Oh hi!

So I kind of have a big announcement to make...
And I've been debating on whether or not to share this on my blog, but I figured what the heck.
Yep, that's a cheesy self baby bump portrait! My baby bump at 15 weeks and 3 days. I'm umm *slightly* bigger than that now at 17 weeks and 5 days. You could say I really "popped" over the last week, but alas, I don't have a pic for this week. Hopefully I will get dressed in some real clothes and take a nice photo - er - have someone else take a nice photo of me and Photoshop it so I look cute.
So to recap - I'm having a baby in February and I take really bad pictures of myself. :)

Pictures in paradise

I know. I know. I am the most inconsistent blogger on the blogosphere! But I hope you'll forgive me! I just wanted to share some photos from my long awaited vacation to Hawaii. We went there on our honeymoon and made a pact to go back in 5 years to celebrate our anniversary. Well, we made it happen. And by we I mean my husband because I wasn't willing to spend the money, though I had NO problem spending some when we got there. Anyway without further ado, I give you beautiful Maui:

Humuhumunukunukuapua'a (aka reef trigger fish)

This is me jumping in the clouds at 10,023 feet in elevation on top of Haleakala. I know, I'm a dork but I couldn't pass up the fun photo op.

We loved snorkeling and this honu (turtle) swam right by us, IT is was really cool! Actually we had two turtle encounters, but hubby had the camera for the other one and therefore there are no pictures of it.

Best sunsets ever!!

Update

Just dropping in to leave a brief update. Sorry I've been MIA for a while. Life gets in the way of this blog a lot hahaha.

So on Friday I am getting my kidney stone removed. Doesn't sound like a ton of fun and it is four days before hubby and I leave on our big vacation. The doctor assured me that all would be fine, so I am confident in his abilities. They use a laser which makes me instantly picture a scene from Star Wars going on inside my bladder. Weird.

So as for this awesome vacation - stay tunes next month for pics! I plan to take a ton. And maybe even a video? We are celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary and this is probably our last vacation just the two of us. So this is a special one and the first vacation we've really done just the two of us since our honeymoon. I am so excited!!!

Baby making isn't so easy for all of us

Today I feel bummed out.
I haven't told any of you this yet but we have begun the process of starting a family. Sounds odd saying things that way, right? I mean under the perfect circumstances there wouldn't really be a process. Just a bit of planning. Well, from the events of the last six months, this is definitely a process. I didn't know how much I'd want to share here on my blog, but writing about my feelings and experiences is just so therapeutic, I can't afford not to share. Plus, maybe some of you will have some advice.

If you are not into gross woman talk, you can (and should) stop here. You've been warned.

So the most obvious step in starting a family was for me to stop taking the pill, so I did in October. I did not get a period after I stopped. So I went to the doctor thinking, it can't really be this easy, can it? Nope. I had to take a dose of Provera to bring it on (this was December). Then I had to wait and see if I got my period on my own after that time. No luck. The doctor determined from this (and a few ultrasounds) that I am not ovulating on my own. So he prescribed me another dose of Provera (early March) and the lowest dose of Clomid. I was told to test for ovulation using ovulation predictor strips. Today is my cycle day 19. They told me if I did not ovulate by day 18 to call. So I will be calling today and probably getting the higher dose of Clomid, in hopes it will work. I wish there were some natural way to get my body functioning. And I also just wish it would hurry up and function already! In the big picture, six months is not that long and everything takes time. And actually I have made some really good changes in my life in that time - I've reduced my caffeine intake, I have lost a couple of pounds (don't get too excited its literally a couple of pounds haha), I have increased my exercise and I've increased the amount of water I drink everyday. So I guess all this waiting hasn't been in vain, it has all been a chance for me to grow.
Have any of you used Clomid? Any luck? Any advice? Please share!! And thanks for reading!