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I received my Lupron shot this morning to suppress my system. I'll take my BCPs through Wednesday and then wait for AF to arrive. On day 3 I'll have my first monitoring appt and that night I'll start my stims. I think we're looking at a retrieval time just after the 4th of July. So this time next month, I'll be pg. This time is will work.
Happy Father's Day to the BEST Daddy EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!\
We're home, check back later for trip pictures and details!!!
Just a quick hi for the Home of Mickey Mouse! After an hour delay the plane ride went great and we arrived safe and sound very, VERY early Saturday morning. We hung out by the pool on Saturday and rested, very nice indeed. We are in the Fantasia part of the resort and our rooms are literally right by the pool and dining area, which is great! We hit the ground running on Sunday and spent the day at Epcot having lunch w/5 princesses and dinner with Mickey, Pluto, and Chip and Dale! Chase is lovestruck for Alice from Alice in Wonderland and Dale (who was obviously a girl this time) fell in love with Chase at dinner. Monday we had breakfast with Donald and the Gang at the Animal Kingdom and then spent the day going on the Safari, train, and meeting characters. We even had front-row seats to the parade. We ended the night at Chef Mickey's where Chase wore his Mickey Costume and was the hit of the dinner! We had wonderful seats to the fireworks and lighting of Cinderella's castle, the kids loved it!!!! I have so many pictures, but it's really late and time to go to bed! I'll try to add pictures and a longer post soon!!! This is truly the place where dreams come true!!!!
On Monday Chase had his first trip to the dentist. We had been preparing for months by saying things like, "When you go to the dentist you will open your mouth wide and he will touch your teeth," then we'd do just as we said, open our mouths wide and touch our teeth. We talked about how they would clean our teeth and make the bright and shiny. We talked about how Mommy and Daddy go to the dentist too and he's not scary, he very nice. Then we always ended our conversations with our usual bribe of, if you're good, we'll go to Chuck E. Cheese when you're done!
Now at the risk of sounding like a bragging mom, which we all know I am, I will say that Chase is an excellent child. In fact, he is beyond excellent. We constantly get comments on how smart he 
is, how well he talks, how well behaved he is, what good manners he has, etc. I have to say, all of these comments are right on track. I'm not sure how we got so lucky, but we did. Of course we have our moments, but for the most part, he's fantastic. We are very proud of Chase and make sure we tell him this often. We encourage good behavior and discourage negative. So far it has paid off splendidly.
Sunday night we talked about how after we went to sleep and then the sun came up it would finally be time to go to the dentist. I asked Chase if he was scared and he told me no. I had heard so many horror stories that I was weary, but felt confident that we had done what we could to ensure a good visit. I had researched the pediatric dentists around and quickly found that one was recommended time and time again. I also found he was the only one that allowed a parent
back, so he was the obvious and only choice. On the way down we again talked about opening our mouths and how they would touch his teeth. He really seemed excited, a good sign.
I knew as soon as we walked in that this was the right choice. Chase never so much as whimpered and ran to the video games and toys that were awaiting him by the sitting area. Within minutes we were called back and Chase didn't even hesitate. He raced ahead, eager to see what was behind each corner. We came to the cleaning area and met Mrs. Charlotte, his hygienist, and I could tell Chase was very comfortable with her. We had our beloved "Hippy" with us and Mrs. Charlotte showed Chase and Hippy all of her cool toys. Chase loved them. He climbed on the bed (what are those called anyway), got to put on the "magic sunglasses, and he was ready to go. He did everything she asked him to do and she told me time and time again how brave and good he was. Did I mention I was proud???? She also said
that his teeth looked great and that he let her get off what little tarter build-up he had. I will admit I was worried because he does 90% of his teeth brushing, but she said he's doing great and there was no need to make him let us do it!
After he was done with his cleaning he got to pick out a special toothbrush and we waited for Dr. Andersen. It only took a few minutes and we were called back to the exam room. I think the exam took all of 2 minutes, literally, but I'm not complaining. Jeff and I both have excellent teeth, never had to have braces, and have no major problems, so I've been praying Chase would inherit our teeth... he did! Dr. Anderson's exact words were, "He's got a perfect set of little teeth here!" Yeah!!!
Chase did spectacular and as promised we went to Chuck E. Cheese to celebrate. We will start going every 6 months now and I asked Chase if he liked the dentist. He told me yes, it was fun. Am I a lucky mom or what???
This time tomorrow we will be in Florida and I still have so much to do. I'm *almost* finished packing, I'm about to print off our Disney maps (I'm supposed to be doing that now, don't tell Jeff I'm updating my blog), and Chase is down for the night w/dreams of Mickey in his head... after a good hour of back and forth, up and down, with his Daddy. All is good, I think.
Tomorrow will be a busy day! Duchess is coming up early so that we can get haircuts, I need to finish packing those last minute items, recheck that I have everything we need, do my toes (long story short, Jeff stepped on my pinkie toe and ripped the nail right off in the middle of Best Buy, so much for a pedi before the trip), pick up the house, vacuum again, make sure the animals are set, drop off Molly at Aunt Stacy's and double-check she has a key to take come check on the other furbabies, pick up weekend feeders for the fish, and did I say double-check that I have everything we will need?
I still plan on posting about the dentist, in fact Jeff is putting the new camera software on the computer as I type. Or he's supposed to be. As soon as I have those pictures, I promise a post. We were going to take the laptop, but now I don't think we are. My mom will have hers, so I'll be able to post, but I guess that means no pictures until we come back. *sigh*
I hope everyone has a fantastic Friday, I have a feeling my will be hectic and fast!
(The dentist post will have to wait, I saw something today that I HAD to share.)
I am not a huge TV watcher and since getting TiVo, I watch even less. Well, maybe not less but certainly nothing that is actually on when I watch it.... until today. While Chase was playing and I was cleaning (I know, shocker) I turned the TV on just for the heck of it. The lines, "Wow, a girl that hog hunts, mud wrestles, and pulls you on a mattress... Jamie, you have found yourself a keeper" got my attention.
Turns out CMT has a show called: My Big Redneck Wedding. Yes, that's for real. If you haven't seen it, it's a must. I seriously could not believe what I was watching. I was so intrigued that I watched two episodes and even recorded one just to prove to Jeff that I was not making it up. I am tempted to set up a season pass, now that is saying something.
I will just give you a few snipits from the episodes that I saw today in order to wet your appetite:
~ the bridal party was all in camo (in both weddings)... that on a whole wasn't the worst part it was the neon orange baseball caps and the blue jean mini-skirts to go with the camo tops that put it over the edge
~ the bachelor party consisted of shooting bottle rockets at eachother, while holding them in their hand (can we say idiots)
~ mud wrestling at the reception... the bride even did it... in her dress
~ pickled pigs feet at the reception... ewwww
~ cornbread and baked beans at the reception to which the groom said, "These beans are starting to work!" (just a note to the bride, I'd sleep downwind)
~ one bride went down the aisle on a tractor... seriously, the other went down on a donkey (hey, it was her pet)
~ they had mattress surfing, which was pulling a person on a mattress through the cow field behind the 4-wheeler
~ at the end of one wedding the groom told the bride, "Let's go constipate this marriage!"
Enough said.
Now tell me that is something you don't want to see??? I will definitely need to set up a season pass.
Chase had his very first dentist appointment, post and pictures coming soon!
