Spring Fever!!

Oh how I love Spring time...my favorite time of the year!! I just love seeing all the trees budding & all the bulbs coming up! We have recently been doing some work in our backyard. Last year, we flagstoned our screened-in porch & patio & for this past Christmas, Michael's parents gave us an outdoor fireplace/grill. They have just recently finished & we got to enjoy it this past week!! It is wonderful...there was just enough chill in the air when the sun went down!!

We are also having the patio area landscaped & it is going to look so good! Here is the work from today & I will post a pic later in the week of the finished product!!

I also spent some time today planting a little. Here is my favorite! This is a wall planter by my garage...

and some pots for the new fireplace!!

I just love walking through the yard to see whats coming up... here are some hostas...
& phlox in full bloom...
and some forsythia...

I just had to post this precious picture...Charlie wanted to be outside with us so bad!!! So cute...

And one last picture...for those of you that know my PERFECTIONIST husband, you have got to see this. I thought this was hilarious when I saw him in the yard on THIS...

Only Michael would go & rent one of these things to smooth out the ruts in the yard!!! He just can't stand for his yard to be messed up!! Oh how I am thankful that he is not just the opposite though!!

As for me & the IVF, I have finshed my first week of BCP & I go in next Friday for my first ultrasound & should find out when I can start my injections again!! I am so ready!!

Congrats Jen & Darren!!

I wanted to give a shout out to a some friends of mine! We were introduced by a mutual friend not too long ago because we were both dealing with infertility. Jen & her husband, Darren, were successful with thier first attempt at IVF & found out yesterday that they are having a little GIRL!!!! Congrats you two...I am so happy for you both!! Dreams do come true!

Easter 2008

I am a little behind...here are some pics from Easter weekend!!

Deleted post!!

I am so mad at myself. I just got in Blogger to edit my background & some how my last post has disappeared!!! How did it just go away??? I still don't really know how to change the settings around...obviously because my page hasn't changed much! I just need to get off of the computer!!

Here is a recap of the 'vanishing' post: We are getting ready to start our 2nd cycle of IVF. I am starting BCP on the 21st of March & will have to start traveling to Tulsa on the 4th of April. We are upping the dosage of my medicine & hopefully my body will react a little better this round.

Please pray for us this next month that God will give us the strength & endurance to keep striving towards our goal and the guidance in all the decisions we are about to make. Pray that God will protect us physically & spiritually in this trial in our life & that we can accept "his" perfect plan for our lives!!

Sometimes it is just so hard to understand life. I don't understand why there are teenagers & drug addicts all over the world who are getting pregnant all the time & why there are so many babies aborted each day. I just don't understand...all I want is to be a mother...that is the job I was created to do. I want to feel a baby in my tummy. I want to experience morning sickness & stretch marks. I want to hear the heartbeat at our first ultrasound. I want to see Michael's face when our baby is born. I want to see who our sweet baby looks like. I want to see that first smile, that first tooth, that first step, that first word. I want to experience motherhood....Please Lord, just make me a Mother!!

Friday night dinner...

Friday night, we had a wonderful dinner with friends!! We went to Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in Rogers. I totally recommend going there if you have never been!! Not much going on with Michael & I...just wanted to put up a quick post with a picture from our dinner!!

Camping...Great Weather...Wonderful Weekend!!

Michael & I ventured out for our first camping trip of the year. We went to a place just South of Eureka Springs called Withrow Springs State Park. The weather was gorgeous which made for a wonderful for camping!!! We towed Michael's old Land Cruiser behind the RV so that we could go to Eureka Springs on Saturday for some shopping. I forgot what a neat town that was...great atmosphere!!! Sunday morning we got up & went for a hike along War Eagle Creek. It was beautiful...I can only imagine what it would look like when the trees start putting out & everything is green. I can't wait for Spring!!!

Our nightly game of Skip-Bo!!!

Michael & I at camp
Our campfire
We are looking forward to our next camping trip!!!