See ya on the flip side..

In just a few hours I will be plane bound for the East Coast...can I just say I adore actually being on vacation,  I love not cooking and having 24hrs a day with my babe for us just to enjoy life and each other.   We leave our real world behind where we work or  have school all day and then study all night, only seeing each other for dinner most nights.  And we just embrace our time together.  I was thinking the other day we will be together 3 years in June and I have as much fun with him as I did those giddy first few months.

I however HATE getting ready for vacation.  I am trying to pack 8 days worth of clothes with two separate attires,  wedding festivity attire and tourist in DC attire,  all my hair and makeup products (yes I know there is alot)  cameras, books, jewelry etc all into one suitcase and keep it under 50lbs. It's a chore.  I also am one of those women who feels the house needs to be clean before I go,  even though my brother is staying at our house the entire time we are gone and I am sure he will clean up for me.

I am also the Day Camp Cub Scout director for my church and that starts the day I return from vacation so I am trying to wrap that up in a nice bow so when I get back I'm not freaked out.

Needless to say I'm a little stressed,  but the minute I sit down on that plane and start my book it will all be worth it. :) This vacation is made even more special by getting to see my best friends that both moved away from me.  I am not one of those girls who gets married and drops off the planet.  I need my girls still and I miss them dearly...

I will iPhone blog or post some pictures to FB while I am gone..

See ya on the flip side...

March Catch Up

The latest happenings of the Stewart's

1.  Ryan has made it his mission to kill a pigeon this year.   We are tired of them using our pool cool decking as a bathroom and our pool as a drinking fountain.  We went to get a Airsoft gun and the guy at Sports Authority said that wouldn't work, so instead Ryan got a sling shot and has been stalking the pigeons every morning.   Let me tell you people, pigeons are nasty and dirty but they are not stupid.  The minute the dogs turn around or Ryan goes inside guess what happens...The pigeon's come right back.

I think we will be going back for that airsoft gun soon :)

2.  We have had a house guest again.   Cute little Dyson :)  He belongs to my friend Chelsea and this is the 2 time we have watched him in a few months.   He is so fun and cute and gets along great with the girls.   He has such a great personality too!   He is loving vacation,  he is getting chicken and rice in his dinner and because I feel bad because we are at work all day I don't put him in his kennel at night so he is cuddling on the bed with us.

 

3. Ryan's sister Rachelle and her family came into town last week during their spring break.   We were able to spend some time with them having Sunday dinner last week and then being able to go to Famous Dave's to celebrate Rachelle's birthday.   Her three kids Ikaika, Kaimana and Noelanie are so fun and so smart!   We read books and played lego's and puzzles.   Her two year old Noelanie was putting together the puzzles and putting the correct sized blocks.   We had so much fun with them and hope to be able to see them again this summer.   We wish we lived closer to Ryan's siblings so they could spend more time with us.   We could babysit and let their parents go out sometimes.   Hopefully someday...

This is not a good picture at all,  it is cutting off poor Eric and Rachelles faces and doesn't even show Noelani,  but this is what the waitress took and I didn't have my camera :(

4.   I invited my brother Matt over for dinner on Sunday to have some steaks and dye Easter Eggs,  my parents made it home from being in UT in time to come over also so we made it a family affair (minus Josh who is currently in UT for 6 weeks)

I can't express how much I enjoy family time.  This last weekend has been so amazing to be able to spend time with both Ryan and my families and to be able to take a step out of our crazy busy life and just relax and focus on each other.   We watched conference all weekend and besides running out to Great Harvest and Star Nursery during the Saturday afternoon break I did not leave my house.   It was much needed. 

This weekend is another chill weekend of movies,  yard work and getting the house and our little family ready for us to be on vacation for a week in Washington DC.  

 I am so excited!  George Washington here I come!

The NeXT StePS

Since I am using my blog as sort of a journal to print out. I figured what better place to document our journey to parenthood than here to hold over our child's head for the rest of its life.

Not very many people read my blog and so this post and any like it to come after are definitely not for facebook conversations. Thanks :)

Ryan and I have begun all our medical appointments towards doing IVF this summer. After doing 6 rounds of fertility medicine and 2 rounds of IUI and still not conceiving we thought hard about it and decided we needed to go see a fertility specialist an run some more tests. We are in the middle of that right now and the doctor preliminary thinks not only is my right tube blocked but the hands at the end of my left tube that grab the egg are damaged. That is not to say it could never work it just means we don't know how long that could be. With Ryan getting ready to start Graduate school (I don't remember if I blogged about this but YEAH my hunny got accepted to grad school in Las Vegas so we are here to stay for a while). Anyways, Ryan starts school in July and it is 3 years straight. He is off school for most of May and June and so we made the decision we don't want to wait any longer and are moving forward with the process of IvF. We are hoping to do a June cycle and get enough eggs to have at least one more child in a few years. We are nervous and excited for the process!(right now more nervous though because I hate needles).

If all goes well with our testing I will begin hormones in the beginning of May when we return from Washington DC and be expecting in June.

I am praying for twins, Ryan is praying not for twins! :)

Here is a pic of our arms after a combined total of 30 vials of blood taken last week to run tests on everything under the sun! (btw me 22, Ryan 8). We look like drug addicts.

I have a feeling my aversion to needles will be cured after this!