Friday Movie Review: Hot Tub Time Machine

Yuck! Yuck! And more yuck! I should have known better. But I caved because my boyfriend, John Cusack was in this movie. Why John? Why did you have to make such an icky movie? I am not going to trouble anyone with details or a real review. Just realize that it was icky and I am saddened that we watched it.

If you wanted to see it then you probably already have, but if you haven't seen it, DON'T DO IT! And realize as I post this that because I love me some John Cusack for me to tell people not to see this...well it means that it is HORRIBLE!!!

That is all...

Thursdays Nostaligia

Can you remember when Aidan was this little?
It seems like it was just yesterday and yet so long ago as well.
I love my baby. I love that he has grown by leaps and bounds.
I am anxious to have another baby in the house.

Wednesdays blessings

Cousins. This last week my cousins daughter, Chelsea, has been staying with us. We are so happy to have her here with us visiting. She is such a delightful young woman, I am happy to be able to make memories and spend QT with her. Aidan loves her to death and gets mad if she isn't right next to him. :)

Temple Square. I often forget how wonderful this is. I have always lived a short distance from it and have rarely taken advantage of its sites. We always go down to see the lights at Christmas time but never go down during the other months. With Chelsea visiting we took advantage of her and went and visited. Aside from her never really spending much time in Northern Utah, she and her sisters were recently baptized.

Antelope Island. What a relaxing little drive. There really isn't much to see out there. Once you have seen it a couple of hundred times, it doesn't change much. But aside from the relaxing drive, I enjoy spending time with my Grandparents.

Banana Splits. After our trip to the Island, we went to lunch and got banana splits for dessert. What a fun memory. Thanks Bob and Virgie for the wonderful time!

Morning Sickness. I can't believe I am putting this on my Wednesdays Blessings list. But I have wanted to be pregnant for a while and feeling nausea and icky helps to remind me that I want this. I especially want this wonderful parasite in my middle to grow and develop and come out and see me.

Intuition. Read last weeks blog entitled This Week At A Glance. The doctor says one thing. We feel another.

Free Resources. When you are poor and want something to do, nothing is better than having free fun resources available to you.

Tuesday Book Review: Midnight Sons Volume 3

I finally made it to the library and was able to get my hands on a Macomber book that I hadn't read. YEAH! This book is part of a series. The series takes place in Hard Luck, Alaska. Hard Luck is located just above the Arctic Circle. In the beginning of the series the population of the town is less than 50. As the books go through and document the lives of the residences you see not only a part of there wonderfully complex and yet simple life (living far away from civilization would have its pros and cons). Midnight Sons is the name of a company ran by three brothers. The company specializes in aviation transportation. These brothers/pilots are the towns only way to communicate with the outside world. As the brothers start to lose pilots due to a lack of females in the towns population, two of them devise a plan. Bribe beautiful woman from the bigger cities to come and live in Hard Luck. In exchange they would get property after a year and a job. This concept proves to be shoddy. The woman who they want to come to Hard Luck refuse to stay after a day. But the strong willed able bodied woman make it last. The brothers find themselves (as with other men in the town) falling in love with the women who embrace their town and lifestyle. These books share the beautiful and mostly tumultious relationship beginnings between man and woman.

I have said it before and will say it again. Macomber does a fine job of documenting the dynamic within relationships.

Good quick read, I have missed you. Hopefully the library will have more later this week.

Molly Monday: Root Veggies

I was distraught last week because my neighbor has been picking her veggies for a while and have gotten nothing. Well I decided to go and just check my root veggies. First I pulled the carrots that looked dead and then the beet that looked sad. And this it what I saw. I am no longer sad, but enthusiatic about what can be coming soon. I hope to harvest in October. Yummy pickled beets and possible baby food? Just kidding.

This week at a glance

This last week was an interesting one. Last Sunday I found myself on Facebook excited for yet another friend announcing their pregnancy/due date to cyberspace. And then, right in the middle of my happiness for them I felt saddened.

Brian and I have been wanted to get pregnant for the last 18 months. Our ideal plan was to have babies two years apart. We both want four babies. We both are aware that I am not a spring chicken so since we started when I was 28 we knew we would have to work fast. As so when my body began to "act up" we were concerned.

I have been going to see a Fertility Doctor/OB-GYN for the last six months. He has helped me to understand that my problems may be cause by PCOS. And yes, he "thinks" I may have. He says all my symptoms lead him to believe this but we haven't got around to furthering that diagnosis. His first plan of action to regulate my body was to put me on birth control. What? He knows we WANT more babies, why birth control. Apparently birth control helps a woman regulate her body and hormones when her body "acts up". So I took some birth control, for a month. Then I couldn't get in to see him and left it alone.

Last Sunday I found myself going from super happy to super upset. I said to myself "FINE!" I cried a little bit and then first thing Monday morning I called and asked if I could have a prescription for birth control, because it was obviously not going to hurt me this year, my body was acting up again. The nurse said that was fine but asked if I was pregnant. No I am not. Brian agreed with my decision and so on Tuesday morning we went and picked up prescription. The pharmacy tech asked, no stressed that if I am pregnant I should not take birth control. "Are you sure you are not pregnant or you have a possibility of being pregnant?" she stressed. No I replied. Three months nothing happening within my body. I am not pregnant, biology says that is impossible. So Tuesday night I sit on my bed with my water in my hand and prep to take the birth control and I couldn't take it. I began to cry. If I start taking birth control there goes another chance. And then I remembered the look on the pharmacy tech's face and I ask Brian to go and get me a test. Better to be safe than sorry. So Wednesday he goes to the store and buys one.

Wednesday night, right before bed, I realize I haven't taken this test and need to so that I can feel good about the birth control. So at midnight I take the test and this is what we get...

"BRIAN!!! COME HERE NOW PLEASE!!!" What he says followed by a giggle. We argue a bit and decide that maybe its because I have been eating too many spinach-poppy seed dressing salads this last week. I go to bed, without taking birth control. Throughout the night Brian buys another test so that I can take a test in the morning.
This is what we get. At first glance we thought negative. And then we started looking at the directions of the lines. Two positive tests. Are we really PREGNANT? I call the doctor and make an appointment for Monday.

At the doctor he does a test and it also come back positive. SWEET! Now we are getting excited. Especially when he tells us the due date is Jan. 22. 2011. And in 3-4 weeks we can find out the sex of the baby. WHAT?? Brian and quickly lose our enthusiasm and determine that something isn't correct. I haven't had a cycle since April 17 (this is the date the doctor is going on) and yet we don't feel right about it. We must have let off some weird vibes because the doctor then says let me check something first. He goes looking for a heart beat. Nothing. He then tells us to come back in two hours and have an ultrasound. Its easier to find a heart beat with an ultrasound. I like that better because who doesn't want a picture of their baby.

Two hours later we are getting our ultrasound. And guess what, nothing. The technician then decides to try a different method of looking. She goes in vaginally. And then she sees something. But what is it? Too make a long story short. We are a fluke.

We are pregnant but have no heart beat and we aren't worried. Why you ask? After finally finding something to take a picture of we determine that all we have is a sac. No baby yet. I am estimated to be only 3 weeks pregnant. A babies heart beat doesn't show up until week 5-6. I didn't know that. I just happen to take a test early and WOW my hormones showed up.

Needless to say we are all very excited but very nervous. It is still so early that lots could happen. We hope and pray that the only things that happen are positive and allow this baby to go full term. My heart says everything is fine and yet my mind tells me not to get comfortable. My body is crazy and my only hope is that it calms down so that we might experience this little blessing in our arms in 10 months. Please keep Baby Larson #2 in your prayers. Because I would love to hold the baby in my arms soon.

Thanks and sorry for being so long.

PS Aidan is pretty excited. He likes to kiss and rub my tummy. I have been trying to get him to say I love you for months now. The first time he said it was to my tummy. "I wuv you Baby."
So cute!

Aidanisms

"Mommy there's a baby in my tummy, too."
"What? Aidan, only mommy's can have babies in their tummies, not boys."
"Oh-kay. Daddy, there's a baby in my tummy."
Repeat over and over again.