STUFF

Well I started taking fertility pills a few weeks ago and I have to tell you it hasnt been fun. First of all there are SEVERAL pills I have to take on a daily basis, morning and night. Every pill has it's own side effects. So all day everyday I feel like hell. I try really hard to ignore it and not complain, because I know that this is exactly what I want to be doing and it will all be worth it if the outcome is a healthy baby. A few of these constant side effects are nausea, dizziness, shakiness, and mood swings. Some of the side effects that come and go are blurred vision, vomitting, horrible stomach aches, depression, and horrible head aches. Beleive me there are others, I just prefer not to mention them here. As awful as these pills make me feel, like I said this IS what I want to be doing. I have had some tests done to make sure things are working properly. I got the results of two of the tests on Wednesday and it seems that my brain is sending the message to my ovaries telling them to do what they need to do, and my ovaries are then sending a message back to the brain telling it that they have done their job! So I was excited about that because in the past my ovaries werent listening to the brain. There is another test we are waiting for results on which tests to see how many eggs have responded. The nurse explained to me that even if you have a really great alarm clock it does no good if there arent eggs to respond to it. That one makes me nervous. I guess I will keep you all posted, if you care to know. LOL
CHRISTMAS... What can I say? It is coming so fast. I have got all of my shopping done except for Jared and Grant. Jared is actually really easy to shop for and so is Grant. I made a lot of gifts this year, which I am kind of excited about. I also did neighbor gifts this year for the first time. I sent out more Christmas cards than I ever have before. And I decided to do something fun for Grant to give out to all of the kids in his class, I got some cute celophane bags and put a bunch of jolley ranchers, a pencil, an eraser, and a stencil ruler in them and tied them up cute with a little tag that says, "Have a holly JOLLEY Christmas! Love, Grant" They turned out really cute and he is so excited to give them to his friends. Grant is becoming such a great reader that I had to hide the Christmas shopping list from him, and we had to hide most of the gifts we have gotten so far at someone elses house. He is too smart for his own good. There is one thing that Grant would really love to have for Christmas (a WII) and Jared and I just told him flat out that Santa doesnt make that type of toys.We told him that they are just too expensive for Santa to make, but we have got a surprise or two up our sleaves for Christmas morning. So because we told him that he hasnt asked for it since, its like he just accepted that he wasnt going to get it and he moved on. When we took him to see Santa he asked for a Home Depot work bench and that is the only thing he has asked Santa for so hopefully that is what Santa will bring! Stay tuned to find out!
Jared still hates his work with a passion and threatens to quit on a daily basis, but he is doing really great this quarter which is really nice with me not working. I am so proud of him and how hard he works! And I told him he is not allowed to quit until after the cruise in February. We are not sure yet where we are going but we are hoping to go back to the bahamas. We loved it the first time we were there. We didnt take Grant with us the first time and Jared and I both kept saying "Oh Grant would love this." So that would be a lot of fun to go back as a family.
I cant stare at the computer any longer and I am going to go to bed before I puke. Good night!