7 Week Ultrasound

Im 7 weeks today!

First though this is how we announced the pregnancy to family.

I was so excited because this is the only time people were surprised.

every other time they knew we were trying and were waiting for results

so this was really fun.

we were able to tell my family when we went back for the funeral and I put one in grandmas casket but I felt she already knew anyway!

I wasn't sure when I was gonna bust out the cards but it became obvious when we were back at my grandmas after the visitation my uncle asked if he could get me a beer.... I said nah im good, and started having chasen pass them out!

we hadn't told chasen yet either, of course he had his sly smile and acted cool about it saying "ohhh noo"

 this was the back of the card

(im and avid pinner on pinterest, but I came up with this idea all on my own!! It was when Ean and I discussed trying for #3 and all I could think was how much the piles of laundry would grow!)

and the uncles got this card, they were the silly out takes from the "big brother" photo shoot I had with them

 LOVE!

we are all pretty excited, Im a little nervous, I haven't felt pregnant yet no sickness or tiredness. a little crabbyness to which people reply "isn't that normal" and ean say's "A little?!?"

I have felt bloated, constipated and gassy :) and pee allllll the time

Ill take those symptoms over puking any day, but because of puking everyday for 9 months with dash Im conditioned to associate that with pregnancy and was a little worried until we had this ultrasound!

here it is our 7 week peanut
all is good
heartbeat 114
i had tears in my eyes I was so relieved everything was ok, for whatever reason I was really worried.

just praying for a healthy baby!

The FIRST Time!!

Today Jan 21st we had our first IUI in trying for baby #3
It's a little different this time, I want the baby, but not as bad as I want the process to be over. I HATE the shots, the constant appointments that are horrible to go to with the kids or to make sure Ean is home to watch them, just feels like a hassle(a hassle thats worth it). and twice I had to drive in bad weather. I just really want it to work so I don't have to go through the process any more.
don't get me wrong I defiantly want the baby and wouldn't be doing all this if I didn't but the urgency, stress and anxiety for it to work isn't like it was with Dash. Which is defiantly a good thing, just seems weird.
now all that could change in a month when we are trying again and the urgency increases.
I did have a little anxiety, and when I say anxiety Im talking heavy feeling in my chest, highly irritable, a nervous stomach. But it was only for a day the day after my first shot, not sure if its a side affect of the hormones or if giving myself the shots and all the scheduling makes me that stressed. I was just glad it only lasted for a day and not for weeks like last time.
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jan. 30th MY BABY IS 2 and Iam 11 days past my hcg shot so its out of my system and I could get a true + test. and Im exactly 6 days from my missed period. I really should wait but as usual I just can't it consumes my every thought.
so this afternoon i took a test and it had the faintest line ever...like I could squint to see it and you can see it up to the light....so of course ive spent to much time googling faint pregnancy test and they all ended up actually pregnant.
I would be so relieved and happy if its + you have noooooooo idea.
waiting is the most excruciating part of this whole ordeal. ugh!!!!!
So I took the second test and it was (-)
so i called ean and asked him to buy the digital kind so that in the morning i could  test.
yes, i know that hcg is at higher levels in the morning so my (-) I got at 2pm could have been because its so early to test and it was 2pm.
but when Ean came home with my drug  pregnancy test I, like an idiot took another digital one....it said NOT PREGNANT.
So i just went to bed really confused.
woke up and took another it said PREGNANT 1-2weeks!!! ???? !!!! ???? !! ?? !?!?!?!?!??????

so confused. Im pretty sure this means Im pregnant -you rarely get a false (+) and i think its true because i did it in the morning, you can bet you ass Ill do another tomorrow morning. and my blood test is on the 4th which seems like light years away!!!
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I asked chasen what he would think if mommy and daddy had another baby and he said he would be excited but upset because he would have to control 2!! and if they touched his Legos they would be abandoned from his room. He said they would have to ask him if they could touch his legos "and I may say yes and I may say no" "and it might be a lot of No's"
"and if im 17 and i have a computer they can not be in my room" "so they are gonna have to ask me a lot of times if they can touch my stuff or not" "like when dad is workign on his computer and we can't be rowdy"
"but I would be ok with more babies" "Id be ok with 2 more" "that would be 4 kids though" "but id be fine with it" "but I dont know if I could teach that many kids stuff"
*silence*
"ohhhhhh (evil laugh) Im thinking about what it would be like with 2 more kids and they would do all the stuth (he says stuth not stuff) I do like rowdy exercises"
"can we get 3 more!?!!"
"NO"
"Why? I could help you control them and then you would just be back to 4"
"NO"
"well, it doesn't matter you decide, except it cant be just one more it has to be 2 or 3, but you decide"

OHHHH MY GOD I LOVE THIS KID!  and his math skills are amazing!
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so I did another test the next morning which was while we were on a family/friend vacation at a water park, It was positive!!!!
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blood test was this morning (2/4) at the university I had to take dashtyn, well i suppose i could of asked one of my friends to watch him but its just quicker to take him and he did good! didnt jam the needle in my arm and sat real still ;)
I got the results back and they were 156....last time it was 572...but she said anything above 50 means im pregnant!
ultrasound set for feb 24th!
Im exactly 4 weeks today the 4th of Feb. and at this point with dash i was puking and im NOT now, not even nauseous. so hopefully that means I wont puke for 9 months this time :)
Ultrasound set for the 24th!

Disney on Ice

we got the boys tickets to disney on ice for christmas! 

and the show was this past thursday.

Mickey was the host of the show 

and they did Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Lilo and Stitch and Peter Pan!

The Little Mermaid had bubbles 

the skating was good!

and they had a large inflatable Ursula that was kinda scary!

Dash was creeped out

Lilo and Stitch

very interested

Tinkerbell was always my favorite!

and the kids flew in peter pan!!!

they had a big inflatable alligator that Hook fell into at the end of the show

the boys enjoyed it, dashtyn got a little restless but did good! 

We Went Outside

2 DAYS IN A ROW!!!! 

It was actually in the 40's so we got outside in the 5 inches of snow that fell

 the road is out there somewhere

 the only time he's an angle 

 the park is burried

 I seriously can't believe we haven't lost any animals this winter it has never been this cold for so many days in a row well below 0 

  rolling down the ditch

 trying to blow snow at me

 throwing snow balls

 the next day it was warm enough the snow was melting and wet so we made a snowman

 then played at the park