You know how they say...

there's something in the water? Well there's definately something in the "net". We've got 5....yes....5 pregnant couples and they all got BFP's in the same week.

BIG congrats to everyone!

Merr & Sum

Sara & Erin

E & M

Carey & Steph

Charlotte & S

M has suggested that I not get off the net. Here's hoping it works for us!

I might bring the laptop to bed tonight. ;o)

Putting the cart before the horse

Ok, so yeah I know we don't have a child yet but eventually we will and when we do here's some of the stuff our little flower will be sportin'. :o)

I couldn't pass up the white and blue ones. They were just a buck at the $ Tree and the yellow one was on sale.


We got these 2 while on the cruise.


These next 2 were gifts from our blog/cruise friends, Michelle and Dawn. One for baby and


one for Mommy Kim. Front & Back


And just in case our little flower is a girl.



**I added some of the kayaking trip from hell pics and a few more cruise pics to flickr. Check them out to the left.

Nephew Update

Thankfully, my little hoodlum nephew is going to be ok. Like M said, he's made some mistakes. He's had a rough life and was tossed around here there and yonder as a young kid and has been in and out of jail too many times for me to count but that doesn't mean I love him any less. And again like M said I'm very close to my nephews. I do consider them more like brothers. They are only 5 and 7 years younger than me. My real bros are like 10 and 13 years OLDER than me. Anyhow...

D was a front seat passenger in a car with 3 other boys. All were drinking. The driver lost control and flipped the car. D was able to get out. The 2 in the back had to be cut out and the driver....well...he ran. He was later caught, treated and released from the hospital and arrested for all sorts of things to include DUI and being in this great country of ours illegally and he's only 18. D was taken to the local hospital and the 2 from the back seat were airlifted to another. Those boys, well I guess they are men, they're in their mid 20's, are still in critical condition with broken backs. OUCH! D has 2 fractured vertebrate in his neck, 2 broken ribs, a broken finger and a tube pumping blood from his lungs. BLAH! Thankfully the fractured vertebrate didn't do any damage to this spinal cord or he would really be screwed. His ribs will heal. He has a steel pin in his finger. And yesterday when I talked to mom she said they had pumped about a liter of blood from his lungs but it had slowed down significantly and they were hoping to have it removed today. He's still in ICU but only until another room is available.

He's one lucky kid. Well, a kid to me. He'll be 25 next month. His step dad told him that he's used up all of his 9 lives and he better be careful from now on. Lord, I hope this has knocked some sense into him. Please continue to keep him in your prayers.....as well as the other 2 thugs he was with.

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Last but definitely not least....

AF is here and if everything goes according to plan we'll have a smiley face on the OPK mid next week and then...well...we all know what happens then. Swimmers will be swimming and hopefully things will be stickin'!

Wish us luck.....again. :o)

Stormy Sunday....

Hey all, it is Kim's wife, M. We went on a long ass kayaking trip today with friends. The trip was over 10 miles long. It was as hot as Africa must be. We lost the falling tide out and then the winds changed on us making us paddle against a strong head wind. Then we ran into very choppy water with waves breaking over our bow. The sky turned a disgusting dark blue with looming thunder cells in the distance. Then the sky lit up with some wicked lightening. None of this is good to have on the open water. We luckily narrowly missed the heavens opening up and unloading much needed rain on us. Dumped right after we got our kayaks loaded on the truck. Thank you GOD!

We put in at about 1045 am and didn't get off the water until almost 4 pm. A long trip.....However what I really wanted to tell you guys is how truely awsome my wife was. She is a trooper. Her AF came (yeah that means we can start making a baby again soon) and she had to pee, but she buckled down and trudged through like a soldier. I was very proud of her. She is such a strong person, you guys have no idea. And I know her arms and shoulders are very sore now.

Then when we got off the water as if the day was not hard enough.....did I mention she also had to work tonight at the conclusion of our boat trip......she had gotten a call from her mom. Always bad news when her mom calls her. Her nephew (who is like a brother to her) had gotten into a bad accident. He has a broken neck, docs had to drain over 2 pints of blood from his lungs and the two other boys in the vehicle are not expected to live. He was not driving, but let me say drinking and driving never is good (hopefully her nephew will learn from this). This is Kim's non brothers son (we will call her nephew D), a good kid who has made some mistakes in his life.

We get home and she showers up and is off to work (which is where she is now). She is a very strong woman, I don't know if she even realizes how strong she is.

On a lighter note she took some pics so hopefully she will get them developed and post a few. We had over 20 folks who went in our group.

Just wanted to let you guys know what an incredible woman I am married too.....Love you babe! I have a back rub waiting for you when you get home!!!!!

Okay babes, no more blogging for me....

Randomness

Well, I'm still out of my office and it's gotten REALLY old. I thought being out of that room for a week would be a blessing but it's been the total opposite. I'm so ready to go back home...to my own office with our computers, and our radios and our phone system and chairs and our kitchen and our bathroom. Get the pic? Hopefully the switch over will be tomorrow.

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Have I ever mentioned what an impatient person I am? Well, I am! This wait for AF to show is really about to get to me. No. It HAS gotten to me! I was hoping that maybe just maybe I would start back with my regular 28 day cycle and all would go smoothly. Of course not. That would mean AF would have showed up last Friday and that didn't happen. However....I think it may not be long now. I've got that feeling. So cross your fingers that it happens soon so we can get this party started again.

I was playing with some numbers today and if AF shows...say this Thursday....and we get lucky and become pregnant this cycle our due date would be May 29. Hhhmm...May 29 is the day we inseminated this last time and it just happens to be my NON brothers b-day. Now, wouldn't that just be something!? This is the brother that said M & I would split hell wide open because of who we are and that he doesn't want himself or his children around us. I wonder if he'll burst into flames if he shares a birthday with our child?

I'm so bad.
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With all that being said.....I'll leave you with this....


My wife....hard at work. Well, resting after being hard at work.

Everyone important knows.....

that we were pregnant and are trying again soon.

Mom told Dad.

My cell phone rang a while ago and my heart dropped. It was my mom. She usually only calls (she's an email fan) when something is wrong so I've come to dread hearing her ring tone(Amazing Grace). I could tell in her voice she wasn't just calling to chit chat. She asked if I was home that she didn't want to interrupt if we were out doing something. I told her I was home, on the couch, watching tv(exciting huh? M says its the middle of the week and we're an old married couple where else would we be?). Mom then proceeded to ask how we were doing and all that jazz. I gave her my normal response that everything's fine to which she responded "hang on". Geesh...what is she up to? The next thing I hear is "Kimberly Sue. You're gonna get a whoopin'". Uh oh! It was Dad! Only he didn't have the "you're in deep do-do" voice but rather the "I don't know what to say" voice. His voice cracked when he said he was sorry that he wasn't able to share in our sorrow when it happened and how he wished he would have known while we were there visiting. In between our sniffles he said that we would be in his prayers and that he loved US.

He didn't scream and yell and disown me! He said he loved US!

So there you have it. Everyone who needs to know/we want to know....knows.

***I sent my mom an email after we hung up saying that I hope someday that her and Dad would be able to accept the decision that we've made to start a family. Here's her exact reply(Minus M's real name)

"I certainly accept what you and M are doing about a family. This is all new to Dad, I'm sure he'll love the idea too when it all sinks in. I told him you were going to try again later. Life will sure be a lot fuller when this all comes about! I'm very happy. Nobody could love a baby any more than you. And I'm sure M too. Now clear your mind and go to bed and go to sleep. Love you so much. Mom"

That's that.

New Blogger Alert

Welcome to Blogland, Kirsten!

Kirsten was one of our blog fans on the cruise. ;o) and she met Rosie!!

Cruise Stuff

So much happened after returning from our RFamily cruise that we never really got to tell yall much about it or show you all the pics(there's a few on flicker). We had so much fun that I really don't know where to start. Maybe I'll just share our pics** with you and hope that tells the story but here's a few things:

• The ship was huge. 14 or 15 decks with Rosie's suite being on one of those decks. We were on deck 5...no window.
• I didn't get seasick. My head felt kinda swimmy a few days but nothing that slowed me down.
• We did the R Family version of Amazing Race. FUN! Out of like 80 teams we were 31.
• We received our first baby gift while onboard...from Michelle & Dawn...a baby "I love NYC" T and an Anne Geddes baby flower pot shirt for me. So nice. Thanks M & D.
• I cried when I saw Rosie. :o) (Dork = Kim) I would have died had she spoken to me!
• We held hands onboard. (first time ever...anywhere)
• We ate.....ALOT! Gained around 5lbs each.
• Key West is the hottest place on earth!
• M's sunburn (see pics) wasn't as bad as it looked.
• A shot....1 shot of Jack Daniels was like $7!
• M ran the jogging track around the boat everyday. Not me. I chilled by the pool.
• We had people recognize us from the blog. That was cool.
• I found a beautiful starfish while on the private island. M was afraid to hold it. Te He!
• The water at the private island was so crystal clear you could see the fish and sting rays swimming below us. M kinda freaked about the rays. HA!
• We took a few pics with our throw away water camera but haven't gotten those developed yet. Might have some ray or fish pics.

One last thing.....this trip was amazing and if you ever get the chance to go....GO!

** There's a few notes under each pic on our pic link

A weight has been lifted!

We told my mom about our baby plans! Whew! And it went well! Even bigger WHEW!

Long story short I told her this was one thing that my non-brother couldn't beat me to. HA! I told her she and dad were gonna be grandparents again and M and I were gonna be mommies. She was totally fine with it. Well totally fine to our faces...she probably freaked out when we left. She was sad about our loss and that I had to deal with it without her. I really could've used my moms shoulder that week.

Here's a couple of things I'll never forget about telling her.

1. My mom saying that she was behind us 100%

2. M telling her that she gets to teach them to hunt and drive a tractor. :o)

3. The group hug that mom wanted between her, M and I.

4. The smile on moms face when M told her that I would (hopefully) be 33 when our child is born. (my mom, my grandma and great grandma were all 33 when they gave birth)

6. Mom telling me she wants to know everything about this.....wants lots of emails :o)

5. The smile on moms face when she said how excited she was that her baby was having a baby. :o)

Mom said it would probably be better to hold off on telling dad right now. So I'm leaving that up to her. She can either tell him or let me know when the coast is clear.

That's that. :o)

On another note....

I'm in a different office...in a different city this week for work. Our dispatch office is getting new phone system so we've moved to a neighboring dispatch center until the work is complete. Their crew today consists of 2 guys and 3 chicks. 2 of the 3 chicks are pregnant. 1 of whom I noticed as soon as she walked in is very pregnant and the other I didn't realize until they both lifted their shirts and started comparing baby bumps. I tried so hard to keep it together but when the talk turned to feeling the babies kick, the tears (and snot) started rolling. I had to leave my partner alone while I quietly as possible exited the room.

Wow! This just sucks!

I wanna be pregnant too!

Love this!

We're ready for round 2

We just got the call. Our beta from yesterday was a 3.

No more waiting on a negative. It's now time for a positive.

Our doc considers anything under a 5 a negative and the lab says anything under a 10. The doc said since we were able to get pregnant this last time without drugs that he wouldn't change anything. He said we just need to work on having things stick. We agree. So bring on a sticky September! I'm ready for sore boobs again and peeing everyone hour or so. :o)
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M and I are heading out Thursday night to see my folks in Ky. It'll be a super fast trip since I have to be back to work Sunday morning at 7. EEKS! But we haven't been home since the first of June(we were just 1 week pregnant then) and I'd really like to tell my parents what has happened and was is GOING to happen. They know nothing about us even trying but after all M and I have been thru I really want them to know. I want to be able to share all my feelings with them and not have to say that I'm just having a bad day when mom calls and can sense in my voice that something's wrong. (Which I've had to do several times already) I want to be able to call them up and say "It's positive" and "you're gonna be grandparents again" and all that stuff. I just don't want to have to keep any of this from them. It's such a miracle and I want to be able share it with EVERYONE who will listen.

I just pray that they will be ones who want to listen.

I knew the time would come

that I would break down and cry again but who knew it would be while shopping for deodorant and cheese!!?

Since being back to work, after losing our flower, I've held myself together really well and have kept myself from shedding a tear. That all changed Friday. I should have been crying about the fact that I was in Wal-Mart on a tax-free school supply, payday Friday but no! No, I was crying because I took the shortest route from the health and beauty section to the dairy section(by-passing the mob in the school supplies) which went right by the infants section.

WRONG route and BIG mistake. Neither of which I will make again.

A few pics of stuff

Saturday was my only day off this past weekend so M and I decided rather than sit at home and waste the day that we would visit the VA Living Museum to check out the critters. I had been there a couple of times and M had gone numerous times as a kid on field trips. It's just a fun place if you like animals and so much fun for the kids. We're big kids. We made our rounds and checked out everything. M had to practically drag me away from the turtles. I wasn't in the turtle sharing mood that day. :o) We saw everything and had a great time. As we were getting ready to leave we spotted the gift shop and decided to take a peek. We found the regular gift shop stuff...nothing special.....except this!


Yes, folks that's a flower pillow for our little flowers crib! I love it! We may not have a flower right now to use it but we WILL eventually and we when do he/she is gonna have the coolest pillow ever. :o)

And while we're talking about flowers check out the quilt that M's grandma made her.



She passed away many years ago but left this quilt to be given to M when she married. I guess her mom finally saw that this is as married as she's ever gonna get and gave her the quilt this past weekend. I think it's beautiful! Plus it's yellow and has flowers.

A sign? :o)

Here's another shot.

Remember I mentioned a turtle in every room? The nursery was no exception. :o)