Happy New Year!

It's that time again. Time for new beginnings and the opportunity to start new.

My top five happy things about 2012:

1. I finally married my love. Couldn't be happier to start spending the rest of our lives together. ;)

2. My family is healthy. We were able to spend holidays together. I don't know how many more years my grandparents have in them, but I am grateful for every minute I get to spend with them. My greatest personal wish is that they get to meet our children.

Mi y mi abuela, nochebuena.

3. We have enough. While I might not have everything I *want*, we have everything that we *need*. That makes us very lucky and blessed beyond measure.

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4. We have a wonderful home (that we rent) and I am lucky to have both of my brothers living with us. We get to spend time together that we wouldn't if we lived apart. I am also within close distance to most of my family. I have wonderful pets that give me lots of love.

5. I am felicitously fortunate enough to have a wonderful set of "in-laws". This is especially true of my MIL (or as she would say, "Mother in Heart") who is always a ray of sunshine, and supports us in all we do.

Consult Appointment

Yay, I got an appointment with Seattle Reproductive Medicine in January! Initially it was set for Dec, but there was an issue with insurance and I didn't get added on to the plan. They would have "fixed it", but would have back-dated premiums to the date we got married. Not really worth it. We decided to just reschedule.

Oh man, there is SO MUCH PAPERWORK to fill out! It's super crazy, but I will do anything.

We are thinking about moving to my moms for a couple of months so we can save money for a down payment on a house. Rent isn't cheap!

I'm almost 27 you guys. Crazy.

Deciding to see if ART is needed.

I know we need to do something, but I'm not sure how deep we are going to jump in.

Our insurance covers infertility treatments. They cover 3 cycles in a lifetime. I'm not sure exactly what that means, but I know that if we tried IUI that it would count towards the 3 cycle limit. Looking at the stats, IUI has such a low success rate per try it makes me think that for me personally it isn't the right thing to do. I don't think I can handle that emotionally. Maybe if other things don't work out then we will pay for IUI out of pocket, but I don't know. My latest GYN said that "when you want to have a baby we'll do IVF" but I don't know if that means that the other things are a waste of time. I'm guessing so with my medical history.

Trying to get in for an appointment is hard. I've been calling for over a month, and they returned my call one time but of course I missed it. I am trying to get in to Seattle Reproductive Medicine. Super lucky that they are in network. Same with Overlake Reproductive Health, but for some reason I don't want to go there. I know they have better success rates than SRM, but I don't think I would feel comfortable with the doctors.

I'm a Mrs!

Yep, we finally tied the knot.

We got married on Friday, which was our three year dating anniversary. <3

Wordless Wednesday: Things that make me happy.

Cycling normally & feeling better.

I am feeling oh so much better, so it was time to catch up on housework. 15 loads of laundry is not my idea of a good time, but there were loads and loads of towels and linens to be done. Lamesauce right?

I've still been feeling icky, but not sick anymore. Just dizzy mostly. I did take soy this cycle, so I am having a pretty "normal" cycle. Pretty sure I O'd a couple days ago. Hopefully everything in my body keeps going relatively well.

We took the pup to the vet, and she got her vaccines and we got the bump on her tummy checked out. Turns out it was exactly what I thought it was- an umbilical hernia. It doesn't hurt her. We also made an appointment for kitty, and she is going to hate us. Multiple shots for her, especially since she's an outside kitty now.

Happy pictures of happy pets!

OOH. Forgot to share our new rings. Aren't they pretty?

The stone is aquamarine. :)

Feeling better.

Today was the first day that I felt semi-normal in quite a while. I don't know where I would have been if I didn't have cold medicine to take for the last week. Thank goodness for the dollar store!

I finished my last dose of Soy last night, yay! I did 150 mg for the first 3 days and then 200 mg for the last two days. I didn't really have any side effects, or if I did it was hard to tell because I have been so sick lately.

Our house is getting appraised on Friday. Oh. My. Goodness. We have so much to do. I, of course, have been sick as all get out for the last week, so I haven't been doing house work. The house is a mess. Not super terrible, but not good enough that I want a stranger poking in my closets and all that jazz. This means I have a ton of cleaning to do in the next couple of days. Wish me luck, and health.

In happy news... I got a job! I will be editing books for the publishing company that my friend is with. I am super excited about that. The best part is that I get to work from home, and it's reading you guys. I LOVE reading.

Did I mention that I broke my Kindle? I was devastated! I am getting a new one soon, but that meant that since I was so sick, I had to send K to the library for me to get me something to read. I wasn't about to expose a bunch of people to these germs, that would have been cruel. I was surprised at how well he did (especially since he hates reading).