Operation Baby Making Resumes!

We are so excited because we have been approved to start our IVF cycle in June. My cycle date will be the week of June 13th. I start taking my first drug on May 21st.

Wahoo!

COUPONS!

I went shopping with my mom and sister today and we went crazy with all the coupons I've been collecting! It was kind of exciting. I won't lie. I was sort of pretending that we were on Extreme Couponing!

My mom and I sat and figured out that we had spent less than what we saved! We saved over $300 and we (by we I mean SHE) spent around $200 or so. The savings is a very rough estimate and was probably more than that. I had a coupon for every place we went. Everything we bought was already on sale.

It was really exciting!!

Down to a 6.8 baby!!!

Oh yeah! I brought my A1C down from a 7.7 to a 6.8. Normal range is up to a 6.

I just talked to the endocrinologist's office. The nurse said, "good job!!". Whew...I've asked her to as my PA to contact the fertility clinic on my behalf. She wanted it below a 7. They wanted it to be a 6. I'm hoping we can compromise!!!

PLEASE PRAY!!!!!!

101 in 1001: In Progress

Here is how my list is shaping up so far!

1. Run a 5k

2. Get pregnant

3. Complete a cross-stitching project

4. Obtain my Master's in HCA

5. Go back to Disney World

6. Create a diaper cake

7. Eat greek yogurt

8. Eat a pomegranate

9. Go juneberry picking with my Dad again

10. Take David to Denver

11. Learn more about geocaching and GO!

12. Get to know my neighbors better

13. Invite said neighbors to neighborhood block party

14. Watch the entire series of Scrubs

15. Hang up pictures in the dining room

16. Purchase large clock for the living room

17. Girls weekend

18. Go with David to a local casino to gamble

19. Return to Vegas and spend time at the pool!

20. Go swimming at least 10 times during the summer (0/10)

21. Get advice on how to make lawn look nice with out having to weed and feed it.

22. Finish my honeymoon scrapbook.

23. Finish my May Seminar scrapbook

24. Finish my High school scrapbook

25. Finish my after college scrapbook

26. Finish my before high school scrapbook

27. Take one picture of David and I each day (0/101)

28. Clean and organize the garage

29. Have a rummage sale

30. Lose another 20 pounds by 6/13/2011

31. Visit the International Peace Gardens

32. Go to the MN State Fair

33. Attend a Sugarland concert

34. Save money for an iPhone

35. Go to a Redhawks game

36. Go to a curling event

37. Menu plan on a weekly basis (0/143)

38. Get advice on couponing!

39. Purchase a Christmas tree topper

40. Become a 2 Christmas Tree family in 2011

41. Purchase a cupcake cake for my birthday

42. Put more money into savings

43. Go to Mount Rushmore

44. Have a picnic in the park

45. Set up the tent in the backyard

46. Go camping

47. Plant a tree in our yard

48. Plant flowers in the flower bed

49. Watch the entire Veronica Mars series

50. Try 2 new recipes a month (0/33)

51. Take more pictures at family gatherings

52. When going through the drive-thru, buy the meal of the person behind me

53. Plan family fun day activities once/month (0/33)

54. Go to a movie with David once/month to expand my horizon (0/33)

55. Go caroling

56. Go ice-skating

57. Join the West Fargo library

58. Make the upside down apple pie recipe

59. Bake chocolate chip cookies

60. Purchase a bike and helmet

61. Buy a present for the giving tree

62. Watch the sunset with David

63. Buy a new lap top

64. Buy the book David and I talked about last night

65. Organize my recipes and cookbooks

66. Go to a Twins Game

67. Try sushi again

68. Refrain from drinking pop for 30 days (0/30)

69. Complete a jigsaw puzzle

70. Watch every series of Parks and Recreation

71. Cancel satellite and get Hulu and cable

72. Set up TiVo

73. Purchase new running outfit

74. Complete Couch25k program (0/9 weeks)

75. Get a massage

76. Buy the nice George Forman grill David and I wanted for our wedding

77. Watch 5 Rogers and Hammerstien musicals in 72 hours

78. Watch 5 Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals in 72 hours

79. Write three letters of praise/thanks about good service (0/3)

80. Have a candlelit dinner

81. Have a date night once/month (0/33)

82. Take a Zumba class

83. Take dance lessons with David

84. Go to a Broadway tour show at the Gate City Bank Theater

85. Go to a musical at the Chanhassen Dinner Theater

86. Buy/fix front door

87. Do 20 push ups at once (and not the easy kind)

88. Buy water softener

89. Fly a kite

90. Take cake decorating

91. Take a trip out west on the train

92. Attend a comedy show

93. Visit local health food/organic food store

94. Attend a scrapbooking retreat

95. Write down a blessing each day for a month (0/30)

96. Send Christmas cards to at least 20 people/families

97. Purchase a new bra once I lose the 20 pounds

98. Recover dining room chairs (from David's mom)

99. Paint bedroom

100. Organize closets

101. Complete all items on this list in 1001 days!

86. Buy/Fix Front Door. DONE! Sort of...

I've really been bugging David to get me a new front door. I wanted a red one with a peep hole! Living in a twin home, we don't have a picture window (or any window for that matter) at the front of the house which means I can't see who is knocking at my door! I hate this! We mad a trip to Lowe's and we bought a peep hole rather than spending $100 plus on a new door. I'm pretty excited!!

82. Take a Zumba Class DONE!

I absolutely LOVE Zumba! I'm taking it at Health Pros in Fargo. I've always loved to dance and had been debating on taking a dance class. Zumba is the next best thing! It's an hour long work out and I don't even realize that it is an hour because it goes so quickly! I would recommend it if you haven't tried it yet!

67. Try sushi again DONE!

We went to Samurai on Sunday after church. I tried one of his tuna rolls. Yep, didn't like it. But at least I could cross this one off my 1001 in 101 list!!!

59. Bake chocolate chip cookies DONE!

I had a Lia Sophia party last week and I baked chocolate chip cookies...and they were flatter than the flattest pancakes you've EVER seen. I wish I would have taken a picture!

I'm sticking to cakes and cupcakes. I know I'm good at those!

Anna and Brian's Wedding in PA!

The weekend of April 1st we traveled to King of Prussia, PA for Anna and Brian's wedding. We drove to Minneapolis and flew out of there on Thursday morning. Thursday afternoon I got my nails done with Anna and her bridesmaids. It was so fun to be pampered.

Friday was a very busy day for me as I was her personal attendant. I had a lot of fun helping make her day very special.

Saturday we took a VERY annoying wrong turn which put us on a turnpike. We have no idea how these things work. The whole ordeal ended up costing us $50 plus because of the "lost ticket" getting on the turnpike aka we didn't know we were supposed to take a ticket. (P.S. How does one lose their ticket when they're in the car. There is no exit...and it's only 13 miles??) We were a half hour late returning the car which resulted in a late fee charge for that. We can't even say that it was a beautiful drive! I did get to say, "Hey! That's where I wanted to take you this weekend" as we passed the sign for Longwood Gardens.

At least our bad luck didn't end there, we got to Cincinnati (beautiful airport) and our flight back to Minneapolis was oversold. I was the first one to jump out of my seat to take the bump. We received $400 vouchers for taking a flight the next day. We stayed at a Marriot in KY (We can say we've been to KY now!). The only bad part is that we didn't get to spend anytime with David's parents. We're looking forward for our girls weekend/guys weekend in May!

Here are some pictures from the wedding!