Ten for Today

1.  I sat at the hospital for about 4 hours today for bloodwork.  They filled 5 vials and I had to do a glucose tolerance test.  Hopefully this gets me one step closer to another IVF, and soon!

2.  I have ants in my CAR.  Yes, you read it right, my car.  Though Bill would beg to differ, my car is really not all that messy.  How in the world do you get ants in a vehicle?

3.  We took the kids to Ya Ya's Island in Paducah Sunday and they had a really good time.  It reminds me of a chuck e cheese, only better.  There are some arcade games and a lot of bounce/climb things.  My only complaint was half of the games didn't give out tickets like they were supposed to so they had out of order signs on a lot of stuff.  I would still recommend it to anyone for a fun indoor activity.

4.  How is it that I can go to Wal Mart and leave with $130 in groceries and not want to fix any of it for supper when I get home?!  Please tell me I'm not the only one who does this!

5.  We've been soaking up the sun on the boat and having a great time!  Grace is loving tubing, and getting more brave at it.  She still likes to go slow, which is a good thing, but I have a feeling in a couple of years she will be wanting her Daddy to make the tube ride a little rougher!  My dad did the same thing when we were younger.  I have so many great memories from the boat when we were young, including the time I flipped of the tube about 20 feet in the air!  Ok, I don't really know how far, but I was thrown high.  My sister can vouch for me, se saw it!

6.  I bought a new (old) chair at an antuque store yesterday for photo props, can't wait to paint and re-upholster it!

7.  I should be editing pictures right now, which I will be doing as soon as I finish this post!  I have taken pictures of 2 adorable babies this week and have moms wanting pictures.  I'm excited I got some good pictures, I think they will love them!

8.  What's up with Brangelina's little girl looking like a boy?  You can see it here.  I'm lal about kids expressing their style and all, but really?

9.  There's a Fujiyama's Japanese Steakhouse coming into the Marion mall soon!  Yummm!!  Oo Oo!  That is supposed to sound like the noise the Japanese guys make when they are making your food.  It didn't?!  Well, use your imagination!

10.  Here's a picture of my cousin Jessica's baby, Rilynn.  Born the same day as Jaden, in the picture on the previous post.

I took some baby pictures for my cousin Chrissy yesterday. I don't think it went too bad considering the only other baby I've photographed was Chace. This is one of my favorites:

















I get to take pictures of my cousin Jessica's baby tomorrow, can't wait to see how girly pictures come out! I took maternity pictures of Jess a few months ago, you'll remember them here.

More pictures to come after I'm done editing, but for now, we're getting ready to go out on the boat!  Have a great day!

Random Picture!

My blog last night reminded me of how lax I was on my random picture posts. So, my husband picked 2 numbers for me and here it is! This picture is from early last week, at my dad's house. Dad has decided to put a pond in, so we went out to look at the equipment he has to do it with. While the boys were busy playing, I caught my shadow!

























I'll be taking pictures of some babies this week, so be on the lookout for some not-so-random picture posts!

Ten For Today

My grade school friend, Jaclyn, has a blog on which she writes posts titled "Ten on Tuesday" in which she blogs about ten random (and sometimes not so random) things.  I really like this idea because I like to skip from subject to subject.  As we all know, I am very random on my publishing dates (though I strive to be better) so the thought of me pulling off a "Ten on Tuesday" post every week seemed heinous to me.  Ok, maybe that's a little dramatic.  Let's just say I don't think I could be faithful each and every Tuesday to blogger.

With that in mind, I thought I had a major idea and I would just call mine "Ten for Today", so as not to be tied down to a specific day.  How absurd.  Well, come to find out, my friend Jaclyn already thought of this too!  It must have been the superb teaching we had once upon a time at Thompsonville Grade School that made our great minds think alike!

Dum du dum dum dummmmm.....here it is, my first ever Ten for Today!!  I wonder if this will be as short lived as my Random Picture Posts?! 

1.  I am really wanting to get an Amazon Kindle, or something of the sort.  But, I'm not really sure if this would be cost effective for me.  I refuse to purchase books since I can rent them from the library.  I think  there are some books that are free to download, but probably none that I would want.  So, if I refuse to buy paper books, what are the chances that I would buy an ebook?  Any advice on the subject would be appreciated!

2. We went out on dad's boat this weekend for the first time this summer.  I opted not to tube, as things hurt more the older wiser I get.  I think this was a smart decision, after listening to my husband complain of a sore neck and shoulders! 

3.  I have a journal that I keep for Grace, highliting the special, funny, and sometimes mundane points each year of her life.  Think baby book, but not for a baby.  I look at it every day and think of how I need to update it.  She will be 9 in Sept and I'm just finishing the year she was 7.  Good think I've kept notes through the year!

4.  I need to sleep!  I haven't been sleeping well.  I don't know if it's our matress, though it's not that old; or if it's the pillows, I can never find a comfortable one; or if it's just my inability to shut my mind off!  I think it's all of the above!

5.  It rained like a monsoon today.  I left my car windows cracked an inch.  Reh!

6.  We will be taking a *little* vacation in a few weeks.  I've narrowed a few things down, but need to get rolling and make some reservations.  We may just end up staying at Chateau La'Fralick if I don't get in gear!! 

7.  Grace has decided she wants to be a fashion designer.  I think it would be neat to get her a little sewing machine and some fabrics.  We already sew some stuff on mine (read: pillows -- what do I know about fashion?!) but she wants to make shirts, skirts, etc.  I'd have to polish up my skills, once in home ec in 8th grade, I sewed the sleeve of my sweatshirt I was making to the neck.  Oops.

8.  I've been assisting my friend Liz who owns Moments Photography with some weddings.  Though I don't really think weddings are something I have a passion for doing on my own, I've been having a great time being her assistant. 

9.   Wow, thinking of ten things is harder than I thought it would be!  Seriously.  Try it.

10.  How about a picture for my last one?  I knew you'd like that.  Watch out LPGA!!

Tell me she's not the prettiest little thing!

I had a post ready about my failed IVF and the struggles and heartbreak.  I've decided not to post it, because it really doesn't matter.  I'll just say that it failed (obviously), that I hated the nurse at Evansville's Advanced Fertility Group, and that I will NEVER recommend anyone to go there.  At first, I assumed it just wasn't meant to be there, but since I have seen a new dr. and she explained a few things to me, I have a little , um, "unlikeness" towards AFG.  Ahem.

So, my dr. referred me back to St. Louis, Washington University.  I have been there once, many years ago.  I saw a different dr. this time, Dr. Sarah Keller.  She was oh-so-nice and very thorough.  The consult we had with her lasted 1.5 hours.  The consult at AFG was 10 minutes with mostly the nurse. 

She explained so many things in greater detail than I had ever heard them.  She pointed out a few things she would have done differently, which makes sense when she explained them.  AND after reading the report on the frozen embryos we have left at AFG, only 1 is viable for a pregnancy.  There are 3, and they led me to believe all were great.  Apparently not.  Thanks AFG. 

Before we can start another IVF, I will be going through a round of lab tests.  She said the goal was to get me pregnant, but they wanted me healthy before we got there.  I am not unhealthy, but looking for hidden problems.  She wants a full hormone workup, thank goodness, because I think I am definitely out of whack.  I have PCOS and she is going to do  a full workup for that too.  I will be tested on insulin levels and iron, have a biopsy, and a couple ultrasounds.

I wish I had just chose to go here in the first place, but I didn't and need to stop beating myself up about it.  We're on a different course now, with the ultimate plan unchanged.  I am hoping to be pregnant by the end of the year, but only time will tell.  One step at a time!

What would a blog be without a picture?!  Since this is my first blog of July (I think......how absurd, I had promised to be better!) lets look at a picture from the 4th of July!  You are looking at the new Kopec 4th of July!  My dad, Raymond, and Raymond's father in law Rex took the time to set this all up and their hard work paid off.  We enjoyed probably one of the best firework shows in West Frankfort!  Hope your Independence Day was great too!

I've been trying to revamp my blog tonight and I just can't get it.  I think I'm just too tired!  Anyway, below are several collages from Raymond's wedding.  I don't think they need much explaining!  It was a great time and I'm glad it's all over!  They are back from Hawaii and had a great time.

How bad of a blogger am I?  2 posts in all of June?!  I will be better, I promise!  For now, I have a 2 year old nephew who will be beating the door down at 6:45a.m. so I'm heading to bed!!  Enjoy the pictures!