New digs!

FORT IRWIN WIN!

We are moving. I love it! Eden will get her own room,  kids will have their own bathroom, and we get hardwood floors! I'm very happy about this. The house we live in now is a house that no matter how much you clean always feels dirty. I have even been embarrassed to have play dates for the kids over. Silly i know. But moving into the new sleepy hollow housing feels like the perfect time for a change. Throw the unwanted crap out. purge negative feelings along with the size 4 pants that i will admit will never (and should NEVER) fit me again. I will post pics of the new digs when i get back from our summer vacation in the bay. 

That leads into my second fun adventure. @ weeks in the bay area!! Great time with friends, food, and adventures here we come!

I also had my first medical surrogacy appointment yesterday. I was sooooooo scared. But the doctor was really funny and i think it could of been the best pelvic i have ever had. Gross yes but it gets better and kinda grosser. For the past 6 years i have been having all my "female " things taken care of at military hospitals. Well.... when you go to a ritzy fertility clinic no only do they F^&* warm the speculum but... THEY FIT YOU FOR YOUR SIZE! what?! they come in different sizes???? I'm a changed woman. i might even suggest that our clinic on post to starts at least carrying more then one size. okay enough of the "gross" stuff. Everything at the appointment was great. No blockages, cysts,  fibroids, or other negative things that could in packed the transfer or me carrying  to full term. Now we just need the labs to come back with gold stars and its on to the legal size of surrogacy. 

See you in the bay :)

Its getting HOT out here !

Yesterday was Edens first birthday!

Her year has been so much fun. Shes is sooooo very different then Azure. She has a wicked temper and loves to cuddle, run around after her brother and watch the birds in the back yard. She has NO sense of self preservation and will just simple walk of the couch or dive head first of any chair. She loves her GG more then anything,  But most of all she loves adventure and laughing. She lives her life how she was born everyday. By keeping everyone on their toes and doing the unexpected!

Here is her first picture. Born unexpectedly at home on the bathroom floor. 

Other things going on.... Azure is having his last week of Lewis this week before summer break. He LOVES it. I'm already getting excited for August when he starts again plus starts going to Colin Powell preschool.in the afternoons. He loves learning <3

Hmmmm...

I guess one thing I'm a bit hesitant to mention is that I signed myself up to be a Surrogate with a agency in La. Ive been matched with intended parents! A wonderful couple from China that has been trying to have a baby for a long time. We have met and now chat online to get to know each other better. I still need a medical screening + legal contracts to happen. But if everything goes well then this blog will start talking a lot about IVF, hormones, and the journey that will unfold. 

Wish us luck!

Big week... then blaaaaa

(started...Sunday)

What a big week we had! Go team Graham!

Azures first week of school went really well. His teacher has been really in tune with his needs (but still we really miss Lena). After the first 3 days he stopped crying at drop off and has started to participate in circle time, and the "ticket" system. He has begun to work with his the new speech therapist, who is FUCKING great. (Shes no Karen)  Her up beat energy and direct approach is just what azure needs to thrive.

I am loving the new morning routine. The morning walk to school has been invigorating. I do really wish that the dogs could join in but oh well... Eden is getting some fun azure free hours. Playgroup mornings are soooo much more relaxing. Our little girl is a firecracker. Giving her 100% of my attention while azure is in school is so much fun.  I think she might have gotten the short end of the stick for a while. But how to you balance it? when you have such a "high maintenance" child how do you make sure that both kids get the best of you? Eden gets pulled up and stuck on my hip a lot at the park and playgroup because az is all over the place.

Its now Monday afternoon, Gail force winds have trapped us inside. Thankfully they started after we got our walk in this morning. Oh Mondays why do you have to be so overcast and gross?? Az had a good day at school. while Eden and i have been really lazy, i have mounds of laundry to fold and the never ending cycle of vacuuming. But fuck it. I have NO IDEA what im going to do with my munchies after nap time. The house is giving me a headache. Irwin needs more places to hang out with kids.

Grrrrr...blaaaaa...