Trick or Treat!

Hey Ya’ll!  Has it been busy for you too?  I got sick, and it so slowed me down!  I kept saying that I had to get better-I had things to do.  I’m sure I just couldn’t take anymore-after all the stuff I’ve been doing outside my house, with guidelines (I’m more of a free-artsy type-with neat tendencies. heehee).  Anyway, every time I do a party, I get sick!  I think it’s just stress trying to get it all done.  I’ll have to refuse next time they ask based on my health, and past experience. (Ha!  Let’s see how well that goes over!)

Anyway, we’ve had a Halloween!  The kids were storybook characters on Friday, but Calvin didn’t translate so well going door-to-door.  Clay said he just looked like a kid in a red striped shirt!  He wanted to buy a new costume (and I did go by Target Sunday afternoon), but no luck.  So, he pulled out our basic backup: the ghost.  We have a white sheet with eye holes that we keep around just for this reason!  We need another back up-the Ghost just doesn’t show up in pictures! : )

Here’s one of our favorite babsitters and her friends: (I’m glad they aren’t too old to trick-or-treat!  They don’t need to grow up too fast!)

And remember those luminaries we made at the party?  I had some candles left, so: Voila!  I think we had 10 including our practice ones and Clay’s from school!  It looked good, and when one fell over, the sand fell into the candle, and put it out right away-no fire (yay!):

And this is their bounty:

 

after Trip One-Clay went back out again!  We always buy their candy so they don’t eat it, so Clay wanted to up his dollar amount (he’s still earning to buy stocks!)  We offered 10 cents a piece, but we meant chocolate!  The starburst and Dum-dums should only be about 3-5 cents, but we went 10 cents.  Now, they picked a few to eat and keep, but I’ve got the rest.  (Ahh…power! Hahaha!)  Actually, we bagged up all of Clay’s extra, and he wants to take it to Mrs. Lee for her candy jar.  (She’ll have to get a bigger jar!)

Now, we are on to the next big thing: Clay’s party!  He’s having a Megamind movie-watching party this Saturday.  He’s getting excited, and Mary Claire is too.  She changed our Pig’s sign from Halloween to Clay’s birthday.  I’m glad that the kids take on some responsibility-I’ve been in bed sick, so I appreciate the help!  Next up: take down all that Halloween stuff! : )

Another Doctor

Ahh..doctors.  Saw a new one today: Michael Miller in Little Rock.  I have to say, he was pretty good.  He was late very thoughtful, and continued to think about my case as he left the room-he came back to tell me one more thing it could be-my c-section with Ethan (scar tissue from it, more exactly).

So we got there a teensy bit early (you know me, I cut it pretty close!).  It was quite a drive, and I had to talk candy with an Exxon attendant (Tiger Something-that was hours ago!).  They had the old Nerds boxes-the old pictures I remember from childhood!  And they had these things that looked like frosted sugared graham crackers-in flavors (and I can’t for the life of me remember the name), and of course almost all the M&M’s (except coconut! And my box of 24 from Sam’s is all gone!).  Anyway, I tried to avoid the candy aisle-I went down the chip aisle, looked for yogurt (none), then tried the surrounding aisles (all three of them), and nothing. The guy asked if he could help me, but I could have been helped with any of those luscious brown treats.  I  got some pretzel M&M’s and talked candy with the attendant till there was a line behind me.  Time to go!

So, anyway, we made it fine to the doctor’s office, gave them a copy of our marriage license (they require it!), then sat for almost an hour.  At 40 minutes, I asked Ches if I should go complain, but he said to wait for five more minutes.  I got all involved in an old People magazine in an Elizabeth Edwards story, so I forgot all about the doctor!  I even carried it back to the little room when they finally called my name. : ) (and yes, I got to finish it and read an old Southern Living I never had time for at home!)

So, then an intern came in to get my history (that I filled out on the computer last week, and wrote out and brought with me..) (I’m sure she was filling time), and she was very sweet.  She did help me relax and fill time. : )

Finally, we met the doctor! He was very nice, and listened to me talk, to suggestions, and gave his thoughts.  It was refreshing, and he was very knowledgeable.  I appreciated his candidness.  There may be nothing wrong with me, but he’s looking into stuff.  He had me give more blood-this time for TSH, T4 (thyroid hormones), prolactin (which I’ve never had checked), and I can’t remember what else…I think antinuclear antibodies too.

Then we did an ultrasound.  He checked my uterus (but will check it better with a hysterosalpingogram, next month if I’m not pregnant-he wanted to be careful, just in case) and my ovaries.  He could tell I’d ovulated on my left side.  The cysts were pretty big, so I had one or two eggs release-It’s hard to tell.  One was bigger than the other, so it probably released an egg, but the other was enlarged, so maybe it just got ready.

I am to take progesterone starting today and for 16 days.  If I’m not pregnant, I go back for the xray test (uterus-to look for scar tissue), and Ches and I both take antibiotics, then I start Clomid, then we start again.  I haven’t taken it before, so I don’t know much about it.

If I am pregnant, I don’t know what happens next.  He didn’t go into that.  He seemed to understand that a positive pregnancy test wasn’t the happy thing that other people experience.  For me, it’s just a step (sadly).  I liked that he got me.  We’ll keep praying!