Slacker Me...

Man...I've been a slacker! I haven't posted for over two weeks! Life gets crazy sometimes. I don't have any pictures to post, but I'll give you an update on what's been happening in our lives the past couple of weeks.

After getting a positive pregnancy test, life goes on as usual. Which this time of year means...basketball! I've been to more basketball games the past month that my butt has a permanent flat spot on it from the bleachers! :) Shayne's team isn't the best, but they've had a better couple of weeks. They've actually won two games! One of them was against their arch rival...so that was a good thing. That bad thing...I missed it b/c I fell asleep at home. I'm exhausted all the time! I felt so bad I missed it. We only have two more weeks of regular games, then a week at Regions, which determines who goes to the State tournament. Pretty sure his team won't make it to State...I'm sorry Shayne!

Last weekend I went to Anchorage. Shayne had basketball games about 45 minutes north of Anchorage on Friday and Saturday, so I went to Anchorage and stayed with our friends Kaye and Jared and their little girl Malia. We had a good time just hanging out and doing some shopping.

We found out on Saturday morning that Shayne's sister KayCee is pregnant, after going through the IVF procedure up here about 2 weeks after we did! We are so excited for her and Josh! Now there are two of us pregnant with first grandkids on Shayne's side, and four of us pregnant on my side. It's gonna be a crazy year!!


Anyway...it started snowing like mad on Saturday afternoon, and hadn't let up at all toward early evening, when I was going to drive back to Soldotna. Shayne called from his game, and told me to not leave, he would have the bus drop him off and he would drive with me. I was soooo glad! The roads were terrible. However, after he got here, we decided to not leave at all. In fact, the school had to put the boys in a hotel, b/c the roads were too bad to safely drive on. So we all got to stay another night. I'm so glad we have such good friends in Anchorage that we can stay with if we need. The really nice thing is...they aren't the only ones. I know that if we needed we could stay with Ty & Liz, Angie, among others. We are so lucky that we have such great friends. Anywho...it was so nice to spend the evening with Kaye & Jared and not worry about driving. We got up on Sunday and had a fairly nice drive back. It was still snowing on parts of the drive, but at least it was during the day.

This past week the weather has turned into late March/early April like weather. It's been in the 40's during the day and barely gets to freezing at night. It's nice, but makes for slushy conditions. It's turned off cold again today...I knew it couldn't last...it's too early! I can't wait for March and April to get here when I know it will stay warmer.

As far as how I've been feeling...other than being exhausted I hadn't noticed much change...until this last week. Let's just say that I'm not a huge fan of "morning sickness". And whoever named it morning sickness must have been a man! It definitely does not only occur in the morning! I've been grazing on crackers non-stop while at school. The kids keep asking me why I get to eat in the classroom, and they don't...they don't know anything that's been going on. I just look at them blankly, and then ask them if they are talking! They just laugh at me. Shayne thinks it's wonderful that I'm sick...the urge to punch him is fairly strong! :) For him, it's nice to see an actual symptom of pregnancy...it makes it more real for him. He's just excited that it's all working out. However, after about 5 days of this, he's not nearly as "smiley" about it...he just feels bad. He asks me what he can do for me, and I just say...don't breathe on me...it makes me nauseous. :) Poor Shayne!

I'm still getting progesterone shots...I have knots the size of walnuts in both butt muscles...but hopefully I'm getting my last shot tonight. We'll find out tomorrow if I need to continue with them. I'm hoping six weeks is enough! Shayne has informed me that this is the last time we are doing IVF. He's sick of seeing me flinch and be sore after every shot every night. He feels bad inflicting pain on me. He said that the rest of our kids will be through adoption. At this point...with sore butt muscles, and morning sickness I'm all for adoption! :)

Well...I'm sorry for the long post...but after not posting for over two weeks, this is what I get. I'll try and keep up on it a little better.