Well, I had a really good week back home helping Robino get her wedding stuff planned.
I think we may very well have set some sort of wedding planning record for the amount of things we got done.
The wedding is going to be so beautiful, I can hardly wait to see the finished product.
Plus I get to wear my pretty dress and shoes.
And you know I love getting my hair done.
We found out while I was in OKC that we will be moving to Hawaii sometime this July (?)
We are sooooo excited, I was so sure we would get somewhere like Kansas or Texas.
But nope we get to spend a few years in paradise!!!
And of course, if you are reading this blog, it means I love you.
So you are automatically invited.
The bad thing is that the Army has "verbally" told us where we are going.
But without written orders we really can't get the ball rolling on moving plans.
And believe me there is a lot to plan when moving overseas.
So its more of the waiting game, that we all love.
As most of you know, the whole reason we requested Hawaii is because they have a wonderful IVF (in vitro) program on the post there.
Because it is an Army hospital they offer IVF for about 1/4 of the cost a civilian clinic charges.
So we put all of our hope in getting it done there.
Now we are getting the run around.
It seems that once you actually try to get on the list, the truth comes out.
They told us that; only active duty WOMEN can be added, you cannot be added to the list without being on the island and instead of the 1.5 year wait they told me before now it is 2.5 or more years.
Needless to say I have had a few breakdowns over the past couple of days.
But they will not break my spirit.
We are going to have a family, we just need to regroup and make another plan.
Everyone please pray for us.
We need some guidance from the big guy.
Okay I love you guys.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
It's been a while..
For some reason this website decided that it had had enough of my blogs for the month of March so it would not allow me to update until now.
I guess I have a new slate now that it is April.
So let's play catch up, shall we?
On March 27th Ryan and I decided to head to the lake with some friends to hang out on their boats since it was going to be in the 80's that day.
So we all packed up and headed for Lake Tholocco here on post.
There were two boats of people, one for relaxing and sun tanning, which I obviously inhabited.
The other were for the crazies that decided it was an awesome idea to go wakeboarding even though no one present had ever done so before.
So of course Ryan was the first one in the water, teaching himself to wakeboard. He got up his second try and did really well and of course made it look easy so the other guys wanted to try.
So another tried and he did awesome too.
So Troy, Ryan's stick buddy from primary decided to go next and SNAAAAP!
He broke his femur in half. Spiral break, which apparently is the very worst kind.
We all thought he was joking because he never even got out of the water and when we pulled up he was completely calm saying things like "can someone please call an ambulance I broke my leg". I would have been screaming and making a real big scene but not Troy.
So anyway they did surgery that night at the ER and he is now the proud owner of some titanium hardware in his leg.
He says he is the six million dollar man.
He has been staying with us since he got released last Monday because he is not able to cook for himself or drive.
It's been nice to have a third person around because it makes preparing dinner easier because there is another mouth to eat the "way too much" I always make.
On March 31st Ryan flew a Black Hawk for the first time and he has been flying ever since then.
I wish everyone could listen to him talk about, he really lights up. It is so cool to see someone living out their dream.
I am hoping that one of these days I will get to see him flying but no such luck so far.
Yesterday was our 2nd anniversary and we have decided that in our second year our luck is going to turn around. We went to Cheeburger Cheeburger (and yes I spelled that correctly) and we pigged out! Cheeseburgers, fries and shakes. I think we must be getting old because this morning we both felt awful but it was wonderful at the time.
Today I took my Jenny Leigh to get a procedure done at Flowers hospital, the same place that I had my last one done.
I really hate that place, they do not have their "stuff" together ( I am tempted to use another word for stuff).
But the procedure went pretty well for her.
I feel so bad for her, she is such a sweet girl and I hate to see her in so much pain all of the time.
I thought that I had it bad in the fertility department but now I feel grateful that I am not worse off.
Nothing like a good old reality check.
I am going to miss her so much when she leaves for Germany :(
Ryan should be getting his orders here in the next couple of weeks.
Talk about suspense!
It's a pretty exciting time around here, with Black Hawks and orders up in the air.
AND my final piece of news.
I have finally decided what I want to do when I grow up (haha).
I want to be an ultrasound tech.
After my 20th+ ultrasound I realized that I would love to do that.
Not only because I would be able to show parents their babies for the first time but also to encourage women going through what I have been through.
It makes all the difference in the world when I get a nice, upbeat tech.
They can make bad news seem bearable (sp?)
On the other hand, when I get a cold tech I feel all alone in my problems.
I don't know if that makes sense but I just know I would be able to help others even if it was just making their bad day a little better.
I have already been researching schools in Hawaii and there is a program in Honolulu, now lets just hope thats where we get sent!
Okay gotta make the boys dinner.
PS 4 more days til wedding planning extravaganza 2010!
I guess I have a new slate now that it is April.
So let's play catch up, shall we?
On March 27th Ryan and I decided to head to the lake with some friends to hang out on their boats since it was going to be in the 80's that day.
So we all packed up and headed for Lake Tholocco here on post.
There were two boats of people, one for relaxing and sun tanning, which I obviously inhabited.
The other were for the crazies that decided it was an awesome idea to go wakeboarding even though no one present had ever done so before.
So of course Ryan was the first one in the water, teaching himself to wakeboard. He got up his second try and did really well and of course made it look easy so the other guys wanted to try.
So another tried and he did awesome too.
So Troy, Ryan's stick buddy from primary decided to go next and SNAAAAP!
He broke his femur in half. Spiral break, which apparently is the very worst kind.
We all thought he was joking because he never even got out of the water and when we pulled up he was completely calm saying things like "can someone please call an ambulance I broke my leg". I would have been screaming and making a real big scene but not Troy.
So anyway they did surgery that night at the ER and he is now the proud owner of some titanium hardware in his leg.
He says he is the six million dollar man.
He has been staying with us since he got released last Monday because he is not able to cook for himself or drive.
It's been nice to have a third person around because it makes preparing dinner easier because there is another mouth to eat the "way too much" I always make.
On March 31st Ryan flew a Black Hawk for the first time and he has been flying ever since then.
I wish everyone could listen to him talk about, he really lights up. It is so cool to see someone living out their dream.
I am hoping that one of these days I will get to see him flying but no such luck so far.
Yesterday was our 2nd anniversary and we have decided that in our second year our luck is going to turn around. We went to Cheeburger Cheeburger (and yes I spelled that correctly) and we pigged out! Cheeseburgers, fries and shakes. I think we must be getting old because this morning we both felt awful but it was wonderful at the time.
Today I took my Jenny Leigh to get a procedure done at Flowers hospital, the same place that I had my last one done.
I really hate that place, they do not have their "stuff" together ( I am tempted to use another word for stuff).
But the procedure went pretty well for her.
I feel so bad for her, she is such a sweet girl and I hate to see her in so much pain all of the time.
I thought that I had it bad in the fertility department but now I feel grateful that I am not worse off.
Nothing like a good old reality check.
I am going to miss her so much when she leaves for Germany :(
Ryan should be getting his orders here in the next couple of weeks.
Talk about suspense!
It's a pretty exciting time around here, with Black Hawks and orders up in the air.
AND my final piece of news.
I have finally decided what I want to do when I grow up (haha).
I want to be an ultrasound tech.
After my 20th+ ultrasound I realized that I would love to do that.
Not only because I would be able to show parents their babies for the first time but also to encourage women going through what I have been through.
It makes all the difference in the world when I get a nice, upbeat tech.
They can make bad news seem bearable (sp?)
On the other hand, when I get a cold tech I feel all alone in my problems.
I don't know if that makes sense but I just know I would be able to help others even if it was just making their bad day a little better.
I have already been researching schools in Hawaii and there is a program in Honolulu, now lets just hope thats where we get sent!
Okay gotta make the boys dinner.
PS 4 more days til wedding planning extravaganza 2010!
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