Monday, December 21, 2009

Darn good day...

What defines a pretty darn good day in my life? Being able to kiss my husband and hug my parents is it.

Usually when I'm in California visiting the family and friends, my hubby is off in the sandbox, training, in command, or endless number of other Army related reasons. Although I'd rather have him with me rather than not, I get it. Since the beginning, we've been fairly independent even in our relationship together because lived in separate cities for several years. But as much as this is true, it's simply fun to have him here with me to go see my friends and hang out with the family and built the memories with these people.

My family is incredibly close to my heart. There is something fantastic about appreciating my parents as people. I enjoy spending time with them. Having parents like this is special, and I feel truly lucky to have them. My sister is the other addition to this fun, as she is one of my best friends. After living with each other for most of our lives and then living together for five years as adults....you get the picture! They make it easy to understand love.

So being able to roll over and kiss my hubby in the morning then run downstairs and give the folks a squeeze....pretty darn good in my book!

And for the reason why we are in California, hubby gets to visit the doctor for some collection of the sperm goo. Whoo! With him being tied up in school by the time we do our DE-IVF, this goo will be going to our future embies. Hope these spermies are champs!

One of the best things today was the reality that Dr. Leprechaun is doing our cycle pro bono. When we went to check out, it was "You're all set. Have a nice day!"  The generosity astounded me in theory, but now it's actually happening. This is our silver lining on our IF cloud.

I feel like a lucky girl. In the midst of everything we face, I am glad that we have days like today.

17 comments:

  1. thats such wonderful news and I am so very happy for you!!

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  2. Congrats on the next step in the cycle! And of course, enjoy your time with hubs and the family. Each day we can do that is so very precious, isn't it? Happy holidays!

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  3. Yea! I'm so happy you have had such a good trip. It is definitely different when you get to have your honey at home with you! I can't wait to hear about your appointment with Dr. Leprechaun, sounds exciting!

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  4. Glad you had a great time. I can't wait for Christmas. We'll be heading to see family on Thursday. Looking forward to January's cycle!

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  5. How wonderful! Isn't it wild to have your hubby "deposit" what will be half of the genetic makeup of your beautiful child???? I thought that was the strangest thing...half my kid is in that cup. *wink*

    So glad your holidays are so bright!!! I love it!!

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  6. That is amazing news about Dr. Leprechaun. Christmas came early for you this year. I feel the exact same way about my family. We are very close to each other and I'm lucky that they only live about 1 hour away.

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  7. Great news about Dr. Leperchaun! You are truly blessed in so many ways this Christmas season!

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  8. i wish you the best of luck, hope it all happens for you!
    ICLW hugs!

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  9. It sounds like you have a relationship with your family like I do with mine! They are my very best friends and I literally spend time with them almost every day. I'm very lucky that they live only 20 miles away. My sister & brother on the other hand (who I am also very, very close to) both live in Alaska (where we used to live) so that really sucks. I rarely see them. I used to be a military wife (divorced and no remarried to a civi) and I can totally understand learning to live your life on your own while your SO is deployed. It's nice that he's with you now, though. Especially for the holidays...

    I saw your blog on another I was reading and thought I'd stop by. I think I just started a 2ww (2nd round of Clomid)... the holidays are going to drag for me!

    -C

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  10. I'm also with ICLW - didn't realize you were, too!!

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  11. Sounds wonderful. I'm so glad that you get to be with your husband and family during the holidays. Wishing you the best with the upcoming IVF.

    Merry Christmas!

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  12. Soooooo glad that you get your hubby and family with you this holiday season! Sending tons of baby dust, good thoughts and prayers that those embies develop and stick :)

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  13. I'm starting the family stuff tomorrow. It's the best part of Christmas. Hope you have a great holiday! BTW - when are you starting your DE cycle?

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  14. I also warped kids minds teaching ESL to refugees coming over from the UNHCR.

    Loved it!

    ICLW, baby!

    Good luck getting knocked up by the other dude.

    We used another dude too... and our surrogate, thank God for her and her eggs, and have twin sons via surrogacy, when I turned 46 and the boys are now 21 mos old and fun, loving and worth every second of agony and pain this barren woman had to endure.

    Hugs and blessings for the new year.

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  15. Good luck with getting knocked up by someone else. We also used another man, my RE. And it worked for us. I hope your journey for 2010 brings a happy blessing to you and your DH!

    ICLW

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  16. Merry Christmas. I miss your daily posts.

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