the latest

First of all I would like to mention that I pulled off- what I think- is an EPIC April Fool's joke. Yes- the fake pregnancy has been done before, but I'm not sure to this extent with so many believers! To read my "announcement" blog- click here. To see the facebook photo (with comments) which lured people to the blog- click here. And then to see the big reveal- click here. (Sorry, it's just too much of a story to re-write the whole thing- I'm taking the lazy route.) Some people took the news better than others- but most were good sports about the whole thing. It was fun reading people's comments all day- and go back and forth about whether or not it was a joke.

So anyway, here is what has been going on lately- my period is all screwed up. I am in the same situation I was before- where I am like super late, taking pregnancy tests every week. I am probably not going to go to the doctor unless I go another month without it because my last doctor visit- cost me over $100 in blood work to find NOTHING. So I am thinking that getting pregnant isn't going to be as easy as I had hoped. I'm not going to be able to do a simple calculation to figure out what days I am probably ovulating- I may have to be that person that has an infinity of ovulation tests under the bathroom sink. Kinda frustrating.

I'd still like to try for the end of May- but my last period was January 23rd- so I'm just not sure that will happen. We are shooting for a boy month on the Chinese birth calendar. Yes, I know that sounds silly- but I know a lot of people that the chart was accurate for- and the pressure is on to have a boy!


I am 24 (until September)- so April, May, and July are my boy months until then. I hope I don't have to look at the chart beyond that- I am crossing my fingers that by the end July we will have a bun in the oven- but at this point, who knows?! I wanna hop on this boy train that seems to be going by right now- Alicia, Jenn, and Kassie are all expecting boys and my cousin just had her boy too!

In other news, we have moved the pottery shop from north Phoenix- into our garage. We have stuff everywhere and I am working on getting it all organized. My sister is coming over today to help me organize my craft room- which will one day be the nursery. With baby time just around the corner (hopefully) and all my craft stuff staring me in the face- I am kinda feeling like I am having to make a decision between having a baby and having a hobby. I just don't know that there is space for both in this house right now.

Nathan says I shouldn't worry about it right now- that I should just get the craft room organized and throw anything away yet because we will have at least 9 months to figure out where to put it
all once we find out we're pregnant. At the rate my cycle is going I may have a year of crafting left before I need to rearrange.


On a brighter note- both of my cousins had their babies this past weekend!

My cousin, Miranda, from my dad's side of the family, had a beautiful baby girl. They named her Ryleigh Elaine. She was a few weeks early, but healthy- weighing in at 6lbs 9oz and 18 inches long and looks like her daddy.




My cousin, Desiree, from my mom's side of the family had her little boy- after 60 hours of labor!! He's a big boy- 8.13 pounds and 22.5 inches! Long with big feet- and SUPER cute. They named him Dylan Connor- and he also looks like his daddy.


Miranda lives on the other side of the country, so I haven't gotten the chance to meet Ryleigh, but Desiree and Devin are just over in Scottsdale, so I got to visit baby Dylan twice already. They are going to be really great parents- they make a cute little family. =)