Lazy weekend

We had a great weekend. We got a ton of work done on Saturday, including a lot of gardening, so that our Sunday was totally relaxing. So, I have some fun garden pics to post- things are starting to grow really nicely, and then I have a few funny dog pics (my dog, Sherman's, indian name is Dances with Sprinklers). In any event, things here are going well. I'm a nervous wreck all the time. I am trying to stay calm but after the last beta symptoms come and go and when they "go" I get really really nervous. For now, I have huge bbs. Seriously, I started my 30's with an A cup, then proceeded into a B cup with all of the IF treatments and a few (quite a few) extra pounds as a result. Well, my painful bbs are now overflowing a generous C cup. So, um, ouch. Other symptoms include too much spit- yes, I'm now that creepy person who has to keep wiping the sides of her mouth b/c she has too much saliva. This is always my first pregnancy symptom, so I welcome it, but, YUCK!!!. Besides that, I've been getting up every night around 2:30-3:30 AM with a burning stomach and have to eat a few crackers and take a tums before I can settle back down and, as of this morning, brushing my back teeth in the morning has me dry heaving tooth paste. So, fun stuff, but at least it reminds me that my hormones are still climbing, which is what I was going for! Brett and I are excited and cautiously optimistic. I am also aware that I am taking my cautiousness to extremes since I don't want to buy anything in anticipation of pregnancy or babies at this point - I have even been refusing to buy new bras that fit - but I think Brett will be putting an end to that since he feels bad for me and thinks I am being crazy.

I am also hesitant about changing my plans to go to my sister in law's wedding in Mexico in July. I know that if we have one or two little heartbeats in there, I will probably cancel my part of that trip. I really want to go but I also understand CCRM's concerns over treatment in another country in the first trimester...and I'd only be about 8-9 weeks at that point (oh, about the same week as my last m/c happened). It's not flying that I (or they) are worried about. It is that, what will I do if I start bleeding while there? Here, I would call the RE and head to the nearest hospital and hope they could do something. There, I would hit the local doctor's shack? I have no idea....so I get and respect their concerns. Not to mention, I would again have to travel with huge needles and try to get CCRM to write me a note for the flight so that I can bring the needles on a trip they don't approve of...hmmmm.. Oh well, such is life. But...MEXICO!!!!

Okay, so here are some garden pics:

This is the front part of our garden. The first few rows are zuchini, the other really large row is broccoli and in the back you see cucumbers and tomatoes. Last year, our garden was so huge that the tomatoes grew over our 6 foot fence...but the cold weather and very wet conditions seem to have stunted their growth so far this year. Concerned but not too much so. They are still growing nicely, just not freakishly like last year.

A very pretty zuchini plant - I think we will soon get some flowers!


Here is the fun, colorful stuff in the front of the house. Our house NEEDS it! it is a very bland colored house which was a light yellow with ugly green trim when we got it. We've changed it to a light yellow with a white trim but had to add lots of colors in plants so that it continues to look homey.

And, here is my little big guy having a ball with the back yard sprinkler. I make sure to use the halfway broken one anyway, because he can destroy one in no time. So, we put it out yesterday afternoon when it was really hot out. He had so much fun -he ended up getting us all soaked.

I had a few more pics of Brett and I sitting out on the deck yesterday but my computer and camera thing is all out of whack. I have a kodak camera and the software that came with it sucks (it woud identify any picture of the same thing - even from a different angle - as the same picture and not download any "duplicates") so I took it off of the computer. Now, my computer won't recognize the camera at all and never even opens up the camera wizard, nor will I be able to locate the camera via usb port on "my computer" so I actually have to download the pics to my little bitty laptop, put them on a portable memory device and then move them over to my desktop - what a pain! I have to figure this all out. Oh well, should keep me busy for a while!