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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
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Re: MMPP
Clean the house up - this weekend was busy so the house has been neglected.
Starting to walk with a friend this week so we can both drop some of this baby weight.
Hopefully dinner with Amy at some point.
Dinner with my aunt this week
My sisters bachlorette party on Saturday
Finish cleaning out the flower beds and start the prepping the pots for planting. We don't plant ANYTHING until after Mother's Day, but I want to get ready for it while I have the time.
Clean out the closet(s) and start making piles for upcoming donations and garage sales.
Steph and Jeff's Shutterfly Website
~ Stephanie & Jeffrey ~ 9.15.2007
Serendipity3, South Beach, Miami, FL 2012
Today: Run to the post office, Target
Tuesday: Playgroup
Wednesday: Do some final cleaning stuff, grocery store run, IL's arrive
Thursday: DH's birthday, IL's here
Friday: IL's here
Saturday: IL's here
Sunday: IL's still here
Start packing up the condo.
Sat: showings on the condo to potential renters.
Today: I have my first pre-natal yoga class
Tuesday: Nothing special - just general cleaning stuff
Wed: grocery shopping & cleaning
Thurs: Dinner with some co-workers - some people know about our little pumpkin, but I'll be telling the rest that night.
Fri: Nothing
Sat: DH's last class! He'll officially be done with school! We're going to see if some friends can come over for dinner afterward.
Today - interview potential contracter to cover my maternity leave (so weird!), doctor's appointment this afternoon. Maybe start washing some baby clothes, bedding.
Tuesday - finish the last few thank you notes from our showers.
Thursday - BF class at the hospital
Friday - clean the house
Saturday - Birthing class at the hospital, wedding at night
Sunday - a few friends are coming over to visit.
Kbaby - Are your in laws going to be in town this week?
This week is pretty low key. I need to clean the house a little better since a couple people will be over on Friday to watch the wedding. And we have a fundraiser this weekend to go to and shop for a wedding shower gift.
I feel like I have so much to do.
I am babysitting our friend's little girl for 3 days this week.
Return a bunch of maternity clothes to Somerset.
Pick up car seat that was shipped to babies r us
Finish and mail thank you cards for baby shower.
Put together and mail a gift basket for my cousin for hosting my shower and having me stay with her.
Figure out an anniversary gift for my husband. (any ideas?!)
Celebrate our 5th anniversary on Friday.
Clean the house, and organize my book shelves.
Oops I forgot some: I plan to walk everyday this week and maybe do some light weights work out. The scale made a huge jump, and it is freaking me out.
Monday: Visit a friend for Lunch.
Tuesday: Final walk through on the house
Wednesday: Closing!!
I want to try to teach Lucas some more sign language, he picks it up pretty fast so I might as well.
Going to buy a new camera since the one I have sucks.
I bought some baby girl clothes, but they didnt let me use my coupon so I'm returning them in protest.
Mommy's little helper
Work every day. After work, I need to do a few errands to pick up a few things for my trip.
Friday I'm leaving work early.... LEAVE FOR FLORIDA FOR 9 DAYS!! I cannot wait, I'm so excited to get out of here for a while. I really need a break from reality & life!
My Chart
TTC since Sept 2009
Cycle#9-Natural BFP 7/9/2010 ~ m/c 7/31/2010 ~ 8/31/10 beta 0.
Nov/Dec 2011, started seeing RE. HSG-all clear! SA is good! DX = unexplained IF.
Cycle#25-50mg clomid, IUI#1 = BFP 12/24/11 ~ m/c 1/5/12 ~ 2/21/12 beta level finally 0.
Cycle#28- 100mg clomid + Ovidrel + IUI#2 = BFN
Cycle#29- Follistim + Ovidrel + IUI#3 = BFP 5/8/12 ~ betas dropped 5/17/12 ~ Cytotec(fail) D&C (fail) & then a methotrexate shot to get things going ~ 6/28/12 Beta FINALLY 0.
RPL tests reveal MTHFR mutation(1copy)-adding Folgard & BA and moving forward.
Cycle#32-Follistim + Ovidrel + IUI#4 = BFP!
Beta#1 8/21/12: 11, Beta#2 8/23: 71, Beta#3 8/25:174
9/4-seen sac/yolk, 9/7-9/12 hospitalized for a ruptured cyst causing massive internal bleeding.
9/11-seen HB!! 9/18- no HB, 9/21/12-D&C. Fetal tissue testing revealed a healthy boy. Now getting more tests to try to figure out this mystery
Today - Thursday: Work, a few errands, rest from the busy weekend and get ready for mini-vacation this upcoming weekend.
Friday - Sunday: Going to Cleveland for anniversary trip.
Working all week and trying to make some progress on making room for the nursery.
Figuring out what to register for since my mom decided to make the shower for when she comes out in June instead of that being the time we were going to go register. Eesh.
Friday- hopefully Royal Wedding GTG.
Mon-Thurs, work, clean, errands - typical boring stuff
I also need to keep up on my little brother's graduation scrapbook.
Friday - watching the Royal Wedding with my mom! way too excited about this haha.
Kind of a crazy week:
Tonight-meet with a bride after work
Tuesday-Thursday-work and try to find a dress for a florida and vegas wedding, yoga
Friday-work then going away party for my bff at work
Saturday- Eastern Market and then a couples shower for one of my close friends, all of our girlfriends are coming in from Cali and Chicago-excited to see them all!
Sunday-mani pedi/pack for Florida ( we are leaving on Thursday)
Start up a food journal again and amp up my workouts a little bit more.
Help dh with putting up the doors as he finishes painting them.
Pick up new oil rubbed bronze knobs for afformentioned doors, even though the ones we have are decent and pretty new, dh wants to get those instead.
Pick up a kick-a$$ easter basket on clearance for LO for Pocket Pookums for next year.
Go shopping, this is needed desperately.
Today: laundry & other small things to do, enjoy having DH home today
Tue: BSF in morning & First Place bible study at night
Wed: church at night
Thurs: help my Moms group get organized for our big Moms Sale in the morning
Fri: help w/the sale in the morning (I guess women line up before they open)....maybe hit the International Women's Show at the Suburban Showplace (Novi Firefighters Fashion show is in the evening, want to take my single girlfriend for a fun time)..
Sat: not sure all my plans yet, maybe help w/the sale if I don't have worship team practice......maybe do the Int'l Women's show if we don't on Friday night...but will definately be doing the Guernsey Dairy Farms Taste Fest! yum
Today my mom and her boyfriend arrive from Brazil. So I'm organizing the guest bedroom for them trying to make it as cozy as possible. Going to UofM to pick up my cap and gown and my graduation tickets.
Tuesday - having some pool builders come give us some quotes hopefully we get something we can do now.
Wednesday - hang out with my guests, probably head to birch run and frankenmuth
Thursday - Evening cocktail for graduation with MBA class
Friday - Graduation day
Saturday - Sunday - wineries up north in Traverse City
Besides working, going to the gym, and dinner plans, the only thing interesting is that we should be picking up our new car this week. Just waiting for the check to clear.
5 whole feet of unsuccessful decision making
Blog: Loki's Kitchen*Loki Life*All About BMR
Wisely and Slow (My Husband's Running Blog)
I'll be working all week, even though I wish we had today off to recover from the weekend! And we're meeting with a realtor on Wednesday to put our house on the market so I'll be cleaning/organizing like a mad woman tonight and tomorrow evening and meeting wtih said realtor on Wednesday. I hope to watch bad TV and take a nap after work on Thursday! No plans for the weekend yet.
See...not that exciting!
Monday: day off hanging out with DD. Wish the weather was better so we could go to the park.
Tues/wed: Work 12 hour days
Thurs: Big US and hopefully we can find out what baby #2 is!
Fri: Work 12 hour dar
Sat: No plans
Sun: work again
Unpack and organize my new apartment. :-)
Tuesday: appointment at Eastern to talk to someone about going back to school to be a Registered Dietitian.
Wednesday: Director Debut for my recruiter from Mary Kay. I am so excited for her!
Friday and Saturday: Going to Mt. Pleasant with a few of my girlfriends for a sorority event.
Fire it up, Let's go get this thing stuck
Clean up & reorganize after this w/e
Sat we have a anniversary party
Today: we purged and cleaned the basement already, just have to finish up the rest of the house.
Rest of the week just working and hanging with my boy
His bday invites should be arriving this week, so I can get those all ready to go out in a couple of weeks! Finish up some crafting for his party now that we have a play area in the basement next to my craft table for him!
BFP#2: 8/14/11 M/C 8/30/11 6w1d
BFP #3: 10/26/11
Beta #1 @11dpo: 22 Beta #2 @13dpo: 90 Beta #3 @17dpo: 480
Missed m/c 12w3d 12/28/11, d&c 12/30/11
dx Homozygous C677T MTHFR
Monday--grocery shop, yoga, generally put the house back together after a busy 3 day weekend (laundry, pick up, de-clutter, etc), help DD do some scrapbook pages for girl scouts
Tuesday--work at DD's school, going to a La Leche League meeting just to check it out, yoga, probably still doing housework...ugh
Wednesday--not much as of now
Thursday--work at DD's school, yoga
Friday--jewelry party after school dropoff, then glucose screen at 1pm. eek! gotta stop eating the easter candy after today!
Sat--water aerobics, Royal Oak farmers market, yard work
Sun--Birmingham farmers market, yard work