App.le Festival

This is the third year I took Baylor to the App.le Festival. Ok, the first time I was pregnant but he was there.  Yaya, Buddy, and I took him last year and we had a good time but this year we had a great time!   The weather was perfect and with Baylor being older, he just had a great time.  There was so much for him to see and we tried to see it all. The first exciting thing we did was ride the school bus.  He is fascinated by the buses. When we got to the festival we saw the put-put motors and the tractors. We asked if he could sit on a tractor and the nice man let him even though they usually don't let anyone sit on them.  He really enjoyed that and we took and nice photo of him with my parents.  Buddy is holding his face at the camera but other than that it was a nice shot.  We went to the petting area and saw Dixie the 750 lb pig, a calf, sheep, and goats. Baylor rode on Buddy's shoulders and decided it must have been a good view because he was not trying to get down,  We went to where they have hay rides and Buddy was talking to the tractor owner about the John Deere.  Dad grew up on the farm so the sound of a tractor running is like music to him.  Dad asked him if Baylor could sit on the seat and he also said yes.  After that we took the hay ride in a red wagon.  Baylor did not say a word the whole time he was just taking in everything that was going on.  After the hay ride we stopped by the pony rides and he rode the small pony and did so good. After he processed everything he would start jabbering about it. We rode the school bus back to the parking area and while we were walking to the car, he was turning around waving Bye to the bus and Bye Bye to the other bus.

Happy Birth.day Cullen

Saturday was the birthday party for Cullen.  His family is very similar to ours; two Mommies and a son. We are both trying for another right now also. 

Cullen received a lot of nice gifts and we enjoyed watching him open them all.  Of course the big box off one gift was particularly entertaining to the kids.

I think they are just peeking at each other, but if not that is ok too. 

We had a really nice time and it was good seeing them again. 

So far

We have passed all of the tests needed to get started on trying to conceive through the clinic.  I passed the FSH test earlier this month.  Lori and I had to have infectious disease blood work and we both passed.  Last week we had an evaluation with a social worker and somehow we managed to fool her too!  So I asked when we can get started and my nurse said with my next period, which should have started this past Saturday which would have worked well because I have to go the clinic on day three and I have to be there early in the morning.  Monday would be perfect for such a trip an hour away.  If day three falls on the weekend the drive goes from one hour to 1 hr 45 min because I have to go to the weekend office.  I have to be there between 7-9.  Of course I started a day early and day 3 was on Sunday.  Not a appointment I can take Baylor to so I am skipping this month. Totally bummed but we can try again next month.  If I have to go on the weekend I am hoping Lori can take off work in the morning to watch Baylor.  I know he would not do well being dropped off at a friend's or my cousin's.  So another month goes by and I am getting closer to 40 each month.  Hopefully things will go well this month and we can try soon.  It is very frustrating to keep waiting but I know having a new baby in my arms some day will be worth the wait. 

Choc.olate Pupcakes with peanut butter frosting

Baylor and I were supposed to do to a picnic today with a couple of families like ours, same sex parents and their kidlets.  We made dessert for the picnic but ended up not being able to go because Saturday when Baylor woke up from his nap, at Sonic, his nose started running and it has not stopped.  He had a hard time sleeping last night because of the congestion and took both naps today sitting up on my lap.  I really wish the recliner was still upstairs!  We did make the cup cakes before he was too sick and he did not try to touch anything. And his hands were washed too so he was safe around food.  He likes to sit on the counter and he loves the noisy as he calls the mixer.

Putting the papers in the pan.

Adding the flour.

The yummy frosting.

The finished pupcakes.

We went to the Wh.oopie Pie Festival in Lancaster on Saturday with Yaya and Buddy.  It we pretty neat and lots of Whoopie Pies.  I bought some very small ones for Baylor and after he ate it he said Yum Good. More please!  Dad did the Whoopie Pie toss.  He came close to the targets but did not make a hit.   We lost a woobie there, which made the rest of the afternoon a bit rough.  Woobie is Baylor's comfort blanket.  Thankfully we have three others in reserve.  They were used as a nose wipe all day today and one is in the wash right now.  One day I came home and he was at the back door with three clutched in his hands saying, three Woobie, three Woobie!  He had found two in the laundry room and was thrilled.

Next Steps

Thursday I had my consultation with the fertility Dr and we are going to go though with IUI with meds(shots) to better our chances. Insurance will not cover anything so we are looking at $500 to $700 for the injectable meds and $1600.00 for the proceedure which covers everything execpt the gas to drive down there.  It is am hour and 20 minute drive there but at least it is a staight shot down 15.  Too much on my mind to put it all down.

Real Men make Q.uiche in footie jammies

Baylor is a wonderful sous chef and helped make quiches for Aunts Meeting .  He stirred the eggs and milk together and helped with the cheese.  The mess was minimal but totally worth working with him in the kitchen.  YaYa was also helping us get ready.

One of Baylor's best buddies is Eli Strayer.  Eli has been enamored with Baylor since he first saw him when Baylor was about 3 weeks old.  Every time we see Eli he is very drawn to Baylor and today was no different.  Baylor being the youngest right now is usually the center of attention. But it is usually Eli who wins his attention. 

After playing for many hours and just being busy all day, he curled up in my lap and feel asleep in about 2 minutes and slept for three and a half hours, most of it on my shoulder.  I enjoyed it because it won't last forever.

I love this face and this person! 

At least I have young ovaries

I had to change the appointment at the clinic to next week because I had too much going on at work Wednesday.  Monday I went to the OB's office for a blood draw and sign paperwork release forms so Pam could fax the information to the clinic and to insurance.  The blood draw was to check my ovary function which came back at 8 point something and anything under 10 is good.  That was comforting to find out.  My insurance called yesterday and since we have only had 3 attempts, I am cannot be deemed infertile yet.  I would need three more tries for them to cover it.  But I can dispute them and plead my case to them and see if they can change their mind.  I will call soon to initiate that.  The appointment is next Thursday so I hope things go well.