Operation Insemination complete!

With did 2 vials this time. Timing was around 8 and 25 hours past +OPK. We had planned on 15 and 30, but with work the timing didn't work out that way. With the way our cervixes looked and the CM at 24 hours with our last 2 children, we think that is the one that does the trick anyway. We figured earlier is better than later if we couldn't do exactly as planned.
I've continued taking OPKs every day just to see out of curiosity what happens. They were getting lighter and then today at 3 DPO it was super duper dark. Hmmmm... Amanda says it is cuz the egg was fertilized and I had a surge of hormones. Here's to wishful thinking. We'll find out in about another 9-12 days or so :)

HELLLLLOOOOO OVULATION!!

For the first time EVER I have not ovulated on time. Of course I am freaking out and most likely making it worse and delaying it more so I am trying to chill. I ALWAYS get my +OPK the same day every month with my FMU. AND they always get progressively darker in the few days leading up, but they don't really look all that much different each day this month. Maybe I am just obsessing....oh wait actually the day my O was due when TTC Alexis was a few hours late as well. Weird. But I got the +OPK a few hrs later and the morning test looked much darker than my one this AM. And when I hold my pee to try and test do I try to hold it for like 4 hours from the last time I went or 4 hours from when I first feel like I have to pee?? I don't think I could hold it that long. And I am friggin dehydrating myself because otherwise it will be too diluted to give me a +. UGH so annoying! I do have my overload of CM as I always do ALONG WITH MY +OPK so it is just messing with me. Watch, the next test I take in a couple hours will be super dark positive and all this rambling will sound ridiculous.....Here's to hoping I sound ridiculous! LOL

OH, BTW we saw Santa today and both girls were AWESOME! NO tears YAY!!


8:20 pm......Positive OPK YAY!!!!!!! I'm stressed out and dehydrated but so relieved!! WOO HOOO!! AI probably around 4 am and then again tomorrow night around 9 pm :)

They never cease to amaze us

Lexi had her first dentist appointment a few days ago. We figured it would be a nightmare as she doesn't like people messing with her mouth. It is the ONLY thing she gives the pediatrician any trouble with on her well visits and we've had some teeth brushing sessions at home turn into wrestling matches. So we decide to make the appointment anyway and the front desk lady tells us we only have to pay for what they are actually able to do. Great, sounds good. I walk back with her, we speak briefly with the dentist about her history. They bring her over to the chair and the first thing they decide to do right off the bat is clean her teeth. I'm thinking uh oh, this isn't gonna be pretty. She climbs up on the chair, lays back, they put on cute little sunglasses so the light doesn't hurt her eyes and then....AAAAAAHHHHHHHH she opens her mouth as wide as can be and they clean her teeth. Whose child is this???? I was SO proud! Flossing was next and then x-rays followed which went just as smooth. Only exception being she gagged on the last one and wouldn't do it again. Then the dentist did a little exam, used the pokey scraper thing which, I, myself HATE!! A little fluoride and that was it. Her teeth look great and we go back in 6 months. Incredible.
We also had Santa come take the binky the night before the dentist to bring them to the babies who need them for Christmas. Santa left her a prize in her bed in place to thank her. (A little baby monkey "mon chi chi" that she was loving in Target that day) She has asked for binky each night since but with just a little whining and minimal crying. And she has been sleeping fine. YAY!!! We had thought this was going to be MUCH more difficult. The hardest part was me realizing the first night that she wasn't a baby anymore and bawled my eyes out. Being a mom turns you into a total weinie!!!!
Haidyn finally learned to roll from front to back after rolling from back to front for a couple months!! Now all of a sudden she is little miss overachiever and is trying to crawl!! Lexi crawled on her 6 month birthday and I think Haidyn is about to follow in her footsteps. Funny because she is far from mastering sitting up but she is well on her way to crawling. She is too cute watching her trying to figure it all out!

Losing my blog virginity

After many months of thinking of creating a blog but never doing so because I wasn't sure I had the time to keep up with it, I decided to just do it. I'd like to be able to keep more memories alive by having them written down so I can go back and read them and have a laugh of 2.
There are 19 days until Christmas today. Lexi just turned 2 but is celebrating her 3rd Christmas already this year!! Haidyn will be celebrating her first and will turn 6 months on Christmas Eve. Lexi crawled on her 6 month birthday.....that would be super cool if Haidyn followed in her big sister's footsteps.
We have our tree up and our inside decorations out and hoping to get some lights on the house today. Not an easy task with a 2 year old and 5 month old demanding attention, but hopefully with the 2 of us working on the task it won't take too long. I've never actually hung lights on the outside of a house before so this is wishful thinking. I've watched it done many times...does that count??
In about 9 days we will be doing an insemination trying for our 3rd child. Most people who know we are doing so think we are nuts. We considered and reconsidered it many times and decided to go for it! We LOVE being moms and we don't want to get any older. We'll try this month and next and if I don't get pregnant it will have to wait until after we move up north next year as we don't want to move with me pregnant. Fingers crossed that our incredible luck and great fertility carries on and we have quick success once again!!