Man oh man have we been busy. It seems like it's one thing after another around here. I don't have very much time to post but I just wanted to say that I'm on my way down to see my brother, sister in law, an their gorgeous baby boy. I hope to talk to you all soon!
I have been busy but that isn't really why I haven't posted. Have you seen the size of this post?!?... that's why I haven't posted.
The day before we left to Vegas was just about the funniest day of my life, besides the time when I almost died on my wedding day, but that's another story. So last Monday I met a girl named Cody. She's such a sweetheart. She's the 20 year old with the 2 month old baby girl. Anyways, we met up for lunch at Taco Bell on Monday and had a great time getting to know each other. Afterwards we went back to her house and watched 'My Super Ex-Girlfriend' Oh my goodness that was funny! Then I stayed at her house till about 10:00pm. We had a great time talking and learning how much we are alike.
Tuesday we had planned on going to walk in the park but that didn't happen because we woke up and it was POURING rain outside. So instead she came over to my house and we hung out watching TV and snacking all day. It was great.
Wednesday, though, was a little different. We planned on going walking again but it was really warm outside and so we had to post-pone once again. Then I got a call from my husband asking me if I wanted to take Cody and the baby and drive to Yakima (an hour and a half away) so we can pick up the license plate and then on the way down we can take the back seat of our van to the car company. (to explain the whole seat story ... we had a van and we traded it in for an Explorer and when we did we had the back seat of the van taken out and it was sitting in our garage.. so the sales guy said to just bring it in when we came to pick up the license plates.) So anyways... I call Cody and she says yes so we go to pick her and the baby up. We had to put the baby's car seat in my car so when we switched it out.. it litterally took both of us, working together, about 25 minutes to install it. It's one of those 'infant-toddler' car seats, so it's not like you can just install the base and go. Nooooooo. It has to be all difficult. We finally got it installed to where it WOULD NOT MOVE it we both grabbed it and rocked it back and forth. Then we went to the car wash by my house and at this car wash they vacuum out your car for free with your car wash and they wipe out the inside of your windows and dash and stuff, so it would have been great since my dogs hair had invaded the inside of my car. So when we finally get my car back from the car wash people we put Sonia (Cody's daughter) inside her car seat... then we got in and started to drive off and something didn't feel right in my gut so I pulled back into my parking spot and got out.. Cody was confused. I just told her that something didn't feel right and I felt like I needed to check Sonia's car seat. Well I'm glad I did because the car wash people had un buckled the car seat and had messed the whole thing up so if we would have gotten in an accident there's no telling what would have happened. We were so mad! So it took us another 20 minutes to figure out what they had done and to fix it. UghhH! So we got all set to go and left to Yakima.
Once we get about 2 miles from our exit.. Sonia starts screaming because she was hungry so Cody was reaching back trying to get her to calm down till we got there so she could nurse her. Nothing was working so she gave her some water in a bottle.. luckily that seemed to work until we got to McDonalds. We went inside so Cody could nurse her and we could eat our lunch but then Cody remember she forgot something at home. See... Cody has to use a breast shield to nurse because she has flat nipples which means the tip of her nipple doesn't come out when the baby tries to nurse so the baby has a really hard time latching so she has to use a shield which helps pull her nipple out. Well she left it at home... an hour and a half away. Oh my goodness. So we had to give her more water until we could get all of our stuff so we could run to Fred Meyers to get some formula. Luckily Sonia's been switched back and forth from a bottle to breast so she makes the switch like it's nothing. She's even been on formula before so we knew she'd be fine with that. So we finally got the formula and had to kind of laugh at the situation. Then we get back in the car and get headed home.
Well 11 miles out of town we are heading down the highway and my car completely shuts off. The engine light was on so I thought "CRAP!!! MY CAR JUST BROKE DOWN!" Then I noticed what the issue was. I ran out of gas!!! Are you kidding me?!?!? So I looked over at Cody and said, "We just ran out of gas!!!" We both started laughing so dang hard!!! Oh my goodness it was just our luck.
So Cody says, "Do you think we'll make it to the gas station?" (we were just by an exit with a gas station)
so I said.. "NO because there is a stop sign up there and I have to stop!"
So she says, "Well I hope noone is coming so we can just coast through it!"
So we got off the exit... coasted through the stop sign.. luckily noone was coming. Made it around two street corners and made it about 5 feet away from the pump. All the pumps were blocked so we had to hit the breaks and wait. Well since we hit the breaks there was no more coasting, LOL! So Cody got out and pushed and I opened my door and we both pushed our huge Ford Explorer! We were so proud! Then we got gas and headed back home.
Oh believe me the day wasn't over yet. We were laughing at our whole day so we weren't paying attention to anything else.. well then I noticed that was was REALLY close to the exit we needed to take and I wasn't in the right lane so I had to cut over. There was this red truck that was about 10 car lengths behind me.. well went i hit my turn signal he hit his gas!!! I had to cut over to make the exit and I had plenty of time so I did.. well he hit his gas even harder to where he was driving beside me on the exit (A ONE LANE ROAD). I was like Jerk!!! There was plenty of time between me and the guy for me to get over but no he had to be a jerk and hit his gas. So then he's honking his horn and yelling at me.. Whatever dude. Have a nice day. So then he goes like 85 on the highway to pass me and he passes me shaking his head. Some people are so dumb.
So me and Cody are totally marveling at the day we had as we're driving home and we were just making sure we had gas... formula... and that no cars were driving next to us, LOL. Well we totally forgot about the fact that we had given her daughter about 4 oz. of water and it went right through her. Her diaper was sooooo full. Her pants were wet, her car seat was wet.. we felt so bad.
We had to come home after that... he he he! We were worried that something else was going to happen, LOL!
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Vegas was a blast!!! We had a great time. The only bad part was the fact there no matter where you went there was people handing out Porn!!!! OH MY GOODNESS. If one more person would have tried to hand me porn I think I would have shoved it up there a$$! It was so irritating!!! But we had a great time. Here are some pictures from our trip!
Here's something to hold you over until I am able to post about my whole trip. This is a fountain show that we saw FOR FREE at the Belagio!
or heres a link:
http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s317/stephaniesblog/?action=view¤t=100_0844.flv
Sorry I haven't been around.. I've just been busy with getting ready for Vegas and trying to make babies... lol, I'm just kidding. I've just been trying to keep up with everyone else around me that I haven't had time to get on the computer.
I met a new friend yesterday! She's 20. A single mom to a gorgeous little girl named Sophia (I really meant Sonia.. this was a while back and I was getting it confused!!! I'm sorry!! LOL!) who's 8 weeks old. She lives in my town and I really like her. We seem to come from the same background so that's nice. I met her on a local mommies site and we got together for lunch and a movie yesterday, it was really great to hang out with someone who was my age and thinking about babies. Usually 20 year olds are just in the party, independent, stage so it's nice to find someone else like me.
We went to blockbuster to pick up a movie and she even let me hold her daughter. She was so cute! Then we went back to her place and watched My Super Ex-Girlfriend it was way funny! I even got to feed her daughter and play with her a bit more. We had a great time.
She lives by herself.. well just her and the baby so I hope she had a good time visiting with someone in her area. She just moved here about a month ago (as did I) so it's nice to make new friend.
I hope you're all having a great time without me and I will talk to you soon.. from LAS VEGAS BABY!!! What happens in Vegas isn't going to stay in Vegas.. he he!
We went to our IUI appointment yesterday and as soon as we walked walked into the room, I felt like something was wrong. It just didn't feel the same as the time before. Well the nurse told me to do the same thing as usual.. 'undress from the waste down' so I did, as usual. Well then I really realized something was wrong when two doctors came in. Usually when you have an IUI (for me anyways) only the lab tech will come in to inject the semen.. well this time the lab tech came in with another doctor whom I have seen before but never during an IUI, so something had to be up. Well then she showed us the normal paperwork and my final confirmation was when she opened the analysis paper.. it had red pen circles all over it, which means that something wasn't right. So she finally explained that last IUI Jeff's sperm before washing was 18 million after washing there was 5 million, which was the cut off for IUI's (5mil) so all was good. Well this time his sperm count before washing was 9 million and after washing it was .3 million which was extremly below the cut off for an IUI. When they do an IUI they want the best possible chance for you to get pregnant... they said that .3 was hardly addiquate. I felt like I had been punched in the stomach. I looked over at Jeff and the look of devistation was quite evident, I felt so bad.
So she gave us the option to either cancel this cycle and to NOT do the IUI or just to go ahead and try and see what happens. She did make a point to say that people have gotten pregnant on this low of a sperm count before but not very often. They left the room and Jeff and I talked about it while crying and hoping that everything would be okay. We decided that we were going to try, after all we had paid for it all up to this point and there's no reason to give up even if there is only a slim chance it could work. So we went ahead with it.
During the IUI, I think I was on edge the whole time.. spacing off and not paying attention. Everytime the nurse touched my leg or any other body part, I jumped, which I'm sure didn't make it easy to guide the catheter in through my cervix. I couldn't help it though. Once she did insert the catheter it felt like she was jabbing a knife and scraping off some tissue.. it didn't feel good. I wanted to cry but I didn't want to let her know that it hurt so I held it back and I didn't want Jeff to feel like he was making me go through this for nothing. I cried once she left the room though. I could just tell that Jeff felt so bad. While I was laying there for my 20 minutes he read me two childrens story's which was really cute but it just made me cry more because he's going to be such a great dad.
So anyways.. we got done with that and OH.. while the dr's were talking to us about whether to continue or not they also suggested that we got with IVF next time, because they really don't think that Jeff's sperm is addiquate to get me pregnant.Once we got done in the IUI room.. they sent us on our way but Jeff and I wanted to talk to someone about IVF to see all that it entails(sp). We talked with a 'ivf specialist and councelor' so that was nice. She went over all that we would have to do and how things are going to go. We also set up an appointment to start IVF if this IUI doesn't take. It's June 25th.
An IVF cycle takes two cycles.. the first cycle you are on birth control to suppress your hormones and to basically let the dr's take over your body and tell it what to do and you are also on a drug called Lupron which suppresses your piruitary gland so it doesn't have any effect on the medications to stimulate the ovary. Then you start a stimulation cycle which begins on the onset of your period, which is about 3-4 days after the last dose of BC. Once you start your period you have to call and make an appointment to schedule a 'supression check appointment' to check for cysts on your ovaires and the lining of your uterus. If you have no cysts and you have a very thin lining of your uterus then you are assigned a day 1 for IVF. Then you will start stimulation medication on day one and continue until the dr's have determined that my follicles are mature and ready for egg retrieval.
I will start the injectable medications for stimulation of more than one egg. Once the eggs are deemed mature then I take my shot of HCG to make me ovulate. Then EXACTLY 35 hours later I will go in to have my eggs removed. This is done by needle aspiration through the vagina. They do it under IV sedation, whatever that means. If they can't get the eggs under needle aspiration through the vagina they will take me to the hospital to have me undergo laparoscopic surgery to get the eggs. Then I will be sent home about 45 minutes later.Once the eggs are taken to the lab I will start progesterone injections or vaginal suppositories.
During this time, in the lab, jeff will be giving a sperm sample (either by ejaculation or by testicular biopsy... most likely ejaculation) then the eggs will be fertilized either by insemination (leaving the sperm with the egg in the dish and hoping that it fertilizes) or by ICSI (where they inject the sperm straight into the egg.
While the eggs are in the lab they will be in a special 'media' room for 4-6 hours while the sperm is washed then the sperm will be placed with the eggs for 18 hours. The eggs will then be ecamined for fertilization, if they are fertilized they will be placed in a special growth room. Then they will be examined again on the day of transfer for cell division. The they will be transfered.Then I will have a pregnancy test 15 days later to see if I am pregnant. If it is uncesseful I have to wait 1 normal period before beginning a new suppression cycle.
Anyways.. I hope I haven't taken up too much of your time. I just wanted to all know what the process involves. I find it rather interesting. We also have to go through a injection class to learn how to give ourselves and each other injections. So we'll see how this cycle goes...
We're so off to Seattle tomorrow. I won't have time to post tomorrow morning so I will try to post at our hotel room tomorrow night on how our ultrasound and shot goes. Hopefully all will go well and we'll be able to have our IUI on Friday.
For some reason I keep getting yeast infections, I don't know what the deal is. I get one the same exact time every month. I'm tired of using those OTC 7 day treatments. I'm going to try some home remedies and see if that helps. I read online today that Vinegar douches help stabalize the pH level in there and I'm also going to try taking some acidophilus tablets because they are supposed to replenish my va-j-j (as Oprah would say) with good bacteria which will kill off the yeast and keep them under control. Hopefully all will work and it will go away and keep them away. If not I make a gyno appointment.... great.
Oh by the way.... I have a new cell phone!!!! If you wanna see it you have to click here.
I love you all and I will talk to you all later!
As Always,
Stephanie Mackey
And he stayed there almost the entire time I was fishing off the rock. He let me get about a foot away from him, but that was as close as I got. I didn't want to scare him or make him run away so I just backed away. He sat about a foot and a half away from me the whole time. He was cute.
Here are some more pictures that I took while were there:
We had a great time! The only problem was that it was so windy it was blowing our tent over and knocking things over and breaking them. It was rediculous. I was so cold the intire trip, I was miserable. I had a shirt on, a hooded sweater over that, a wind breaker over that and I had a sleeping bag wrapped around me and I was still shivering. You'd think I was getting sick or something. I was like that the whole time too. Even though it was cold and windy, I still got a sunburn. My whole face is burnt and the tops of my hands. Those were the only things that were exposed. Everything else was under layers and layers of cloths. But we home now and it's warm outside, YIPPEE!
We have a VERY busy couple of weeks ahead of us. We have quite a few things planned in a short amount of time. I don't know how we're going to do it all. Jeff works two days this week. Tuesday and Wednesday, while I pack and get ready for our trip to Seattle for a few days. Were going for our scheduled IUI, so we're staying overnight. We leave for Seattle on Thursday and we also have a Seattle Mariner Baseball game planned that we're going to go see. I can't wait. Then on Friday we have our IUI. Saturday is my TC Mommies Meeting with a bunch of friends. It's like a mommies playdate, although I don't have kids, they all know that we're trying.
Then we have a day of church on Sunday. Monday through Wednesday of next week is the days before our trip to Vegas so we have to pack and get ready for those. Speaking of which we still have to find someone to watch our dog. We fly our Thursday. Have full days of fun up till Sunday, then we fly back. So we will be quite busy. I will be stopping on between now and then to post how things are going and how things went. Until then I bid you farewell and I hope you all are doing great.
PS: thank you for stopping by to my new visitors, you know who you are!
Well we went back for our scheduled ultrasound to see if the cyst is still there and here is the bad news. It is. By the way, the picture to my left is NOT mine, but it is what an ovarian cyst looks like on ultrasound. Although mine wasn't quite that big, it was close.
We're headed back over to Seattle (Pacific Northwest Infertility Clinic, to be exact) to have a vaginal ultrasound done at 2:15pm. They are doing the ultrasound to see if I still have the cyst on my right ovary. Rememer, last cycle was cancelled due to the cyst? Well we go back tomorrow to see if it is gone yet, and to see if we can start yet, another cycle.
Wish us luck as we are wishing that the cyst, indeed, has gone down so we can proceed with another cycle and hopefully get pregnant this month. We don't know how things are going to go so wish us luck.
I need to go though because I need to call my husband and let him know that he needs to cancel his ear, nose and throat appointment because we have to head to Seattle. I hope you all have a HAPPY MONDAY and a great rest of the week.
God Bless and take care!
My stomach really hurts (cramping) so forgive me if I don't post a 'real' post until Monday. I love you all and I really do appreciate all the feedback (aka comments) that I got on my previous posts and I am sure that all my lovies will LOVE the activity and visitors. Take care all and don't miss me too much.
P/S: I changed the music on my blog so now it's some cool classical music instead of hip hop gangstas screaming about screwing their hoes, sorry about that by the way. We're all good to go now.
You have to go over to this site and sign up for this contest. Even if you don't currently know of anyone who could use it, you can give it to me because my sister in law mandii, is 3 weeks away from having my first nephew, and believe me... she needs it. So if not for yourself, go sign up for it, for mandii, just put your name and if you win, I'll give you my address to have Stephanie send it to, so I can take it down to her when I go visit in July. Here's what Stephanie has to say about the contest/giveaway:
"I am preparing my family for our first ever road trip to Colorado coming up soon and I can't wait to use my new Skip Hop Duo diaper bag, thanks to the very fashionable Mason & Matisse! Of course I'll use it for more than just our trip, but lately I am eyeing every bag I see and saying "oh that would be good for packing..."So I get a new diaper bag- what do you get? You can get 20% off your order by using code 'insider' . You must check out all the adorable things at Mason & Matisse. From baby gear to baby clothes- they have it. My all-time favorite for Gray is by Tea Collection and it's on sale here! And of course you can check out Tea for girls here, too!But wait- there's more!! Here is what one winner will receive- worth $120!!- Skip Hop Pronto in Black or Red- Skip Hop Toolbox Diaper Caddy in White with Mint Accents- Skip Hop Splash in White- Skip Hop Chow in White
How to enter: All you have to do is fill in the Mr. Linky below and then you must link to this contest and Mason & Matisse in a post on your blog telling everyone all about it!You can even post about what you'd love to have from their website. It won't help you win, but it will earn you brownie points maybe! Mmmm... brownies...Even if you don't have a baby right now, you must know someone having one soon and wouldn't you have the best baby shower gift with all these goodies??Next Friday morning at 9 AM CST I'll pick one winner at random from the Mr. Linky! Be sure to leave a comment here letting me know you are playing along, too. Don't have a blog? Then just leave a comment here promising to email all your friends about this great contest!"
So go sign up for it. I did look over the site and these are by far my favorite products:
Oh.. these would be super cute for a little boy.
OMGosh, this is TOTALLY my brother!!!!
Mandii, would love this, for the baby. She's also a love of frogs, as am I.
This is to precious. I want this crib set when and if I have a girl.
Anyways, those are my favorites. So go check out Stephanie's contest/giveaway and enter yourself. Once you're done with that, go check out the Mason & Matisse site and buy some stuff for that little one or that mommy in your life.
*leave a comment here first if you wouldn't mind*
Sorry if I haven't been around much. I've been getting ready for the yard sale that we're having this weekend. We did AWESOME for our first day and we even got to clean more stuff out of our storage today, to add to the yard sale tomorrow. So have a great day, and I hope you're all doing okay.
I have done this in a while so I think that it may be time for some linky love. By the way, you'll have to continue reading for the 'odd stuff'.
I was browsing around some blogs last night, on this site, and I found some pretty cool people, and you know how much I LOVE my bloggie buddies. So here we go, here are my new lovies that I found last night... you MUST check them out. Get your head out of the gutter, I meant go visit them. PERVERT!
You simply MUST.. I said MUST, go check out the SUPER cute story that Amy posted on A Berry Good Life. I thought I was going to pee my pants. Yes, go check it out now. Don't worry, I don't mind that you're leaving me to go read someone else's blog. I know you'll come back to finish reading my story. Go... go now. I'll wait.
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It was good wasn't it. Anyways, now that you're finished, let's continue.
I was dying when I ready this story over at A Daily Dose Of Zen Sarcasm. It is definitely a Must... reader? I was going to say must have but you can't have it, it's hers. Anyways, go read it.
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This story over at Adventures In Baby Fat, was tooo adorable! I can see myself there with my kids one day. I think every mother goes through it. Don't you just love how your children can break your heart one second and mend it back together in the very next second? Oh the sweetness of motherhood.
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Most of you know her and I feel like i've known her for years. Her name is Stephanie, her husbands name is Jeff, she is a capricorn, she is a stay at home wife (and mom), doesn't it seem like I'm talking about myself? I'm not. My name is Stephanie. I am married to Jeff. I am a Capricorn. I am a stay at home wife. But I am NOT talking abotu myself. I am talking about Stephanie over at Adventures In Babywearing. I love her, go check her out, she's awesome and she has a GREAT taste in shoes. Her kids even have GREAT shoes. Watch, the only difference between us... I will have 3 girls, LOL!
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When I read this story.. I was in awe. I can only hope for my kids to act like this when I have them. Lissa is the mother to two 3 year old twin boys. They are super cute and hey, they're polite. What can get better than that. Go check her out at Adventures Of A Twin Mommy.
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This is a thing to see. Notice what it is? Yeah I thought it was kind of strange too. Pretty awesome. Her name is Michelle and she is a mommy (outloud) to her beautiful daughter Autumn, who is too precious. You have to check her out at Mama Out Loud.
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Yes, I'm almost done, Geeze, stop yelling at me!
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Teresa's Scrapbox is another one to check out. She tells tales of motherhood that would make most blush, I love it. She is totally real. If you don't believe me, check out this story.
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I told you!
Now on with the 'Odd Stuff'.
I was looking at my 'blog stats' and I noticed something. Someone has found my site by googling:
How many eggs does a walrus lay?
WTHeck?!? What is wrong with you people. Wait. What is wrong with google for directing you to my site. I'm going to have to have a talk with them google people. Geeze, and hello, Walrus' don't lay eggs. IDIOT! Ughh.
Do they have a stupid people blocker? I need one. Once they type in something stupid their computer should shut off.
I hope you enjoyed my new blogging lovies. I love you all and I will see you all later.
It is now time for some OLOGY!
FOODOLOGY
Q. What is your salad dressing choice?
A. Caesar all the way baby!!
Q. What is your favorite Fast Food Restaurant?
A. Arby's, totally. I'd like a number 3 with cruly fries and a 7up.
Q. What is your favorite sit down restaurant?
A. Tony Romas or Outback.
Q. On average, what size tip do you leave at a restaurant?
A. 15 - 20%
Q. What food could you eat for two weeks and not get sick of?
A. bread... any kind of bread. I love bread.
Q. Wat is your favorite type of gum?
A. I like Orbitz's Wintermint.
TECHNOLOGY
Q. What is your wallpaper on your computer?
A. It's a huge flower on this laptop, but on my computer it's a retro polka dot print, that I created.
Q. How many televisions are in your house?
A. 3
BIOLOGY
Q. What's your best feature?
A. My whole dang body, geeze.
Q. Have you ever had anything removed from your body?
A. A noddle of skin when I pierced my belly button.
Q. Which of your five senses do you think is keenest?
A. sight.
Q. When was the last time you had a cavity?
A. I have one now.
Q. What is the heaviest thing you've lifted?
A. our piano, ughhh!
Q. Have you ever been knocked unconscious?
A. yes, when we almost recked a golf cart, I jumped off and landed on the pavement.
BULLCRAPOLOGY
Q. If it were possible would you want to know the day you are going to die?
A. No thank you.
Q. Is love for real?
A. ABSOLUTELY!!
Q. If you could change your first name what would you change it to?
A. Nicole.. I like my middle name better than my first.
Q. What color do you think looks best on you?
A. Pink, duh!
Q. Have you eve swallowed a non-food item by mistake?
A. yeah, i think so.
Q. Have you ever saved someone's life?
A. I am not sure about that one.
Q. Has someone ever saved yours?
A. Yes, my brother woke me up when my blankets were on fire from a floor heater.. he put the fire out too.
DAREOLOGY
Q. Would you walk naked for a half a mile down a public street for $100,000?
A. Nope, my pride and body is more important than money.
Q. Would you kiss a member of the same sex for $100?
A. Nope, i'm not like that sorry.
Q. Would you allow one of your little fingers to be cut off for $200,000?
A. Not on your life buddy.
Q. Would you never blog again for $50,000.00?
A. Heck yes.. then I'd just set up an 'online journal' and post my life on there. Hey I won't ask anyone to read it, LOL.
Q. Would you pose nude in a magazine for $250,000.00?
A. No! would you let me smack you in the face with a golf club, for $10? It's about the same concept.
Q. Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1,000?
A. Depends on the hot sauce and the size of the bottle.
Q. Would you, without fear of punishment take a human life for $1,000,000.00?
A. Absolutely NOT!
Q. Would you give up watching television for a year for $25,000.00?
A. YES! I definitely could do that.
Q. Give up myspace for $30,000.00?
A. YES YeS YeS!!!
DUMBOLOGY
Q. What is in your left pocket?
A. nothing.
Q. Is Napoleon Dynamite actually a good movie?
A. No, but it IS funny!
Q. Do you have hardwood floors or carpet in your house?
A. Carpet
Q. Do you sit or stand in the shower?
A. Old people sit in the shower, HA HA, what do you think.. I stand. That's why they call it the 'shower' if you sad down, it would be a bath.
Q. Could you live with roommates?
A. Probably.
Q. How many pairs of flip-flops do you own?
A. 5 I think?
Q. Last time you had a run-in with the cops?
A. When my mom's husband called the cops on us because we weren't listening to him. It was pretty funny. and I quote, "can you send out an officer because my wifes kids aren't listening to me..." HA HA HA, what an idiot.
Q. What do you want to be when you grow up?
A. I want to open my own daycare.
LASTOLOGY
Q. Last friend you talked to?
A. Mandii, she's also my sister in law.
Q. Last person you called?
A. Mandii.
RANDOMOLOGY
Q. First place you went this morning?
A. To check the mail.
Q. What can you not wait to do?
A. Have babies, and raise them in the church.
Q. What's the last movie you saw?
A. King Kong... last night. It was sooooo good.
Q. Are you a friendly person?
A. Mostly. Everyone can become snotty at times.
I hope you all have had a fun time reading my responces.. this post is just a filler until I can find something else to talk about. I am thinking you just have to give me a few seconds.
okay a few more second.
I hope you all have a great night.
Love always,
Stephanie Nicole
Born in Barbados, Rihanna knows how to live it up. In addition to recording the most popular single of 2005, "Pon De Replay", she's also recorded the tantalizing "S.O.S", recorded to Soft Cell's 80's hit, "Tainted Love". It makes you get on the dance floor, whether you are at home, alone, or hittin' it up in a club. This one will definitely make you move. "Unfaithful" is also a great one. Documenting the tragedy of cheating couples, and the pain it causes both parties. It sheds some light on what you don't want to happen.Happy Mother's Day to all mommies! Whether you are pregnant with your first, pregnant with your last or have a house full or one at home, Happy Mother's Day!
I have often asked myself, What makes a mother? I've found that this article by Kay Green (c) 2001-2006 discribes it very well.
A mother can come in may forms, A mother can be a woman who conceives, births, and raises a child given to her by God. She is what we as a society see as a mother. A mother can be a young woman who finds herself pregnant, unable to parent, who chooses life for her child by placing him for adoption. In choosing life for her child she becomes a mother. She will not be that baby’s parent but she is his birth mother. A mother can be the one who prays for a baby she does not carry in her womb. She becomes the mother and parent to a child given in adoption. She is there in the night, in sickness, in health, in joy, and in sadness. She is her mother. A mother can be a woman who takes on the care of another’s children through foster care or guardianship. She gives her life to loving them. They see her as mother.
I read the story of a man who parented a little boy that he believe to be his biological son. At age 10 he found out he may not be his biological parent and considered leaving the child. I thought how sad. He is the only Father that child knows. He IS his father. Blood alone does not make you more of a father or not.
What a blessing from God to be called mother.
Man, oh man I can not wait to become one myself.
Happy Mother's Day to all you beautiful treasures!
As many of you may know.. my sister in law is 36 weeks along with her first baby. Mind you this is my one and only sister in law, she's married to my one and only sibling, my brother.
(please forgive the poor quality of the picture.. at least you get the point.)
Well anyways, continuing on with my story.. Mandii is 36 weeks pregnant and she is due on June 7, 2007 with her first boy, whom they are probably going to name Jonathan David Jr, although that is not for sure so don't be writing it in stone.
Okay.. here is my dilemma. She is due the day that I am flying down to Las Vegas for a 3 day vacation. We can't cancel the vacation because it is free through Jeff's work. We've been waiting for this vacation for a year and we don't want to cancel it. I know that most first babies are overdue but you know babies, nothing is for sure. Especially if he takes after me or my brother.. my brother was a month late and I was almost birthed in the floorboard of my mom's car, early.
Mandii's mom can't be down there with her for the birth because Mandii's grandma has breast cancer and she just has surgery so Mandii's mom has to stay and take care of her. We're not for sure if my mom is going down or not, so all mandii has is her sisters, whom are all in their teens, her dad, and her husband, my brother, who only has enough time off to stay home the first day or so after the baby is born. Needless to say she will be alone. So I want to go down there to be with her. Although I don't want to go too early. If she is due on the 7th... I think if I wait till the 23rd to fly down... that should be enough time to let her family come over to see and be around the baby and for her and my brother to get settled with the baby before I come down.
Here lies the problem.. my husband wants me to go down but we aren't sure if I am going to fly or drive.. the drive takes 14 hours if you drive straight through. To fly.. it takes about 5. We are trying to save our money so we can spend it while we are down in Vegas, but I am totally willing to save my money so I can go down to California to see my first nephew. Well the plane ticket costs $451.61 round trip. Now I just need to convince my husband that it's ONLY $451.61!! I don't know how well he is going to take it.
Speaking of money I just got an email from a lady who wants to pay me about $35.00 to have an ad on my site, hey I am all for free money. Anyone else want to pay me some money to have an ad on my site, LOL! Or you could donate to my 'Meet My Nephew' Fund.
Plane Ticket .......... $451.61
Robyn's ad ............. - 35.00
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Left To Go: $416.61
Do if you were feeling a little generous or just really feel bad for me and would like to donate to my 'Meet My Nephew Fund' please email me at:
jeffandstephaniemackey@gmail.com
I do have paypal and I do take checks, lol.
If you don't want to donate or don't have the money, please just say a prayer that I will be able to use $500.00 of our vacation money to fly down to meet my baby nephew. Thank you all so much, it really does mean a lot to me.
Update: I just wanted to let you all know that I will be going down afterall. Although I won't be taking the $451.00 flight I will be taking a $200.00 flight. So all I am waiting to hear is when Jon and Mandii want me to come down. Anyways, thank you for all your support and I can't wait to show you all pictures.
Well this was supposed to be a "Wordless Wednesday' but I had to say a few things as well. But hey I have a picture, a funny picture at that, so you can't be mad at me right?
1. 5 Minutes For Mom is hosting a Mother's Day Giveaway. They are giving away a Best Buy’s Special Mother’s Day Apple iPod Nano and Chocolate Gift Set! Yes! They are giving away an iPOD NANO! And Chocolate!!! So head on over there and sign up for it. You can click on the link in my sidebar. Believe me you WANT to sign up for this one!!!
2. Damselfly at Celebrating A Life is hosting a note writing challenge. We all love to get notes and it makes us feel superb when we receive them, so why not take a minute to write 2 people a note and tell them how much you love them, how much you miss them, or how much you care for them. It will make you feel better, I promise.
I wrote 3 notes... one to a friend who just found out she's pregnant with number two. One to a friend who just gave birth to number 2, and one to a friend who's having problems getting pregnant with number 2. One for each end of the spectrum.
3. Speaking of getting pregnant... Nicole over at Much More Than A Mom found out that she is pregnant with number 2!!!! So head on over there and give her a big hug and a warm congratulations!
4. This Sunday is Mother's Day so remember to wish you mom a wonderful Mother's Day. Because you know that they LOVE to hear from you. Hey... maybe you can use that for your 'Note Writing Challenge'. One for you mom, one for your mother in law, and one to a friend. See it's that easy.
5. This is just to let you know that I am 100% open to pray if anyone needs a prayer. It can be for anything as well. If you are having a bad day and are hoping for a better one tomorrow, send me a message and I would love to pray for you. If you are trying to conceive and you need that extra boost, hit me up and I will be more than happy to pray for you. If your children are driving you up the wall, or your husband isn't understanding you and you're not having the best of times, feel free to stop by and drop me a comment, you know that I will be more than happy to pray for you. I will be posting a link to this post on my sidebar, so you all can click on it all the time, so send me a comment, I will be happy to make room in my prayers for a few words for you.
I wish you all the best of luck this week and I hope you all have a great day!
Since I don't have kids of my own (YET!), I have to post a picture of one of us doing something 'childish'. One of my great memories as a child is playing outside on a hot day, with a popcicle in my hand, oh what a life. I always had juice dripping down my chin and a large popcicle stain on my shirt, but none of that mattered to me. I was playing freely and all that mattered was the popcicle. It was so nice to have them on hot days, and growing up REALLY poor, you didn't get them often enough. Maybe once in a really GREAT while, when neither you or your older brother had beaten the crap out of each other at all that day. And believe me, it didn't happen that often, days without beatings, i mean. So in memory of those hot summer days with juice running down my chin, I give you the popcicle!
