Day 7: Running Errands (6/1)

Rennie is so close to getting the deck done around the pool. He has had Martin over the last couple of days and one of our neighbors is an amazing help. Lee lives in our cul de sac and is so helpful with our questions on different projects we have done around the house. Today, he was helping Rennie while I ran to Lowe's (again!) to pick up some things. I knew Rennie's phone was inside and when I left I hadn't seen Gavin. I text Lee to make sure Gavin wasn't running wild in our neighborhood and this was the conversations. Like I've said, four kids can be overwhelming. :)

Day 66 : Late Play Date (3/7)

Carter is a little boy who lives down the street. He and his dad came over for a short visit right before bed time and this is how I found them: watching a movie. Hopefully Gavin will have another friend to play with in the neighborhood. 

Day 137: In The Raw (3/8)

My friend Jen Stanford and I headed out to In The Raw for some sushi we have both been craving for a while. It was so good and just what we both needed on a Thursday night.

Good food.

Good conversation.

Good time.

Thanks Jen for inviting me out!

Day 120: Next Step (2/20)

If you're not into long, personal stories then this post is probably not for you.  Just scroll on down to the next entry. :)

As some of you have noticed {or haven't} there has been no announcement made of a new arrival to the Nickell family. I posted some time back {in November} about our struggles to conceive. 

Apparently what we have been doing hasn't worked. {Pardon my sarcasm!} So we have taken the next step and have become more aggressive in trying to conceive; which is another way to say more expensive! We have ventured into IUI {intrauterine insemination.} Basically, Rennie made a, ahem, deposit at a clinic where they concentrated his boys and then injected them high into my parts at the right time. If you want to read a more scientific approach, be my guest.

To do this took a lot of prep and lots of planning. It's honestly exhausting. In one week, I had to be at the doctor FOUR times. That's the hardest part; luckily I was blessed with a principal that has four children and is very, very understanding.  

I am also BLESSED to have such wonderful friends at my school. Without a doubt, my mom knows every single detail of what we go through on a daily bases. However, she is the only person who is kept informed of our struggles. I am sure that my dad knows but it's my mom that I talk too.

Other members of our family know that we are trying to conceive but for the most part it's not something that we are asked about. I think that people think we don't want to talk about it but the opposite is true. Talking about it helps us get through the days, weeks, months. It helps me personally de-stress about it all. I don't like to keep it all bottle up.

Enter the girls at work!!

They make me smile. :) They are moms and two of them are pregnant now. Talking with them is a life saver, they ask questions everyday and know exactly were I am in my cycle. Weird, I know but it helps.

The picture for today is my friend Angelica. My super life saver! 

This month before we go through the IUI, we had to make sure that I was ovulating at the right time so we made sure I had the right amount of follicles {future eggs} and we "forced" my body into ovulation. I had to give myself a shot. 

I understand that people do this everyday but I was nervous. I hate shots.

We Angelica got it done! Again my super life saver on steroids. 

So tomorrow I head into ANOTHER doctor's appointment for the actual IUI with Rennie. We are told that we should take the next two days easy. I can do that!!

So here we will be in an agonizing two week wait to determine if the IUI was successful. Please think about us and send any prays our way.

We appreciate the support we have received and can't thank those of you enough for helping us through this time in our life.

Day 107: Thunder Up! (2/17)

My friend Jennifer {we worked together at Jefferson} had tickets to the OKC Thunder game. She was so sweet to remember me and invited me to go with her! It was so much fun to go and just to catch up with Jen. I always enjoy events and the Thunder is so much fun to watch.

Thank you so much Jen!!

Day 105: Double Date Night (2/15)

Rennie's surprise for our Valentine dinner out was A-MAZ-ING! We headed out to Bricktown and Rennie wouldn't tell me where we were going and ended up early so we parked and headed into Bass Pro Shop. As we were leaving to walk to our destination, the free trolley arrived, we hoped on and Rennie secretly   told the driver which stop we wanted. It was the MELTING POT! I love the Melting Pot and it takes a lot to get Rennie to go there. One because the food is different and two it's so dang expensive.

That wasn't my only surprise! We were meeting our friends for a double date night out. Natalie and Cheyenne met us and we had a wonderfully cozy {and exceptionally good} dinner! It was a great way to spend Valentines day.

Day 89: Graham's (1/28)

I love nights out! How appropriately that we head out to the country bar Graham's with out friends the Grahams! {I know that was kinda dorky to point out but its funny.} 

Our friends were in the city for a baseball conference and we decided to hit the town. I enjoyed the night it was FABULOUS. ;)

Day 69: Fourth Bottle with Friends (1/8)

Last night we had Cheyenne, Natalie and their girls come over. We spent the night talking and enjoying bottles of wine. I could get all personal and create a really long story of friendships on this blog but like I've said before not everything needs to be published on the internet. I just want to say that it's nice to find friends that you are comfortable enough to share your "fourtttthhhhh" bottle of wine with!

Natalie also has a blog in which she shares a picture a day. Check it out here, she is also using the same picture for day! :)