solofallop

no.154: ttc

I went to the doctor today for my yearly check-up, and dr. k. and I spent a lot of time talking about my fertility and trying to conceive again. I went in to the appointment with my mind made up that I would stop "trying" for a few months, which means, no fertility drugs, no temping, no checking CM, no OPKs, etc. The main reason for my decision: I have a huge project coming up at work beginning in July and most likely will run into Spring 2012. If I wait a few months to keep trying for baby #2, I won't be out on maternity leave during "huge project time."

Well, dr. k. had other plans for me and after talking for a while, she changed my mind. She basically told me I wasn't getting any younger, and there was no guarantee when we would actually conceive. After talking about my past few cycles, she said it would be best to take advantage of this time because my body was halfway cooperating, and we needed to keep on with the current meds, etc.

I left the office feeling torn between continuing TTC baby #2 that we want so desperately, and my job, which really does mean a lot to me. After talking to Doug and a couple of close girlfriends, and one of them laying down the law, we've decided to go ahead with TTC.

What happens will happen. If I do end up pregnant and on maternity in the next year, I will just have to do the best with my time in the office. Right? People have unplanned babies all the time. Things just work out. Right now, I've decided not to worry about either. We'll see what happens.

no.153: target

This morning when I went up to get Molly:

"Mama, I have pirate jammies! Mama, see my pirate blanket? I found it at Target."

no.152: a quick update of the last two months

This poor, poor neglected blog! So much has happened in the last two months that really deserves individual posts, but I'm just not going to get around to it, no matter how much I want to!

First up, Molly took her first trip out of the country! We went to Mexico the first week of December. Doug had to stay behind and work, but Molly, Memers and I had a great, relaxing trip.

(More pictures from the trip here.)

And then, of course, there was Christmas! At a little over 2, Molly really had a lot of fun this Christmas, and so did we. She loved picking out our tree, saying mulitple times, "What about THIS one?!" She loved all the Christmas books, movies and songs. And she loved all the decorations, stockings and lights. I know next year will be even better, but I have to say, this year rocked.

Picking out our tree:

Sitting with Santa:

She opened little presents each day from the advent wreath:

Our Christmas card picture:

And an outtake of our Christmas card picture (of which there were MANY):

She made cookies for Santa with her Daddy, and they were awesome:

And Santa brought her a kitchen! (When she saw it she said, "A toy kitchen! Let me cook!"):

(More Christmas pictures here.)

Next up, the snow and ice storm that shut down Atlanta for almost a week!

And then a trip to Nashville! Molly and Memers accompanied me on a work trip, and Mary's family went with her too. The kiddos had a great time exploring the humongous hotel and swimming.

And now, we're just getting settled back in at home. No travels are planned for at least a couple of months. Molly's favorite thing to do now? 24-piece puzzles. Yep, that's right, not even 2.5 and has conquered 24-piece puzzles.

I'm going to try to keep this updated more often. She's so fun now, and she says the funniest things all the time. I need to get them written down before I forget them!