekend everyone!

Some Cool Stuff

I got this in the mail today. The key chain says "God Bless The Flad Family". Yes I see it as a sign. I see it all as sign. It was one of those things were they send you something and ask for money. I might send them 20 bucks. We can use all the help we need lol


This I found at Barnes & Nobles. Its a monkey planner. I love it. It includes a monkey eraser and monkey writing pad. Its cool :)


Gotta go to school.