Tiny Moment - A Little Play

Never a dull time at the Watsons! Love this Gracer girl and her willingness to entertain! She's a keeper :) 

And the two monkeys in the blanket are pretty cute too :) 

I Can Do Stress.......I Just Might Get An Ulcer!

Today has been a roller coaster! Woof! I went in for my day 2 baseline ultrasound scan only to find out I had a small cyst on my left ovary. I was told they would have to do blood work to determine my E2 level (estrogen level). If my level ended up high, I would either have to skip the cycle to see if the cyst resolves itself or take birth control to help it resolve quicker. From what I understand when your estrogen level is high, with the presence of a cyst and being on day 2, it indicates the estrogen is routing to the cyst and not developing follicles. Making the cycle a long shot having only one ovary functioning at top condition. The nursing staff said the blood work results would come in tonight and they would call me. After I left these office, I couldn't help but feel defeated. I was so frustrated at the lack of control over my own body, over our fertility situation. I had such a hard time wrapping my mind around skipping the cycle that I had been waiting for. I hadn't just been waiting the three weeks since our last appointment but I had been waiting 27 failed cycles. Being a control freak can be rough sometimes. Luckily my sister let me have a little cry about it and then I decided I can't change the results, I certainly can't control them so I would have to wait till the evening and deal with what came. Around 6:00pm I got a call from the clinic, letting me know my estrogen levels looked great and I could proceed with my first shot tonight. Wahooo!!! I kept asking the nurse if she was sure. I was so excited for the go ahead. I went ahead and called Freedom Fertility Pharmacy to order more medications (I guess you always wait to order you. After the call, I went to do my first shot....

Day 1

Jon said he would do the shot if I could absolutely could not do it. He ran to the bathroom and I gave myself the shot. Easy peasy! :) He wanted to video it, I was not down with that! Hahaha!!! Shortly after I gave myself the first shot, I received a call from the pharmacy and let me know our insurance would not cover the Bravelle at all but they would cover Gonal-F, and they are pretty much the same medication and I could change them on Monday without medical issue. I asked how much the Bravelle would cost out of pocket and they told me a little under $700 (and I am a low dose 75) and then I asked how much the Gonal-F would cost with our insurance covering. They told me $80! So crazy! Needless to say I was on the phone the next hour going back and forth between the pharmacy and the on cal nurse at my doctor's office, getting the prescription changed over to Gonal-F. Such a headache but so grateful to save over $600 on the medication portion! And I am so grateful that our insurance is covering so much of the Gonal-F prescription. Also I found out my ovarian reserve looks good. They had run the blood test on my first appointment and I asked for the results at my scan. I was so relieved. One more thing to take off the list as possible answers. It was definitely a good one to take off the list. 

Field Trip Day: Zoo With the Two

Today was the last free zoo day of the winter. Thankfully we got there early because by the time we left around noon it was CRAZY! Hands down their favs today were the elephants (they were doing really cool tricks while being fed), the seals (they thought they looked like rockets in the water), the kitty looking thing (Lola's fav), the carousel and the train! :) We had a fun filled day despite having to wait for the train for almost an hour because the giraffes wouldn't move! Regardless we had a great day! :) 

Tiny Moment - Too Much of a Good Thing

Ahhhh, I know when I have pushed my wrists too far and today was that day. Thank goodness a little time in the wrist brace still helps! :) 

Tiny Moment - Maybe It's Not So Bad

Jaxson has decided the car wash might not be that bad....in fact the storm around the car is kind of cool. I love it....no more car wash tears!!!! :) 

Tiny Moment - Pwease

This is what my little monster looks like when he is using his sweet voice to say "pwease". I kind of adore the fact that he hasn't gotten his "L's" down yet.

Tiny Moment - This Is What February Is Supposed To Look Like

It's been a weird winter! Very little snow. Which has been great for driving but horrible for our drought situation and sledding fun ;). We finally got a little more snow and it felt like it was actually February. Unfortunately the snow didn't stay long so we weren't able to sled but yeah for more snow! :)

Tiny Moment - Boys Night!

We love having boys night at our house! We usually kick back, relax and oh yeah.....party! :) 

Belated Valentine's Date

I have kind of failed at romance this year (2015)! Jon took care of our anniversary in January and then we both agreed to delay Valentine's day because life was busy last week. This week, I decided to step up and plan a little date. I thought about dinner, movie, etc. but I wanted our date to be more of an adventure. So I thought to myself, hmmmm what is something we haven't done in a long time. Then it hit me.....paint balling! We dropped the monkey off at the Watsons and headed to American Fork to try out the new course at Allstars Paintball. It was such a blast and a huge work out. I left with three nice welts and a couple hits on the hubs. We will definitely have to do it again. Love an adventure with this guy :)

Tiny Moment - No Spider

Tiny Moment - Before and After the Gym

Nope this is not a body progress photo because to be honest I don't feel like I have made that much progress in the last month and half of working out. I do feel like I have more energy and its put Jaxson and I in a great routine and those two things make it well worth it. 

Here is a photo of how I feel before and after the gym! :) It's always worth it after the work out is over :) 

Valentine's Day

Our we love the day of love!!!! We had a busy day and it was such a blast. It started off with the monster waking up and finding his love loot. 

After Jax found his love loot, it was off to the Chasing Cupid 5k at Gardner Village. 

Our running group :) 

Are these two runners not the cutest littles ever?!!?!? Love when they love each other! :) 

The cupids for the race were hilarious! They had to be freezing! 

Love these peeps. Grateful I was able to start the day of love with them :) 

After the 5K we met up for swimming, which I didn't get pics of. But after swimming we went to Coldstone for ice cream! 

Valentine's of the past......2014, 2013, 2012, 2011