Pictures Coming I promise!

Take a peek at the turducken! Patrick made this thing himself; completely de-boning the turkey, duck & chicken. I made a sausage stuffing for the layers, and somehow we ended up way beyond 30lbs for 4 people. It seriously was the best freaking tasting turkey ever. Totally tender. We started it in the oven at 2am, finally finishing around noon-time. Patrick sliced it like a Boston creme pie, all in layers, and I passed out after & slept for 4 hours. But that's my job since I'm pregnant. I'm quite certain that the turkey would be pissed off to know how it finally landed on our table ~ never expecting a duck, let alone a chicken, stuffed in him. Topped off with pork sausage? No turkey wants a pig stuffed in them, I'm convinced.

But in the meantime I feel like I have a lot in common with the turducken since I blew by my last pair of regular pants that I could jerry-rig and wear with elastics. Just part of it, right? Now my favorite Luckys are stashed away in the closet along with everything else until next May. Our little girl is busy kicking me all the time, hopefully by this week Patrick will be able to catch it. Everytime he checks, she stops, and I'm left wondering if Patrick thinks I'm crazy. So hopefully tonight Patrick might catch a kick or an elbow, and I'll also have a picture of what I'm looking like now that we're 22 weeks!

It's a Girl!

I'll upload some fun pictures soon, but today at the super big 20wk ultrasound the doctor at the hospital said he's 90% sure it's a girl!

It still seems like such a surprise when Patrick and I were both pretty convinced we have a little boy since we have soo many boys in our families and no little girls yet, but I guess someone has to break the mold? The little legs were moving like crazy & she had her arms stretching and covering her face. Soo cute. The little girl measured just right; we have 10 fingers and 10 toes.

She measured about 10-12 ounces (almost a can of soda) & is about 6-7 inches long now. The doctor took a few 3D pictures too but that looked a little freaky to say the least ... he said they look cooler between 26-28 weeks so we'll wait again for that one...

We have another appointment on the 27th, just next week, with our regular doctor so maybe he'll take a peek again and confirm that there really are no golf balls and a club in there...but it looks like a girl!

It's one more day (actually, 20 hours and a few minutes from posting this but it seems like it's another week) until we find out if its a little boy or a little girl cooking in the oven. I'm even thinking of drinking 1/2 a cup of coffee before to wind the little muffin up to make sure there are no crossed legs and its flapping all over the place. I figure if it's squirming I have a good shot, right?

Bending down to get something has a whole new meaning for me. It's getting trickier and trickier. I feel like I have a big waterballon inside of me that is on the verge of exploding. And that's my biggest fear ever ~ balloons popping. (I'm saying water balloons because water is heavier than air and I definitly don't feel as light as air). Back at Uno's in South Portland I would have to blow up a bunch of ballons in the morning and atleast half would explode. Especially when my fingers were stuck in that knot-tying thing.

I can also compare it to taking one of those big yoga balls and sticking it in a vice and cranking it. One of these days its going to pop and I'd prefer that to be April 9th, 2008.

For example, I was at Target this weekend and the nice older lady infront of me in the checkout line dropped her pen & looked at me, obviously hoping I'd snap right down and get it for her; which of course I would always do. But I found myself thinking, Good god, between you or I, we might get down there, but who will get up first? We're both likely to get down there and get stuck, and this line will get even longer and everyone's going to get ticked off because of course Target only has three lanes open on a busy Sunday. It would all be my fault.

I also can't take any bad karma before our big appointment, so I gave it a whirl and did a little back-kick with my left leg, hoping to kind of kneel done there, keeping everything else somewhat straight. Instead, I ended up jamming my leg underneath the lady's cart behind me (who is talking to me in Spanish, and of course being from Maine, I only know French), BUT I did get the pen. Thank God ~ and the little bean didn't get squished. For the next 5 months, I'm getting in my own lanes at Target.

Since we can't go home to Maine for Thanksgiving, Patrick is kicking up Thanksgiving a notch and making a turduckin ~ or something like that, for everyone. A turkey stuffed with a duck stuffed with a chicken and he's thinking of stuffing it with with a goose and a game hen. Maybe its a phesant or chickadee, I'm not sure. But I think this involves de-boning it first, so I'll just have to go grocery shopping when he starts that so I don't yack.

Kurt moved out last week so now our house actually seems huge and echos. We know we're just being tricked ... there's nothing huge about a 865 square foot house. So far, its been great to just live with Patrick. This weekend we broke out the 5 gallon bucket of primer and primed away the fire-engine red feng shui color that coated the ceilings and the walls of Kurt's old room. My job was priming the details ~ like the window sills and corners, and scrubbing it off my face every hour or so. This week we're going to paint it a nice Atlantic Shale color (light grey/blue/platinum/something) with a sugar-white trim & then crown mold it & swap out the brown carpet. We're getting there!

We took a trip over to Kurty's new apartment Sunday and I checked on Zena (the cat); she still has yet to come out of his room for the last week and is just pissed off to boot about the new move. After a while she finally stopped hissing and meowing like a sheep and remembered who I was. She's entirely ticked off that she's now forced to share a place with a Mastiff, the size of a horse, named Apollo. She forgets that she's 9 lbs and Apollo is 190 lbs. Clearly, she should be friends.

I've never seen Kurt run and scoop the kitty litter as fast as he did on Sunday. Until Zena moves out to the rest of the apartment, the litter box is in his bedroom. I definitly don't miss that in our bathroom. No more waking up, going to the bathroom to a nice scent of kitty urine - or one of her presents. YAY! Kurt mentioned that soon he hopes to move it to the little half-bath, but will have to scoop it even faster before Apollo tries to figure out what it is and mistake it for a chew toy. Gross.

Well, that's the update so far! I can't wait to post tomorrow ...

Talk to you all soon,

~ Kristin

Footballs and Papayas

Patrick and I have just 11 days until our Super-Big 20wk ultrasound over at St. Joseph's hospital. We were both hoping to find out at our regular appointment on Oct. 30th just what is cooking in there but they were too busy in the office. But we did get to hear the heartbeat which was always very very cool. I'm soo excited to find out ...

Working on the 5th month has led my eyes to pop out a few times...please read on!

I had quite a few questions for the doctor when we saw him at the end of October ~ like ~ if the heartbeat is found down there, then what is all this stuff up here where I'm showing??? Is that just extra fluff?

For the most part I'm eating really healthy, but I've definitly had a few icecream sandwich meltdowns while watching Survivor or Kitchen Nightmares. Maybe a few cheese raviolis and Ragu at 10pm after getting back from work ... He explained to me that its because where the baby is growing, it normally pushes stuff UP to make room. So I'm still feeling a little weird that the 'showing' part is not all baby! I'm even more resigned not to let random people touch my stomach ~ they think they're hitting cute baby, when in reality they're hitting intestines. One of my coworkers insisted that she found a kick. "Yeah, no that was just my Cherrios from this morning." Let's see what happens further into the 2nd trimester ... Hopefully we'll start to go More Baby/Less Kristin Stuff in the front.

I also happen to see something in the mirror a few weeks ago that I've been dreading just might be there ~ I like to call them my new NFL footballs ~ which is my butt.

Just where did these come from? Am I this out of shape? We even have a beef jerky/doritos junk drawer here at work and I've totally avoided it... Honestly, this is the kind of butt you never want to bring into a Macy's try-on room. The three angled mirrors will just crush any self-esteem I may have stuffed away at this point...

And if this is just about 1/2 way through, I'm guaranteed to have atleast 4 NFL footballs attached to my butt by the end of this that I'll have to fight off... So I've decided to take the stairs every day at work. No more elevators no matter what floor I get stuck parking on. I just finished my second week of stairs and its just starting to get a little easier. It can be anywhere from 6 to 8 flights a few times a day. I just go slow, no marathon stair hiking, but I'm hoping to fight off the footballs. Hey, the plus side is it's getting my legs back in shape so maybe I'll have an easier labor?

The super funny thing is that when I first realized the extra shawdows following me were my butt, I cried to Patrick. Do my work buddies see these footballs even at the restaurant and are too nice to tell me? I'm very cool about getting bigger in the front, but the back? That just seemed like an extra present I soo don't want. He was soo funny ~ he instantly turned around and grabbed a book about pregnancy he's been reading, "but Kristin, you're supposed to get emotional in the 5th month ~ look!" He flipped to the chapter where it said on the first point, "Expect you're wife will become a super emotional wreck about her changing body size during the 5th month..." The second point read on that "She'll also be very gassy."
Now papayas.

This past weekend I went to Pasadena and found the Old Navy maternity section. I was soo happy to see inexpensive, cool, comfy clothes and grabbed my first pair of maternity jeans that should fit for this trimester. But who thought of all these different panels? Full panels, low-rise panels, no-panels but still maternity. It was overwhelming. I finally went with the low-rise panels since the Full panels made me feel like I could possibly wrap that panel over my head if needed.

Then I went to a local maternity store and tried to figure out the ole' maternity bra mystery. Lately, I can compare them to papayas. I had a nice sales lady that said she'd be happy to help me with my problem and asked me what I size I was wearing.

"Well, I think started out a B/C, but now I'm feeling like I might be a...hmmm..."

"Double D?" Stairing at my chest, she said it like it was just another day in the park. I felt like a piece of pork.

"WHAT?" I soo hoped she was kidding me. Is that what she sees? I'm only a little over 5' 2" and never in my life had I ever wanted to be beyond a B or even a C. For me, it's a little like the grading system in school ~ I always went for A's and B's, sometimes I got a C (anyone would get a C who had to take Intro to Africa in the 18th Century at USM when their teacher had a wandering glass eye, trust me). But a D? I always had to try and pull it up to atleast a C, especially for parents-sake. This was no exception.

"You're 18 weeks? We better get a size on you where you're only half-way through."

"What happens when I'm starting the other half-way out?"

"Your milk hasn't even come in yet. Just wait. And you might pre-leak. You need a good, padded bra."

Pre-leak? I don't even want to know.

Just wait. When I get out of this store I am SOO going to Nils's http://www.halhigdon.com/ runner's training site. I'm pre-printing out my novice training guide for next April. I will run these papayas off back to normal!

She grabbed out the measuring tape and did a little "hmming and yepping."

"You're definitly a D. And a 38, not a 36. Where did you get this 36?" She treated my favorite calvin clein t-back bra as if it was a bad 80's fashion mistake. Good thing I didn't tell her I'd had it for a few years.

"Measure it again. Measure it again." My eyes were popping & my heart was pounding. This had to be a mistake. She must have skipped a foot on the measuring tape. I felt like I accidently installed a home depot shelf on me instead of the wall of the house.

"It's for sure a D. You'll definitly be a Double D in no time, but we don't carry that size. We go straight to E. Let's try an E." She was soo over-cheery about this! I had to grab her and stop her from going back over to the bra-section. It was too late, before I could salvage my Calvin Clein bra from the floor, she had already yelled, "Elizabeth, can you get this customer an E in white?" There had to have been atleast 15 customers around her, and everyone instantly knew the E was for me. That's the 5'2" girl that needs an E. She couldn't be more top-heavy, could she? Why, she looks a little like an upside down pear, doesnt she? That's me. Good God.

"No,no,no... no worries on grabbing an E. I'll just take the D."

"Are you sure??"

"Yes. Positive." I grabbed it. Paid. Ran.

I now settled for my first D.

TGIF!

So I've been meaning to post my updates ~ I am soo excited I finally kicked my allergies. No more sitting at my desk at work with a wet cloth on my eyes and the lights out & the shades drawn. By noontime, I was usually starting my second box of kleenex. One of the assistants at work had suggested to me a ton of times to eat wasabi straight and that will help clear stuff. Of course, by the 4th week of these allergies, I would have tried just about anything. So I went to the grocery store and grabbed a big wad of it and ate a chunk. After a little wasabi therapy and some nose spray stuff from the doctor, I'm all good.

Oct 7th was a little scary for all of us; apparently I've been sitting too long at my day job and that caused a problem for the little baby's lunchbox (aka: placenta but for some reason I hate that word ) On Sunday I had a little spotting, and to be safe, Patrick and I went right to the hospital. I was put on bedrest for a few days with a couple follow-ups with our regular doctor, and everything is thankfully back to normal. But I will say, so far it's been hit or miss with the people at Providence St. Joseph's.

I'll keep it simple but here's a great example: After the 20 minute ultrasound, where the tech gave us the heartbeat, Patrick even saw the little baby moving and stretching; she asked me if I have had a pregnancy test yet. Seriously. Did she not just see a 13-14 wk old baby? I looked around to see if by chance there was an empty bottle of vodka or something, but nothing that she could have been drinking. Patrick straightened her out. So I'm just hoping that the wingnuts that we came by that day are taking the day off we have our little baby in April! But that was just one example ...

Kurty has decided after 7 years, he's moving in with a buddy of his & a huge dog around Nov 1st. He's taking Zena with him, which I'm sure Patrick is excited about, he's had quite a round of kitty crap duty since I can't touch it now. And he does like Zena better than Cole (Sorry Sheri!) he's definitly no where near being labeled a cat-lover. While we're sad to see Kurt go, it'll be cool to start the rooms. Thank God we have a 5 gallon bucket of primer to cover up red paint . I've put the final coat of paint on almost all of the crown molding in the living room & dining room. Its crazy how it changed those two rooms. I'm hunting for two new ceiling fans & then the rooms will be all set. I can't wait to pull down those 1973 fans that are in there now! The top bases are rusted and junky so that will totally lift the room.

Okay, hope everyone has a sweet weekend & I'll post soon!

Jay Leno's 1907 Steam Engine Breaks Down Infront of our House!

I've been meaning to post this for a while, but I think everyone knows I've had a tight relationship lately with a box of kleenex, puff plus and benadryl, so I'm a tad behind.

On Saturday (10/6) Patrick and I decided to take a trip to the La Brea Tarpits off Wilshire/La Brea. It is really cool to see prehistoric tar pits and sloths in the middle of Los Angeles, but I'm only recommending it to people who forgot what freshly laid asphalt & tar smells like, because you have to really really like that smell to forget that you just drove an hour and a half through a hot, sweaty Hollywood just to go 10 miles to get there.

But the very cool end of the day, after driving back through traffic hell, we pulled up to our house to see a 1907 bright red Steam Engine come to its final chugs right infront of our little house on Pepper St! It seems Jay Leno added to his car collection a few weeks back and this was it's first run with his mechanic. Patrick got to have a little small-talk with him while they tried and figure out just why the steam engine was blowing out flames and not steam. After a little bit and a crowd started to gather, Jay waved down a Domino's Pizza delivery car, asked the guy for a ride up the street and was gone. The mechanic guy put some insulation/marshmellow/putty stuff in some pipe, and after another half hour, began chugging down the street & waved as he left.

Fall Fall Fall

So far, no hiccups with the 13th week! I'm definitly showing more now, and can only fit into one pair of my lucky jeans and my last pair of black banana pants. I'm starting to get over my allergies a little more, believe it or not it's only 65 degrees here in Burbank ~ it's almost sweatshirt weather!

So fall is here & I'm starting to decorate a little more for halloween at the house. When I got back last night and was unlocking the house just after sunset, I happened to see a huge spider web in the moonlight and noticed a monster black widow right in the middle of it. The web was huge - it started from the willow tree, attached to the house (infront of the picture windows) and then back down to some of the plants. I swear, this one was about the size of a quarter - swaying in the wind. I freaked. Even though I'm a total Animal Planet girl, I know black widows lay a ton of eggs pretty fast, and since I was the only one home, I had to fight it.

We definitly don't have the best outdoor lighting at our house, so I grabbed Patrick's mag-light and the spider killer spray and snuck up on the black widow and sprayed the crap out of him. I made sure I sprayed with the wind too because that stuff stinks. When we use the spider killer on regular spiders, they drop instantly. But with black widows, depending on their size, the can go for about 5 minutes ~ spinning webs everywhere, going nuts. I was just hoping the wind wouldn't knock the little sucker at me. After about 5-6 minutes, this guy finally dropped into the darkness, and I ran into the house (did a major clothes check too just incase he stuck to me). See, I think that's one reason why people buy annuals ~plants that come back every year. Who wants to go digging around gardens when there's soo many spiders that can kill you? Bleck. Bleck. Bleck.

Last night I bought a remote control rat from Target and stuck it underneath the couch to get Patrick when he got home from work. The rat w/ electric red eyes turned out to be alot of work ~ I had no idea the stupid thing would take a 9volt battery, plus every other battery in the house. So lots of trips back to the grocery store & hoping I get home intime to still spook Patrick. Which worked, I had the lights super low, he was just getting to the couch to watch Survivor when I let the rat run - he completely jumped and the cat flipped out too.

And finally, last weekend I put up the crown molding in the livingroom & diningroom. Patrick and Kurty had to help me with the big pieces, but I took Nils' advice and it went awesome. We rented a nail gun and I swear - I nailed everything! So this weekend, I'll finish off with the filler & paint and that project will be set. I've been reading online how to tile so Patrick and I will hit that within a few weeks!!

Okay, hope everyone is doing great. I miss seeing the leaves turn in Maine!!

~ Love Kristin, Patrick and Baby

12wk Picture of Little Davis!

Patrick and I went yesterday to our 12 week ultrasound marking the end of the first trimester & the start of the second, where all possible pants I have I'm sure will now head to the back of the closet and make room for the maternity stuff.

Because the little baby is now inbetween the size of a kiwi and a peach, this time we had a belly ultrasound. The little baby looks smaller & harder to define than the original pictures posted earlier, but Patrick and I got to watch the legs stretching and kicking - it was soo sweet! We also heard the heartbeat for quite a while on the dopplar baby-beat machine. It sounded alot like jumping rope! That was wild :)

So in the picture, the little baby is laying flat with it's head to the left & feet to the right. It looks like it's laying on a mound, just chilling out, relaxing :). Within the next three weeks it'll almost triple it's size.

Our next appointment is the 16 week one, where we take some routine tests and get another picture ~ YAY!

So please take a peek when you can ...
~ Kristin

Just a Bit Over 11 weeks!

Patrick and I are really excited to report that we've made it over 11 weeks and no morning sickness or anything. YAY! I'm soo thrilled about that. We have our 12 week ultrasound next Thursday so we're counting down. This week I noticed that 3 of my favorite banana republic pants will have to be put away, I'm soo bummed! Even the the elastic trick everyone has told me about won't work. I can't imagine buttoning them, it kind of reminds me of in Pirates 1 when her dress is too tight, can't breathe and she falls off the cliff. That would totally be me!

So we'll breathe a little better after the 12th week, but we're soo happy we're getting closer and closer to meeting our little baby. 202 more days. After next week, I'll try and figure out the baby stores ... they're soo overwhelming! I figure if Sheri got freaked at Babies R Us with all the aisles and stuff, I'm sure I will too. Ohh ~ Patrick and I will start working on names too... but we might keep that secret. But we'll definitly find out if we're on the blue team or pink team around the 20th week for everyone.

In the meantime, I'm still holding up my schedule of working during the day & at night going over to the restaurant. Its good excercise atleast at nights :) I think I'll probably hang on until New Years. Patrick has had a ton of parties lately so they've been soo busy. He was promoted to Manager this month so now he handles all of the Burbank location and also Century City, so he's completely on the run now setting up events and banquets everywhere.

This weekend I hope to finish up the bathroom remodeling (except the tub ... not sure what to do with that old thing yet ... bleck ...) and start the hall floors & maybe even the crown molding. I think we'll then finish off the kitchen ~ tiling & removing the linoleum, and complete it.
Other than that! The weather has finally gotten down to the 70's, hopefully our grass will recover from the 110 degree heat stretch we had. I hope everyone is doing well & drop me a line when you can!

PS. Nancy & Mom might recognize this picture ... this was the "Surprise the Parents" card we gave them in Maine...

Love Kristin, Patrick and Baby

8 & 1/2 weeks!

Patrick and I had another ultrasound on Thursday; this was the just-over-8-week one & day ultrasound and everything is looking great. Our little bean is about the size of a cherry now & facing straight for the camera! Looking closely, you can see the little arms & legs too. The doctor was very pleased with the heartbeat again so we're psyched.

So our next trip will be at the end of September, I'll be over 12 weeks then. I'm drinking my milk & OJ, taking all the vitamins, so this baby should be biiiig!!

In the meantime, we've been working on the outside of the house, fixing up the gardens and pulling out old ugly trees and bushes. It's been over 100 for the past few days so we've been running for the AC. It's supposed to break by Wednesday hopefully ... our grass is turning to hay.
Take care & have a nice Labor day weekend!

~ Kristin

There's a Heartbeat!

Thankfully yesterday I just pulled a ligament somewhere. The little bean is just fine and now (although it is hard) you can see the little bean! The doctor said the size is really good & also we got our first heartbeat! It was at 120, which is slow & normal for 6 wks 1 day. We'll go in again at the end of the month and it should be alot faster then.

The doctor put two '+' on the picture to show where the little bean is!

YAY!

Whoops

Lately I've been flopping around in my sleep quite a bit (Patrick says I've been talking wacky stuff too) and this morning I flopped soo much I pulled an ab-muscle or a ligament of some sort in there. I'm not too sure what I was dreaming about either! But anyways, the doctor wants to do an ultrasound today at 4 just to make sure everything is okay. So the good thing is that I'll have more pictures and hopefully I didn't do anything crazy ...
I'll keep you posted!!

We're 6 Weeks

So our little sweet pea has now hit 6 weeks. YAY! On Aug 30th (at 8 weeks) we're having another ultrasound to see how everything is going & find a heartbeat. Also to see what might be going on with the second little bean. It'll be hard to wait that long, that's for sure. I've only had one 'green' morning so far, and today was much better.
Patrick is working tons at the restaurant since we've been back & I've been buried at my own job. Thankfully the restaurant hasn't had me on too many night shifts this week, so tonight I'm probably going to spread out some more bark mulch in the gardens and cover up all the dry spots.

It's been 98-100 degrees all week in Burbank again and our grass is looking like a dry hay field instead of a green lawn, and that's with a sprinkler system! That's definitly one thing I miss about Maine, your grass hardly dies in the summer and it's covered with snow in the winter so no one knows or cares if it's patchy anyways :)

So that's the update so far. I hope everyone has a great week & I'll update soon!

~ Kristin

Ultrasound Pictures!

YAY!

Our ultrasound today was really good; we're currently showing twins but it seems that the second little bean is only 1/4 the size of the bigger bean, so the Doctor said it'll most likely be re-absorbed in a week or two, and the pregnancy will be a singleton at the next ultrasound in 3 weeks. Although we would have been psyched with 2, both Patrick and I are soo excited for any number, that we're thrilled with one. The great thing is that I'm pulling strong progesterone numbers which will help me in the next few months.
So please take a peek! Little Davis is the black bean in the center with the whiter halo around him. Above about a centimeter & a tad off to the right, is the fraternal twin that unfortunately doesn't have the halo. But like I said, both Patrick and I are blessed with one & things happen for a reason for great things in the end.
Whoo hoo!! Our due date is April 9th, 2008.

4wk 6day Numbers

Well! I got my 4wk 6dy HCG & the new number is 3,193!
Trust me, our eyes are bugging out. I stopped by the Dr's office during lunch and the nurse said that while the HCG is quite high, the good thing is that the numbers are doubling at the minimum every 48-72 hours, a good sign of a strong pregnancy no matter how many muffins are cooking. So, I'll just have to simmer until tomorrow at 2:00. Well, probably 2:30 because doctor's are usually late & behind schedule... Thankfully he has lots of magazines in the waiting room...
Talk to you tomorrow!
~ Krissy

We're Pregnant!

So now I can write a little more that we're back from Maine and the parents are all in the loop. Phew! Everyone knows how hard it is for me to keep a secret, I'm awful at it. I always spill Christmas and birthday presents early, so this was super hard. We surprised them with little cards that have champagne glasses cheering with milk congratulating them to be grandparents.

We're just 5 weeks along and very, very excited and super- surprised! After speaking with our doctor and checking my daily morning temperatures, we were pretty certain we would miss for July. But, if I followed the ovulation tests, we were right on. So it was difficult to figure out who was right. I'm soo happy the ovulation tests won!

My HCG numbers have returned relatively high:

3wk 4day - 145 HCG (early last week)
4wk 0 Day - 330 HCG (mid last week)

... and my progesterone 3wk 4day clocked in at a whopping 42.93! The great news is that the HCG numbers are more than doubling every 48 hours and my progesterone is high, which can lend to a really healthy pregnancy. We have a very early ultrasound scheduled for Thurs, Aug 9th at 2pm. I'll be 5wks & 1 day. My doctor says there's a great chance we can see sacs. There's a very big chance that there's more than one little muffin in the oven, given my first round of numbers are very high. Especially where I had the HSG 4 days earlier, and released a bunch of little eggs on the left side. Patrick and I will be totally thrilled with 1,2,3... Any number is perfect in our eyes.

Today I had another HCG test, checking the numbers and hoping for really really high ones at this point, where they should double & it's been a bit where we were in Maine. The new numbers should be in tomorrow morning. Keep your fingers crossed for big numbers!! I'm also getting pretty good at getting my blood taken, I no longer gag. I found a 'secret location' for St. Joe's satellite lab that hardly anyone knows about - there's never a wait at all. If you go to the main lab, they don't even give you an estimated time of getting out. It's usually atleast an hour. So I go and visit my friend Nelly and she gets the little butterfly needle that doesn't kill me and I'm in and out in 10 minutes flat.

I can say the one little bummer is I was banned from Maine Lobster. I'm sure everyone who knows me knows how insane that was for me! Patrick had 4 lobsters & Mom had 2 - they were insane soft-shells too. But I got an italian sandwich with lots of olives, one of my other favs, to try go get through it all. I'll give up lobbys for a bit, no problem at all.

It's still very early, so lots of prayers and one day at a time.

Can't wait for Thursday! (its awesome to look forward to Thursday for another reason other than Survivor ....)

~ Kristin

Ummmmmm...

OH MY ... it seems we hit it... I can write more when Patrick and I tell the parents in Maine tomorrow ....

Ultrasound Stuff

So I'm very happy to report my HSG last Thursday went awesome; my tubes are slip-sliding & I'm soo relieved. The proceedure was thankfully a piece of cake - so note to self - avoid the horror internet stories of re-inflating balloons, scraping, stuck catheters ... yada yada yada.
Yesterday I had my Day 13 ultrasound and the doctor said that clomid is really really working. He checked my left ovary and it seems that three eggs were released, and on my right side, I had another big one that may or may not release. Most likely not. There were quite a few smaller ones too. But here's the thing... I got the a "-" ovulation test Saturday morning and then "+" ovulation test on Saturday night, but according to my temperatures, I might have been one day off - too late - which stinks! So there's a sporting chance, but not too much. Looks like this month was recreational. So now I know for next month if I dont get it this month. Aaagh!!!
Although, I think I'm kind of happy I might have missed 3 eggs. Good grief! So it's making me ovulate earlier than he thought, and also its making me send out more eggs as well. He said I'll have to watch out but he doesnt want to take me off of it. One more cycle and he thinks I'll hopefully have it. One more cycle of headaches ... but atleast we learned alot this round & Clomid seems to be fixing my problem.

Lobbys and Disney

Patrick, Liesel & I took off to Anaheim this weekend; went to the ESPN Zone to say Hi to Weston and then went off to California Adventure & Disneyland. Since I have the super-light stomach, I skipped the Tower of Terror this time - I was sooo close to yacking the last time! I did all the other rides though. I love Mr. Toads adventure but the best was Indiana Jones for sure.
For the house I put up the medicine cabinet this weekend - looks sweet! The bathroom is finally coming together. This Thursday an electrician is coming to do the lights & fan. I soo cant wait to have real lights in there that aren't scary 1940's!
One more day until my appt w/ the doc. Waiting is the freaking worst. Ooh lobsters were $9.99/lb @ Ralphs - insane! Course they're form Canada & not Maine but we can't be too picky out here. We got 6 and steamed the little guys right up! Almost felt like we were back in Maine...

Davis Baby Tracks

Since Patrick and I started dating we always wanted a large family, which would be after getting married and buying our first house. At the minimum, one boy & one girl. And as many little kids inbetween to get there. So since its '07 & we bought in March, it's past our two year anniversary, we've been working on making a little Davis.
Patrick & I popped by our doctor this month about increasing the Davis household & began our testing. So far, the only problem is that I'm working way too much and have high stress and short cycles. Patrick's tests came back awesome. My progesterone (SP test) was a little low for what our doctor wanted, so he's perscribed low-level 50mg of Clomid starting early July.
So now we'll start this journey that we're soo excited about. July 3rd is my next appointment with the doctor (seems like it's taking forever to get there). He'll do a routine check & I'll start Clomid on July 6th-10th. I believe on July 9th I'll have an HSG test completed at the hospital, which will make sure my tubes are clear. Then back the next day for a follie check to check their sizes to see what sizes they've reached & how many there are.
I'm soo hopeful. HSG tests are known to increase fertility within the first 3 months as well by simply flushing out stuff. Hopefully it'll make my tubes little slip-n-slides for the 90 million spermies to find that one egg!
I'm sure I'll be moody and experience hot flashes and the other Clomid symptoms. I'm always the one that gets the symptoms if I take something.
Very soon my second night job will take a significant back-seat, especially with renovating our little house. Although waitressing is fun in it's own way from office work, my day job will do us just fine along with Patrick's job.
Okay, next post will be after July 3rd's appointment.