Yikes....I've been really bad about posting updates!! I'm actually not even quite sure where to start.
Hmm, last week on Thursday Darren flew to St Louis for some college basketball tournaments - Creighton of course, he tries to go every year. I made Ayla a sticker chart full of things we'd do while he was gone and thought that would help her to understand when he was coming home. We put stickers on "wake-up", "nap time" and "bedtime" boxes so that she'd be able to see that after 3 bedtimes and wake-ups, daddy would be home. When we dropped him off at the airport, it was heartbreaking. She had her arms wrapped around his neck and was sobbing. It wasn't a two year old tantrum cry, it was a very sad cry...she didn't want her daddy to go.
On Friday, we got flowers. I got an amazing spring arrangement. It had tulips, lillies, gerber daisies, roses and lots of other flowers too. It was gorgeous and so fragrant. My entire living room and dining room smelled of fresh flowers. Ayla got a smaller vase with two pink carnations, she was so excited to get flowers from her daddy. We love him so much!
When we picked him up on Sunday, she was very excited. We spent the day together and had a great time. We both were very glad to have him home!
On Monday, Ayla spent the day with my mom, I had my HSG test at Bergan. Of course she had a great time. As for me...not so much. During the HSG, they fill your uterus and tubes with dye and basically verify that there are no blockages or abnormalities. Mine came back clear, which is great but it HURT!!! Yikes, I don't want to have to do that again...EVER. Anyway, we'll be on clomid next month and keep our fingers crossed.
Yesterday was my mom's 55th birthday! Man, she's getting old. When I told Ayla it was her birthday she said "Let's make her a cake" she's so matter of fact sometimes. So we made a cake. I don't think I've made my mom a cake since I was 13 or something. Crazy enough...it was really fun, even exciting. We baked, forsted and sprinkled and then hand delivered our cake. We stuck around to sing and of course EAT cake too. It was a good time. I love how a child makes things fun and exciting again.
After Ayla had cake and ice cream and whatever other junk food my mom decided to give her, she was energized to say the least. She put on a little show for my mom, dad, Darren and I. For 20ish minutes she danced and sang. Her hits included "Wheels on the Bus", "Hokey-Pokey", "B*I*N*G*O" and several others. FUNNY doesn't even begin to describe her show. After every song she bowed and said "Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you". If one of us weren't clapping or paying attention, she called us out on it. I am going to get video of this very soon and then I'll post it, so funny.
My inlaws are coming this afternoon. We haven't seen them since Thanksgiving. Ayla is excited and can't wait for them to get here. We've already called them once to see when they'll be here. I know Ayla will love having them here, she's been talking about them all morning.
Tonight Ayla has her Spring Program at school. I hope she's as animated as she was last night. We'll video it so I can post her debut. I also plan to have lots of other pics from the weekend with our inlaws in town so I'll post those as well.
