Happy Birthday to me!

My birthday was good! Spent a little bit more time with my brother and sister in law before they had to head back home. And of course, the leftovers from Thanksgiving! Yummy!!!

I was able to get Justin to "help" me clean out my aquarium, which just means that he does it. We stayed at my mom's until about 6pm and then decided to head home. Justin was complaining that he was hungry but didn't want anymore leftovers (I swear, he's like a gremlin where he needs to be fed every 2 hours). So on our way we went.

While driving down the freeway, in the fast lane, the car started to shake really bad. I got scared and told him to pull over, thinking that we got a flat tire. I got out of the car with him, and checked the tires. All of the them were fine, but for some reason I grabbed the lug nut on the back passenger tire and noticed that it was loose! I checked all of them, and they were all loose but one. The reason why that one was not loose, was because it was NOT THERE! The entire stud broke off!

We called a tow truck and had to get towed the rest of the way home. The highlight of this? We actually got to ride in the car on the back of the tow truck since there was 3 of us and he didn't have room in his cab. It's was pretty cool, but very scary when you realize that you are higher in the air than the diesel trucks!

Long story short: the dealership where I just had my oil changed and my tires rotated got a very lovely call from me at 7:30am Monday morning. I told him that he needs to tow my car in and he tells me that they don't do that and he wants me to DRIVE it the 50 miles back to town. In the end, he sent two people to come pick up my car and then drop it off later.

They were very apologetic but then I start to think about all the things that could have happened! Since the tire rotation, I drove about 200 miles with my tire like that! What would have happened if the tire actually broke off the car, while on the freeway???? Super scary to even think about. I hope that because of this, they will learn to double check the things that they do.



 

My poor car :(

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

And a Happy CD1 to me!!! Thank you sweet baby Jesus!

Today was spent with Justin's family. It was fun spending time with them since we don't get to see them that often. The food was good and of course, all day football.

While the boys were watching football, I had to finish baking all the cupcakes for our Thanksgiving 2.0 that we were having at my mom's the next day.

Ahhh, the cupcakes. Where do I start on those? I finished making the Limoncello ones and I still had to make the Twinkie ones. The actual cupcakes came out perfect, it was the filling that I had a problem with. I knew that I had marshmallow fluff, but what I didn't know was that that stuff EXPIRES!

Well, I was lazy and decided to use it. BIG MISTAKE! It was all oily and ooz-y. So I had to scrap those. What a waste of time and effort!

The cupcakes for the kids, well those, were all kinds of special! They had a lot of fun making them (and a mess). And now some pics of the "Minion Cupcakes"!

Twinkie cupcakes 2.0 is in the making...

One of the many reasons I love my husband

Last night we were catching up on Weeds (we were like 6 years late for this show, and thanks to Netflix we had to watch all of the seasons in under a week, lol).

Anyways, we were having some snacks, Cutie oranges and mini pretzel twists. I see Justin biting off certain areas of his little pretzel. He then holds it up and says, "Look, it's your cervix!"

I almost choked. I don't think that he even knows what a cervix really looks like but he gets an "A" for trying, and of course for just being super sexy!

And for your viewing pleasure...

Apparently this is what my cervix looks like according to my husband

 

Then immaturity ensues, lol

CD 73 and...

I took my last birth control pill!!!! Now onto to another, hopefully shorter wait for AF to show. Way back in the day when I was on BC, it took about 3 days after my last pill to start, so that's what I'm wishing for.

But in the mean time, I finished all of our Christmas shopping and while grocery shopping for my much needed baking supplies, I found my favorite oranges!!! I swear I could eat all of them, lol

Dangerously addicting

I'm getting super excited for Thanksgiving though. I'm planning on making- Limoncello cupcakes: lemon cupcakes with a lemon curd filling and a lemon buttercream frosting,  Twinkies cupcakes, and  fun Minion cupcakes to decorate with the kids at my mom's house. I got a lot of baking to do on Wednesday!!!

 All of these look so yummy!!! I'll keep you posted on how everything turns out. I'll try to remember to take some pictures too!

Break-through Bleeding

That's what I got. When I finally got a hold of my RE's office (the same one that said to call when I had any kind of bleeding), that's what they told me and to continue taking the birth control pills. After today's pill, only 2 more to go!

I haven't been on birth control for over 2 years, but I'm hoping that my body will respond the same way, and start AF three days after the last pill. I'm not holding my breath though, since my body likes to screw me over, lol.

I was able to get my protocol for my next cycle. 5mg Femara (Letrozole), .5mg Dexamethazone (low dose steroid), and of course my hCG trigger shot.

I have heard that women with PCOS respond much better to Femara then Clomid (I only responded 2 out of the 4 times that I took it). I want to add injections with it, but I'm thinking that maybe I'll just do my "standard" protocol and if it's not where it's supposed to be at, then add the injects for the next cycle.

I think that I have Justin on my side to do an IUI this cycle!!! Yayyy!!! Fingers crossed that by this time next week, I'll have my period!  (What a birthday present to wish for!)

And now some funnies...

 

You're welcome :)

Spotting???

Today is CD 64 and day 5 of birth control, but maybe there's a light at the end of this long ass tunnel!

When I went to the bathroom this morning after getting up, there was the smallest spot on my underwear. I don't think that I have ever been so exciting to see something!

Since getting up this morning, I have been back to the bathroom twice, praying the the lightest of all colors is getting darker or just more in quantity. I really want to call my RE and let them know that I in fact, have started spotting!

But as of right now, I think that I would feel stupid to call and nothing else happens, so once again I sit and wait and wait and wait...

This girl makes going to the bathroom look hot, lol
 

CD 61 :(

Woe is me. Today marks day number 15 since my last Provera pill. I called my RE this past Thursday to let them know I haven't started yet and the solution they came up with is to take Birth Control pills for 14 days. So by my calculations, I can probably count out November for any kind of treatment.

Justin and I are kind of butting heads when it comes to doing the IUI. I want it done as soon as possible, but he wants to wait until we buy a house, which won't be for another 6 months or so. I keep trying to use "But it can be my birthday present" antic but I'm not too sure it's working.

Next I'll be trying the "It can be my Christmas present!"

It's official. This is me :(