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Post by AwesomeMommy on Dec 19, 2005 7:53:11 GMT -5
Hello! I am here, just super super busy! This was our last weekend before Christmas to get EVERYTHING done. So you can kind of consider it my last ditch effort to get all of my cards out on time, presents wrapped, and meals planned for the big day. I have not read any posts since FRIDAY, which is so not like me! I will be on all day today (well, after I get Kailey to school) and I will be a posting queen.
Talk to you then!
Jacque
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Post by AwesomeMommy on Dec 19, 2005 12:13:33 GMT -5
Hi ladies! I hope you are having a wonderful week before Christmas. It is beautiful here, we have had a lite dusting of snow every day - so it looks like a winter wonderland. We have also been keeping really busy with getting our cards and whatnot sent out, keep an eye out - you will both be getting a card and a small gift from Kailey! We still have a few more to send out, I hope they are all done by Tuesday in hopes that everyone will get them before Christmas! I am officially in the one week wait, I am only 6 DPO... but I test in 6 days since I have a shorter cycle. If I get a BFP on Christmas Day you will be hearing from me... just a warning... I test early, at like 3am... and yes, I will be calling right away i will be to excited to wait to call any later then that! Santa usually comes here on Christmas Eve, while we are at church. I hope that is when he comes this year also. It works out so nice, that way Kailey can sleep in on Christmas Day and then have all day to relax and play with her toys.... We will just have to wait to see when he comes... oh, and for the record, his toys will be wrapped! Mike is on Christmas Break (from school) his finals are over and he has 3 weeks off, then starting on next Monday he has a little over a week off of work! Kaileys gets out early on Wednesday and does not go back until the 3rd! I am so excited. I am also taking 5 days off, so we will have alot of quite family time - which means no meetings, or parties, or anything!!! Other then that, there is not much new here. We will meet our goal for our toy drive. We will collect over 150 toys for 40 kids.. which means all of them will get at least 3 or 4 toys a piece! WooHoo! Tonight I am going to go to the store, Tuesday we have the AOH Christmas Party, Wednesday is the Day Care Christmas Party, Thursday we are ringing bells for the Salvation Army (in the evening), Friday I took the day off and I will be baking with Kailey all day and then in the evening we will once again be ringing bells for the Salvation Army... then Saturday is Church and maybe Santa... and Sunday is Christmas! WooHoo! And my Test Day!!!! Terri: You are as busy as us!! I am glad the long term at the preschool in Coldwater is going well, not much of a drive either! WooHoo! How are your parties going? Did you finish your shopping? What about baking, do you make cookies? Aimee: Do you and Josh have a tree up? I bet it is beautiful, woohoo! This is your first Christmas out of the house, and your last Christmas as "single" person! Next year at this time you will be married and have an 8 month old. That means Santa will be stopping by your place. -- Also.. let me know what you think of your siggy, if you want to change it please feel free to! Talk to you both soon! Jacque
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Post by AwesomeMommy on Dec 21, 2005 6:48:45 GMT -5
Hi ladies... I am so glad that yesterday is over! I know that sounds just plain awful, but yesterday was so busy! Yesterday was the deadline for our toy collection, so what did everyone do? Yep, you guessed it... they waited until yesterday to drop off all of their toys. Then I had to sort them by age and gender, once that was done I had to separate them for each child... which is harder then you would thing because I know NOTHING about any of the kids, then I had to wrap them all!!!. Needless to say, our collection went great all 33 of the kids (angels that were not picked from the angel trees) numbers were giving to us... and because our toy drive went so well each one of the kids got 3 - 4 gifts! I am so happy, and I hope and pray that they all like their toys!
Then we had the AOH Christmas Party. We had a SS gift exchange, and believe it or not all 14 AOH members like what they got! WooHoo! I was so excited that everyone put so much thought into their gift! A few of the members got me a gifts, and I was so excited. They let me open them last night (last year they made me wait until Christmas!).... I got an Isabelle Bloom statue, the two disc set of the Christmas Story (which we had on VHS and was total worn out from watching it so much!), a bunch of candy, and 2 snowmen decorations for the house. I loved it all so much!
Tonight I have to get the things needed for Christmas dinner and Mike has to pick up Kailey's last gift (which is a tumbling mat!), tomorrow I have to work and ring bells for the salvation army, Friday I do not work (woohoo) and I have to ring bells for the Salvation Army and then I have nothing at all for four days!!!! I am so excited to have time off.
..... the best part is that I can test in 4 days!!
I will be back in a bit for personals... I got to pick up the house (it is 5:45am right now) - kids will be here in two hours and everything is still a mess from last nights party!
Jacque
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Post by AwesomeMommy on Dec 23, 2005 10:10:52 GMT -5
Good Morning ladies! I just wanted to ask if you received your cards and gifts from Kailey yet! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas.
Talk to you soon!
Jacque
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Post by AwesomeMommy on Dec 24, 2005 11:13:30 GMT -5
Merry Christmas EVE!!!!! I get to test in less then 19 Hours! I hope you both have a wonderful Christmas.
Love and Hugs!
Jacque
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Post by AwesomeMommy on Dec 25, 2005 7:38:48 GMT -5
Is this to good to be true? ? Do not get excited yet..... Ok ladies, it is 6:30 am on Christmas Day. I tested at 2 am, even earlier then I said I would. I waited and prayed while I was sitting on the toilet.... and looked at the test after 3 minutes. I used a + or - EPT test.... then a few minutes after that (basically after the shock of it being negative again wore off) I got up... and looked at it but this time under the light. I do not have my glasses on... and I can see a very very very very faint line. So I turn the stick at an angle, and yes... I can see the line BUT IT IS SO light.... I think I am willing myself to see it, I knock it up to being tired and go back to bed.... 6:20am I get up to pee again, and look at the SAME test... I can still see the line. I check my cervix, it is still hard and I have a bit of yellowish creamy/eggwhite CM. Not sure what is going on... I do not want to get excited... but maybe my Christmas miracle will come true. I want to test again, but it is 6:34am on Christmas Day I live in the middle of NO WHERE and EVERYTHING IN a 30 mile radius is closed AND THAT WAS MY ONLY TEST.... what to do..... As of right now, at least until someone else sees the line or I get a "real" BFP I am going to stay call and NOT get excited..... I just want to give you an update like I said I would. Merry Christmas! Jacque
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Post by AwesomeMommy on Dec 25, 2005 12:14:38 GMT -5
Mike can see the line, dear god it is really light.......... I just went online..... Walgreens is open today... After our big Christmas dinner I am going to go out and get a test..... We still have not told Kailey, or anyone other then you ladies!!!! I am sooo excited that this might be it.
I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas, we have opened our gifts... I will post photos later so you can see all that we got, and how cute Kailey was opening her gifts.
Later!
Jacque
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Post by terriwestgerdes on Dec 25, 2005 22:24:02 GMT -5
Sorry..................no time to post Christmas details...........JUST checking on the BFP situation at the Komnick house!!! Please keep me updated!!!!! Talk to you soon!!! ;D ;D Terri
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Post by AwesomeMommy on Dec 25, 2005 23:36:31 GMT -5
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE THIS.... WALGREENS WAS CLOSED!!!!! I CALLED THE STORE, AND THE MESSAGE SAID THEY HAD SHORTENED HOURS TODAY.. ONLY OPEN A FEW HOURS IN THE AFTERNOON!!!!!!!!!!! SO WE WENT TO EVERY PLACE THAT WAS OPEN IN TOWN (MOSTLY GAS STATIONS) TO TRY TO FIND A PREGNANCY TEST... NO PLACE HAD ONE!!!! WE JUST GOT HOME!!!! I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL MORNING TO TEST!!!!! I AM LOSING MY MIND!!!!!! LOL At least I have not started my period! I love you ladies! Jacque
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Post by AwesomeMommy on Dec 26, 2005 11:22:36 GMT -5
Note to self, EPT test are not error proof. I compared my test to those on POAS.com, and I did get a FALSE positive. I woke up this morning to Mike leaving, he came back with 5 pregnancy test. I took one... and it was a BFN. We were both devastated...... I am really glad I did not get my hopes up. A few minutes later Mike told me he wanted me to go get one of those at home sperm test.... I have talked about them a lot, but never got one. I was scared that the results would not be good... So I went to Walgreens (and of course saw EVERYONE I knew) and picked up the test. He took it right away - it was like a little spunk chemistry set.... lol - and well, it was very very very positive! We were supposed to wait 72 hours since his last ejaculation.. we had sex on Christmas Eve, about 28 hours ago and it was still that positive, so he has a ton of swimmers!
So, the good news it that I am ovulating and Mike is potent.... we must just be one of those couples that take between 6-12 months to conceive, after all.... that is the average. So, here is to Month 7 of TTC and an October baby!
Thanks for all of your support ladies.
Jacque
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Post by aimee on Dec 29, 2005 18:10:45 GMT -5
Hey, Hope you all had a great christmas!. I cant complain here, Josh got me my stand up jewelry box that I wanted. So that made me pretty happy. Other than that got a lot of little baby things. Mom got me the Ohio State crib set. We are going to do the room in Ohio State once i get some paint an tear down the other wall paper. That might take me a little while. Heck it is just starting to get clean. I can almost see the floor in there. Going through my stiff is no fun. Wish it was all put away already. It's kinda nice i didnt have to work on monday and I also get off tomarrow. Bu i got to go back to work on Monday. Cant have two Mondays off in a row, chemo patients cant wait that long for treatments. But i am glad this week is over. So did kailey get everything she wanted......and more . I felt like a scrooge this year, two days after i put up my tree it fell over i was so mad. So monday after Christmas i took it down. It didnt look as pretty when i put it up the first time. Welp i should get going...am at moms and Matt wants on the computer. Hope you have a safe and happy new year!!!! Aimee P.S. I like the siggy....looks cute!
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Post by AwesomeMommy on Dec 30, 2005 19:09:53 GMT -5
I will post more later... but for now I wanted to let you know that..... I caved, Mike made me.... I am once again charting, you can click on my ticker and it will take you to my FF chart... so now you can all look at my chart and obsess with me each and every month of TTC about how "this" is the month.... yippee! The good news is that we signed up for a year long subscription, so if all falls into place I will get a BFP this cycle so all of the money we paid for the entire year will go to waste... lol, well I guess there is always the FF pregnancy site... not that I will need it! and Jacque
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Post by AwesomeMommy on Jan 2, 2006 17:43:11 GMT -5
Aimee: Glad all is going well and that you had an awesome Christmas! You need to get that baby's room together, you have less then two months and that due date is going to sneak up on you! -- when are you working until? How long is your maternity leave? -- I am glad you like the siggy -- also, I will post Christmas photos later this week. Kailey got so much stuff and so did Mike and I, between that and the extra Church Services our holiday was wonderful!
Terri: WooHoo, the Bears are doing great... I wonder if they will be able to make it to the superbowl!
Jacque
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Post by AwesomeMommy on Jan 6, 2006 12:32:59 GMT -5
Hi Ladies... I hope all is going well! Not much new here, just about to Ovulation time. We are now charting again (click on my ticker to see my chart) we are also using Instead Cups, OPK's, the Saliva Scope, Temping, And checking cervical mucas and position... I hope this is it!
I used the Instead Cups again last night, sticking to the SMEP and all is going well. As for the Ovulation Scope... it is ok, I am still mastering it - I have trouble getting the "right" amount of spit on it! lol My temps are crazy, but I still have a really really good feeling about this month... like I said, the Instead Cups really keep "everything" in there... I hope it helps!
Aimee: How are you feeling? The Big day is almost here!!! When does your maternity leave start? How long will you be taking off?
Terri: How are the dog doing? I though the photo you mailed us was so adorable! How is work, school, and life in general???
Love and Hugs!
Talk to you soon!
Jacque
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Post by terriwestgerdes on Jan 9, 2006 20:49:19 GMT -5
WELL............I finally have about 3 minutes to post what's been going on for the last month!!..................You are going to hate me..........cause posting for me is going to be few and far between................LIFE IS OUT OF CONTROL!!! Christmas Christmas went way too fast! We waited til the last possible minute to start our shopping but we got everything all bought and wrapped before the big day!! I hate leaving the dogs........it's Christmas for them too!!! And they just get to sleep in their cages, in the dark house, etc. etc. It breaks my heart. Brian got me a necklace and earrings. I got him some shirts, a really nice bowling bag that he wanted, scratch off tickets, and lounge pants. He is really hard to buy for. All of our parties went well...........sometimes stressful..........especially on my mom's side. But we made it. I was especially cheerful during the holidays. My best friend was home from North Carolina. She moved there this fall and got a teaching job. We interviewed for lots of jobs down their this summer. It was wonderful having her home. THEN she got engaged on top of it ..........to one of my guy friends!! It was so exciting!! They had a huge engagement party on the 30th..........it was a blast!! We also picked out dresses for her wedding while she was home! They are gorgeous!! I am so excited about being in her wedding!! I was floored when she asked me! New Years Eve was a downer...........couldn't do much since Abbie had to get up early the next day to drive back to NC. Went out for dinner..............played cards/games at our house....Aimee and Josh came too. It was okay..............I personally was depressed since Abbie was leaving..............got pretty used to having her around again! SHould have known that I would take a usually fun night and turn it into a bummer for myself!! Now that the holidays are over, all hell has broken loose for me for the next couple of months! My weekly schedule is absolutely insane let alone all of the other crazy projects that are underway! Here is my weekly schedule................. Every day during the day: SUB or work out at the Lake Campus in the Reading Center. Monday Evenings: Tutor until 7 Tuesday Evenings: Class until 7:30 Wednesday Evenings: After School program at New Bremen YMCA until 6:30....plus the drive home........ Thursday Evenings: Tutor until 7 (plus 4-H meetings on the 2nd Thursday of the month..........which I have to plan for...................yikes!) Friday Evenings: Die of Exhaustion Saturday Mornings: Have to be out at the Lake campus by 8 for the Reading Center until 12 (at Least)...............not to mention that our enrollment for this session is so high that we now have 2 kids at a time............which means I service 4 kids total on Saturday mornings.............which means 4 LESSON PLANS!!!! MISC. Projects: Aimee's Shower Aimee's Wedding Aimee having Baby Quinn Homework for my class Normal Housework (laundry, cleaning, cooking, dishes, etc.) Plus remodeling our house-----------we are painting our front living room, replacing carpet, laying tile in front of the door. (Why we were forced to due this is a whole another LONG semi-humorous story). Composing a new cover letter and resume so I can hopefully obtain a full time teaching job PLEASE GOD!!!! Also.....started my Weight watchers again and I need to lose at least....AN ABSOLUTE BARE MINIMUM OF 25-30 pounds before Aimee's wedding PLEASE GOD!!!! Give me the strength to not eat like a cow and excercise like a pheen!!!! (p.s. My little hula girl is way off..........uhhhh I gained a little weight back over the holidays.....oops ......hopefully you will see her moving again in a few weeks................ ) The dogs are wonderful..............Papryka is getting so big!!! The Bears are also doing wonderful!!! Brian is very excited and we are hoping a Super Bowl Party is in store............especially since Brian thinks he can go out and buy a huge plasma flat screen TV if they make it there................. Well this has been my life in a nutshell. I believe that I will be placed in a straight jacket and put in a padded room by the end of the month!!!! How has everything been at the Komnick House??? How's Kailey??? Tell her that I scheduled her hair appointment for the wedding last week!!! I can't wait to see her!! How's Mike??? I'm sure you all are just as busy as Brian and I. I am still sending my baby prayers your way!!! I'm so sorry that I haven't been posting regularly. Most of the chaos was the holidays.................I know my schedule is hectic but at least I will have a set routine.....Which hopefully will allow a regular time for me to get on and post! I hate when I can't keep up on you!!!! Well I better go!! I have millions of things that i need to take care of tonight before I pass out in bed!!
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