Oh Dona, I am so glad he got a job! That is great! And some new wheels must be nice as well.

Laura-Good tip on the shoes, I am just now to the point where I need to look for shoes. Stride Rites are the best but are so expensive. I asked at Brown's Shoes the other day and theirs were $40. Wow, $40 every 3 months seems high to me but maybe I am just cheap! I have seen them on Ebay a little cheaper, so maybe I will try that?

Karen-Cord blood donation isn't available in BCS, at least it wasn't when I looked into it. There was some list I looked at on a website that listed all the hospitals that participate in the donation program. Nice Wheels! Look how big Amelia is getting! She looks so grown up!

Kc-I hope you get your identity back soon! If your boss gives you a hard time, just do this

Molly-Hiya girl!

Kris-Good luck in recovery and the 2ww!

Jennifer-How are you feeling girlie?

Us-Wow, life is busy...but it seems like its always busy. Doing all this budget stuff has totally worn me out and I get home and feel like doing nada! I become a sloth and just lay on the couch and watcher American Idol. Landry is at such a cute stage...he is exploring everything so we corral him in the living roomm with furniture and he just wanders all over the place. He entertains himself with all the things he finds...especially paper...paper is really fun to look at and wrinkle up.

The lady for the job gets back today but who knows when I will find out. I still hope I get it, I think, but I am fine either way. You know, its hard when these things come up. It will be more money...quite a bit more...which would help us to do IVF again if that is in the cards, but I will not have such a flexible schedule and will have to loose my Thursday afternoons off, but the job has lots of perks as well. My general thought is that if I can get this job and save up for IVF, then I could probably quit in a year or two and stay home. If we have another one, I probably definetly would anyway, but it would probably help us with saving up some money before then. But, I am okay where I am at as well, so its really okay either way. I would love to have a savings account that actually had money in it...what a concept! WE have some in it now, but its just pidly!

Happy Hump Day! More budget meetings in 30 minutes!

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Dona - That's fantastic news about Keith!!! Congrats on the new wheels too!!

Karen - Congrats to you on the new wheels too!! Very nice!

Heather - I hope you hear something soon on the job! It sounds like there are pros and cons either way, but it sounds like it would help you to acheive your long-term goal sooner. Good luck!!! I thought that the AI guys were just OK. Blake (the beat boxer) had the best performance, everyone else was just eh. The great life-sucker has officially begun! This is me , except I sit on the sofa, lol.

Kris - I hope you get to check in soon to let us know how you're feeling.

KC and Laura - Howdy!

Molly and Kat - Miss you!

Nothing new to report here, just waiting around . I have about 2 more weeks of BCP before I see if my cysts are gone. I have scheduled our IVF orientation class for March 8 so that's exciting! I have a bunch of forms to sign. It's interesting, but my clinic has a strict policy that they will not transfer embies into women who are not married, so we have to sign forms that say what we will do with any frozen embies in the event of divorce or death of one of us. It's so strange to make those kind of decisions! If all goes as expected, we will have ER around mid to late April. The SAHM/IVF fund is going to become much lighter before we know it!! Even though I hoped that we wouldn't have to do this, I've really been planning for it for years. I guess I'm a glass is half empty kinda gal, lol.

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TTC #1 since 8/04

Miscarriage/D&C - 8/05

IVF #1 - BFP!! Our precious baby girl arrived 6 1/2 weeks early and came home after 16 days in the NICU!

Jennifer-Yep, we had to sign all those papers too, its pretty daunting! We chose to give our embyos to some infertile friends of ours who adopted. We ended up not needing that since I didn't have any to freeze, but we knew they would want them and use them if they had the opportunity.

I bet when you come out of orientation that you will feel like you can conquer this! Remember positive thinking can have limitless power! Just like all the buzz around that new dvd and book called "The Secret", its all about positive thinking and the law of attraction. So, THINK +!

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Yeah, Dona! Hope you guys can start having fun again...well kids, employed husband, new wheels...life is good!

Jen, DH and I remember doing all that...it does make you pause and think doesn't it. Time drags by when you are waiting to get started, but when you look back, you will be amazed at how quickly it went by. This is exciting!

Laura, since the girls can climb into their seats now, I will move them to the very back (where I can just snap them in) and have the baby in the middle captian's chair. I am thinking about removing one of the captains chairs to make it easier for me to climb in the back to snap them in. I haven't tried it yet, but we'll see. I don't think there is a good way to do it though!

KC, makes me feel better! I am thinking about donating...here's some info I have been looking at: http://www.cryo-intl.com/my-options.html
I called once, but I didn't leave a message, so I think I will call again later and see if I can talk to someone. The only hospital that accepts donations in Texas that I could find was in Houston, but I think the link I gave you is for the doctor to collect the sample and mail it in.

The weather has been great! We all got a little sun this morning at the park...I need to start putting sunscreen on the girls in the morning again.

Dona- Yeah on the new job! Is it in Fort Worth, or was there actually something available in Granbury? I bet you are glad to get him out of the house again. Congrats on the truck, too! I'm sure you should be driving it so you and the kids would be safer!

Karen- Thanks for the link. Unfortunately, my hospital isn't one that is listed as accepting donations. We're not about to change now, but I'll ask about donating just in case.

Jen- You smart girl saving all that money! It won't be long now! Are you ready for the hormanal rollercoaster?

Heather- Did you survive the budget meetings?

I have my identity back! It was actually fairly painless! Did any of you see the pictures of the little girl who was born at not quite 22 weeks and weighed 10oz? She got out of the hospital and is going home at 4 1/2lbs! Isn't that incredible?
KC

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Dona, sorry I didn't post congratulations here...DUH! I am excited for you guys. I hope Kieth likes what he's doing and you enjoy driving the truck!

KC, glad to hear you are you again!

Heather, any news?

We bought the baby a crib last night! I nice cherry wood sleigh one for $75. It included the matress and 3 matress pads, so I didn't think that was too bad. I still need to clean out the room so I can get everything set up...

Karen- That's a really great deal! Did you already get rid of your cribs, or are the girls still in them? Kian is still in his, but we are going to move him into a toddler bed before the baby is ready for the crib. We got the bed, mattress and plastic matress cover for free from our neighbors! Can't beat that!

I'm killing mice today, and I feel like doo. Should be a great day!

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Hi All...
KC-Ick, doesn't sound like fun. I hope you feel better. WE got our crib free from some friends too...I love free!

Karen-The bed sounds great and sounds like a great deal!

Jennifer-I agree on the AI guys, they were all so-so except I love the beat box dude, he was good. I also like the last girl and the 3rd from last (I think) black girl. The one who was a back up singer and really humble. The rest seem pretty forgetable.

Me-Half day of work today and off tomorrow!

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