OUCH!!!!

FLIPPED MY 4 WHEELER. TYPING 1 HANDED. BURNED HAND ON MUFFLER KEEPING IT OFF OF ME. sorry just realized that was all caps...lol. big knot on knee and lots of scrapes. OUCH!!!!!!!!

Weekend together

I don't really have much to say (shocker to my friends I am sure), but I do want to say that I am SOOOOOOOO looking forward to spending this holiday weekend alone with my husband. It's been a LONG time since we've been able to get away and I am ready.

Can't thank my mother-in-law enough for being here to watch the little one. :)

5th times a charm?...

So, I went in this morning for my 5th IUI...again, with only 1 egg. So much about this cycle is different than what we have seen in previous cycles, so I am cautiously hopeful that our results will be different than my last ones also.

In other news, we got a tent and will be using it soon. :) I'm excited!

And here is a photo of my super, yummy strawberry/goat cheese salad with honey vinaigrette. :) Delish!

And...that's about all I got at the moment. :p

Huge egg...

Had a pretty good weekend actually. Stayed busy. Sheared Lambchop.

Had my U/S this morning. One HUGE egg, estradol levels at 347 and having an LH surge (starting to ovulate)...so, IUI is tomorrow. :)

It's so hard to NOT get my hopes up...EVERYTHING about this cycle was different. Double dose of medicines, 3 eggs, 15 eggs, 3 eggs, 2 eggs, 1 egg...ONLY time I have ever had one on the left...on day 29 of injections...so, EVERYTHING is different. But I am trying to stay realistic. My 5th IUI is tomorrow...nervously excited. Anxious that it will be ANOTHER failed cycle...

Don't Leave me...

Hello ICLWers!! ---Wait, don't leave!

I am sorry for the multiple posts...if you can't tell, it's kind of a big week for me. :)

So, my welcome is below (or you can click here).

Update on Fertility: 
U/S was this morning...now down to 2 follicles it looks like...a 15 and a 13, but the best news is my Estradol levels are FINALLY increasing!!! Woot! So, more and more injections for now...next U/S on Monday!

Update on other stuffffs
A/C is fixed, so it's not so hot now, thank God!
V is feeling much better! It was an ear infection and possibly strep, but she has been on anti-biotics for a few days and of course Tylenol and Motrin are my best friends. :)

Happy 10 Year Anniversary My Love!

10 years ago today I married my wonderful husband, My Love. 

It was a beautiful day spent with family and friends. We were married in beautiful sunken gardens surrounded with Grecian columns. We were so young and naive. I was not nervous, I was excited, I was ready. Our families were amazing and helpful. There was no drama, there was drinking, dancing, and celebrations. Your family showed mine how to peel a shrimp without making a mess of themselves and a good time was had by all.  Our wedding was everything I had dreamed about, and my groom was more than I had ever could have dreamed for. 

So, today, we are celebrating 10 years since the day of our wedding, but our life together is so much more than the anniversary of 1 day.

You are working today and will not be home but that is ok. You don’t have to be here for me to know how much you love me and I love you.

I know it sounds corny, but I love you more now than I did the day we got married. I love you more all the time.

We fit so well together.

Has it always been a smooth, perfect road, no…it’s a marriage, not a fairy tale, but we so rarely even argue, even in the toughest times.

I love our history together, knowing what we have made it through only makes us stronger.

You know me better than I know myself sometimes, you know my deepest, darkest secrets and treat them like they are your own, you know my biggest dreams and worst fears and respect them for what they are.


You do everything within your power to keep me happy and healthy, even if it means a kiss, flowers, or just to be left alone.

You take care of me when I am sick and hold me when I am tired. 

You know the things that are important to me and know what I am interested in.

You listen while I talk, and talk while I listen.

You take me on dates, both fun & serious ones.


You still open doors for me.

You cuddle with me.

You compliment me. 


I love that you surprise me with flowers all the time.

I love how caring and kind you can be.

I love that we share a beautiful daughter and I love what a great father you are.

It’s been 10 years of a wonderful marriage and I look forward to the next 1, 5, 10, 20, and more!

I love you.

With my whole heart,

Ericka

He proposed to me...10 years ago

My 10 year anniversary is tomorrow, so I thought I’d share my proposal…

Without going into too much detail, we were young and dumb while dating, but eventually got our heads put back in the right place and got back together. 

We were both in the military. In October, I was just told that I was going to be medically discharged. That was kind of scary because I didn’t know what I was going to do next! Well, that very same day I was told, I was sent to the field with my brand new unit. Just a few things going on all at once…eeek!

When I came home a few weeks later, My Love had left me a dozen roses! Awww…how sweet! We met up to go grocery shopping (we liked to cook together) and he was sooo not himself that night…he seemed so stressed, so I asked…”What’s wrong?” Him: “Stress” (I know there was more conversation than this, but not a whole lot more---very uncommon for us).

We got back to the barracks and put groceries away and I sat down on the couch. He was up kind of pacing…he walked over to his jacket and said, here, I have something for you. He handed me a piece of computer paper folded up like a card…Here was what was on the front (yes, this is the actual card!):

I had NO clue what it was going to say…I do remember thinking that maybe it would be something asking me to stick around the area when I got out instead of going off to Arizona to go to college (like we had talked about). So, I opened it…

I was flabbergasted…stunned…

I remember very clearly asking “Ummm, are you sure?”

I don’t even remember saying yes, though I obviously did at some point. Come to find out later that My  Love was sitting holding his breath the whole time, ready to bolt out of the room if I said “no”. 

Oh yeah, and he had also called my Daddy and asked for my hand in marriage before he asked me. He’s awesome.

So, not long after that, I got out of the military and we were married and it’s been an awesome adventure since then!

How were you proposed to?