Pumpkin Patch at Maple Lane Farms



We've started a tradition with Ali now!!! During the GREAT month of October and the wonderful start to Fall we have adventures we take our yearly trip to Maple Lane Farms! I love this place! They have Pick Your Own Strawberries in the later Spring throughout Summer. During October they have the Pick Your Own Pumpkins. We pay $2 for a long hay ride throughout the farm seeing the cows and farm life. We hop off the hay ride and venture off into the crops of pumpkins. It's messy too! Dirty pumpkins and dirty hands not my cup up tea! I learned last year to bring hand sanitizer in my camera bag or purse. Clean hands this year! :) We had a lot of fun and THANK GOODNESS did not do the corn maze!! WHEW! I hate corn mazes! ( long story) But Ali did find the face painting booth!! We were hoping she wouldn't want her face painted this year because it was a 2 HOUR wait last year!! 2 HOURS!! But since we arrived right when they opened we were first in line! :) One happy girl! That's what she talked about the whole time.... getting her face painted! We had a great time carving pumpkins and roasting pumpkin seeds. Ali is really into bows right now (another blog coming soon) so we made our pumpkins have bows on their stems. Super cute and girly! We had a great time Sunday and our pumpkins looked great! Enjoy!

Photo Shoot with Ali

We had Ali on Sunday and I couldn't wait to take pictures of her for Jason's desk at work and for his family in Memphis. Well of course I couldn't wait to use my new camera too! Here are a few of my favorite pictures from Sunday.

Ali- Age 7

NEW CAMERA NEW CAMERA NEW CAMERA!!!!!!!!



O.M.G. I went for the plunge and bought a BIG GIRL camera!!! Man oh man was that a stressful moment when trying to decide which camera to buy! I was sweating and a nervous wreck but thanks to good ole Jaclyn she coached me through the purchase! (THANKS JaC)

Jaclyn and I went to oh so yummy Cracker Barrel a few Saturday mornings ago for breakfast then off to Best Buy for the new toy! If you know me you know I LOVE taking pictures... of anything and everything. I have a camera tattoo and I will be helping Jac in Oct with shooting a wedding! SO EXCITED!!!

I had a tough time deciding between a Nikon or a Canon camera. I wanted the bundle package that came with an extra lens and a memory card. After sweating and picking up both camera a few times I went with the Nikon D3100 and the 55-200 lens. I'm so happy with my purchase! My first BIG GIRL camera and I'm pretty much on cloud 9 with it!

Oh course I had to take it with me to Pop and Gran's that next Sunday to show it off to Gran because she also shares the love of photography! Then it was SHOW TIME!!!! Blue had a photo shoot that Sunday... and he did really well. Me on the other hand needs to learn how to use the camera and all of the tools and tricks. I also did a little photo shoot of their fat ass Yorkie Camie... (21 pound Yorkie... yikes I know)

Am I in love...YES!!! I can't wait to work with Jac and her amazing eye for shots in pictures.

First photo session...Blue. Second photo session a WEDDING!!! EEK!

Oh no... I must buy a cute camera bag for my new baby!! I think I'm going to order this one from Etsy.com

The BAG!!!! So in love! It screams my name!

The inside! Pretty in pink!

So... I bought a strap for my camera too! This was an awesome price too!!! $10 and $2.50 shipping!!!



Happy Harvest Day!!!!

Getting nervous!!!

Today I have my egg harvest!!! All finished and the family is now in charge of those little eggs. Make a baby that you will love and give your life for no matter what! I wish I could hug the mom and tell you how happy I am to offer her this amazing gift. I wish we could cry together and for her to know how happy I am she picked me! I would also tell you that I was a spoiled brat when I was a wee little MeG... Ha! I would then hug her again and wish her the best of luck and a safe and smooth pregnancy!

I was able to sleep last night which was awesome! I was super nervous and ready for my alarm to go off at 4:45a.m. AHHHH!!! I wont up on my 2nd alarm going off at 5:10 jumped in the shower, brushed my hair and teeth, grabbed the makeup bag put some clothes on the I was on the road to pick up Pop and Gran!
Off to Chattanooga we went and got there with good timing. We went to my special waiting room and I took a picture of Granny and I on the couch like we did last year. Then after being there for maybe 10 minutes I took a picture of Pop already passed out in the the waiting room chair like I also did last year!

Oh memories from this journey!

I had to sign all of the paper work then took me off to the procedure room. Put on my fancy hospital gown and my knee socks I wore last year! *My Official Egg Donor Socks* Had my iv put in and waited for them to roll me back. Once I was in the operating room I got up on the table with CrAzY stirrups and a square cut in the wall where they can transfer the disk or tubes of eggs through to the Embryologist. PEEK A BOO!!!??? Yeah big time! They gave me my anesthesia and I passed out! I woke up and everything was over. My sweet nurse gave me a mini orange Gatorade and they waited for me to wake up. I wasn't in pain at all just so sleepy. I still have been mini cramping all day. I feel like this time around was much better!!
I wasn't told how many eggs were taken this time they said I would find out next week. Hopefully enough for this special family! I felt bloated enough to have 50 in there!!!

Prayers for this family and fingers crossed!!

Pop asleep after 10 minutes of being there

Granny and I on Harvest day!!

waiting for my iv

 Good Luck Egg Donor Socks!!

 Super fancy sheets they have!! I wish they were pink though!! :)

Just got home and now it's snuggle nappy time with Blue!!

Trigger Shot Night!!!

Trigger Shot!!!!
Lupron

Well I received a call from my nurse Jan Wednesday night saying I was ready to for my trigger shots due to my levels and ultrasounds! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!! So excited!

I sat on the couch last night so excited because in the morning at 8:30 I'll have my egg harvest!!!

Want a giggle??? My doctor... Dr. Donesky will be in the Knoxville office and I have to drive to the Chattanooga office for the harvest! Well Dr. Bird... giggle... Bird... Egg... LOL! Dr. Bird will do my mini surgery to retrieve the eggs. He did mine last year also so I've met him and all of the sweet amazing people in that office! I also have to go to the donor waiting room which is away from the main lobby. Gotta keep me away from the family or even people who might see me in the data base and pick me!

I went over to Elizabeth's to drink wine, eat pizza and make crafts! Perfect Girls Night!!! Elizabeth had to give me my trigger shots!! Fun times for her! She was so excited she couldn't stand it!! She also helped me make a baby!! :)  

Elizbeth soooo excited! :)

It's almost over and it's bittersweet! I'm ready... YES!!! I'm so tickled for this family!

Happy Harvest Day!!! Thursday 8/18/2011



Reading... Who Me??

Yep, that's right... I'm reading a book. Well I'm going to try and read this book because everyone keeps saying how good it is and I also want to watch the movie!

The Help!

I bought it for Granny on her Kindle then downloaded the Kindle app on my iPhone! SO EXCITED!!!



We'll see how long it's going to take to finish the book and then Granny and I'll be off to the movies to watch it! I'm so excited!


Wish me luck!!! :)



Fertile Myrtle

Egg Donor Day 6-11

BLOATED!!!!! My poor jeans do not fit right now and it sucks! I had to wear my jersey cotton shirt to work today and felt like I could breath. Jeans... see you in a week or two! I've been not in the mood to blog the past few days with being EGG-ZOSTED!!! ;)
So my estradiol levels on Friday 8/12 were around 360 and Sunday I had another ultrasound and blood work appointment and those levels jumped up to 1500!!! YEAH!! I'm getting close! My left ovary is doing a lot of work this time around since that stooooopid fibroid has now been removed! Goodbye Herby! HAHA! As of Sunday one of my follicle sacs were around 17.4mm and they usually want them around the 20's. The rest are in the range of 13mm-16mm. I'm just excited to get the shot part over with because of all of the bloating it's making a little bit harder to get the shots in my tummy! Can we say ouchy??? Yeah... think of poking a balloon and it bouncing off... not cool at all!!! O.U.C.H. I had to start 3rd shot also since I'm getting close to the Harvest!!!

Had to run by the office today to pick up a dose for tonight of the Menopur since I'm out now. They're going to Fed Ex me some overnight for tomorrow.

My newest shot is Ganirelix! (This one burns when it goes in the belly!)

Ganirelix Shot!



I have my next appointment in the morning at 8:00 for the same ole same ole... blood work and ultrasounds!

Vampires... He He He!!!

Hopefully finding the Harvest date for retrieval tomorrow! Fingers crossed for this week!
Guess who was a brave little girl and gave herself all of her shots last night...? That's right!! ME!!! WOO! So proud... and I think Jason was a little sad he couldn't poke me with needles to see me squirm. Ha!
I received a sweet card in the mail from my nurse Sandy saying how they love seeing my smiling face and positive attitude every time I come in. Why not stay positive??? I'm helping make miracles! All I can say is it's a pleasure working with such an amazing group of women and Dr. Donesky! GREAT PEOPLE!!!!

I’ll leave you with some fun pictures over the past week! Ouchy and Enjoy!!!

Night Time Shots!!!

Jason so excited to give me the shot that hurts the worst!! :(

Safety First!!!