Long Overdue

So it's been a while since I've posted. I never thought life could get any busier, and it has. Now that the weather is nice out, we are outside from the moment I get home from work until the moment my daughter goes to bed around 8. Then, I go back out and water my garden and do little odds and ends, or I crash on the couch with my husband and we catch up on our days. I have no motivation to blog. There's been a ton on my mind, and a ton I've thought "hey, I should blog about that", but then I just don't open my computer, or I just don't want to take the time to sit and write it all out, or feel it as I write it all out. So...sorry. Truly, I am.

May was a month full of chaos. My nephew's birthday, my daughter's birthday, my husband and my anniversary, and a full schedule of dr's appointments and blood draws. As you could see in the pictures, my daughter's birthday was great. She thoroughly enjoyed turning 2. It's like something changed automatically in her brain and body when she turned 2 also! She got crazy funny, and super full of herself. "No" is now her favorite word. And she's practicing for a grammy for her temper tantrums. HOLY COW! I've worked in childcare for 12 years, and I promise, I've never seen anything like it. She can be a beast, but even when I may lose it and walk away, at the end of the day, while I'm rocking her to bed, we kiss and make up, and she's the sweetest 2 year old all over again. She's getting better with learning how to stop herself from flipping out before it's too late and she loses a toy, or outside, or her favorite food. She is definitely a quick learner. I usually give her a swat on her butt, and sometimes time out. Sometimes, it's just one or the other. Sometimes, I am out of "tricks" and I put her in her crib and walk away because I just can't deal with it. I'm telling you, tantrums far and above anything I could ever have imagined from my child. We've had a few good days in a row now though, and when she's about to lose it, she stops, looks at me pathetically, and says "I want go outside" in a pouty voice. That's her way of saying, I won't be naughty because I REALLY love playing outside and I know that's what I'm going to lose.  People warn you of the "Terrible Two's", but I firmly believe no stage is terrible. It might be incredibly hard, very wearing on my nerves, but NOT terrible. She is here, she is alive, she is healthy, and that's wonderful. Above all that, she is normal. It's normal to test boundaries, and I just would up with the child who has a strong will to make her own boundaries and not be confined by anyone. I know it will get her far in life....when she is older....and I am much more grey!

June so far, has been great. Recitals, graduations, a vacation (though at home) coming next week. Can't believe June is half over already. I know in May I mentioned we had an IUI done on Wednesday May 30th. We had to wait the standard 2 weeks to take a HPT. Well, if you know me, 2 weeks is about 13 days too long for me to wait. So, I agonized, and I forgot about it, and then I remembered and agonized some more. I was to test on Wednesday June 13th. Friday, June 8th, I almost died from strep throat (can you tell where my daughter gets her drama from?). I was convinced it was allergies, and ignored it. I tested Friday morning because I just couldn't wait any longer, and I SWEAR I saw a faint line. I asked my husband and he called me crazy. I knew though, I hadn't had cramps. If I was going to get a period I would have had cramps. I knew it was a line, and I knew I was pregnant. So Saturday morning I woke up and again was dying, only this time I was dying with a small white dot on my throat. I also now had vertigo. Awesome. I know. So I went to the dr, and they tested me because I can't take meds for vertigo being pregnant. The nurse said she "thinks she sees a line". I got my meds, and was on the mend by Sunday afternoon. First thing I did on Monday morning was pee on a stick, and this is what I saw: