Long Weekend (09/17-09/20)

Well its been awhile since Ive posted anything on here. Its been crazy around here lately. Anywho the weekend of the dates posted on the subject line Zech and I went to Houston and down to Corpus and that area for a few days.

On Thursday we drove to Houston and took a tour of the UTI campus for Zech. It was a really small campus, which I think is nice, and I got really excited for Zech just seeing where he was going to go to school. I actually started crying in the parking lot after the tour because I was so excited for him! LOL We also got Zech a new hood for his car for $40! A great deal from a fellow Nissan enthusiast. After that, we drove to a few apartments in the area to look at some potential places to live. The weather wasnt quite cooperating, so a lot of the places couldnt show us the actual apartments. But we did get to look at a few and I think we've settled on where we would like to live.

From Houston, we drove down to Corpus Thursday night to spend a few days with my sisters, brother-in-law, and my 2 nephews. Yes, we finally got to see Tyler! I was so excited. He looks just like Colton did when he was a baby, but at the same time you can totally tell the difference. He was adorable, and a total wiggle worm :) Colton was just too funny as always. He kept telling Zech that he was going to be Wolverine and then he would move his hand over his other hand to show that he was taking out his claws and then he would "cut off Zech's arm". Zech, of course, was dramatic for Colton, and Colton would just laugh and laugh. It was too cute :)

Saturday afternoon we drove to Freer to go see Zech's best friend Nate for his birthday, and Zech's brothers, and some other friends. We went out to their ranch and shot some dove and some skeet, then went back to the house and played cards and drank and just hung out. It was nice to hang with some friends. We had a blast.

Sunday we had the looooooong drive back to Killeen to get ready for work for the next week. Little did I know I would wake up feeling like I had the flu the next morning. I was out of work for 3 days. Luckily Zech was still on vacation so he was there to take care of me... when he wasnt working on his car. Poor thing though got sick THIS past Sunday and had a temp of almost 102 Monday night! I have been forcing medicine down his thoat since then and he now just has a cough.

His car is almost done, got the clutch installed last night, and now he's just waiting on mounting something to keep his lights stabalized. This weekend we will drive the Jeep down to San Antonio to hand it off to Katie :( that Jeep was so good to me while Zech was gone, and I will truely miss the "Sheepy".

Round #1

Well today was our first visit with my OBGYN, who is also taking us through the fertility steps. So far, she seems hopeful. Today was mostly just talking. She told me that since my cycle is kinda crazy, always has been, could be tough as far as trying to find when my fertile days are (an easy thing to work with as long as we can find those day)... (TMI for some of you, I know, Im sorry).

Anyways, thats factor one. Factor two could be Zech. Yes, its always requested to get the male "checked" also. Its harder to fix a fertility problem in men than it is women. But we're hoping thats not the case... I mean come on, Zech is one of 6... and his dad is one of 9... no fertility problems there LOL!!

I have to go back for blood work on Wednesday to have a bunch of tests done. So as long as its nothing with Zech, and nothing comes back negative with my tests, my Dr is going to do something called an HSG. Its basically where they "cleanse" my repo-organs. Harsh sounding, I know, but sorry again! Its just basically to make a fresh start.

Zech and I both are praying that its an easy fix. I really love my OBGYN, she has a really level head about her, and wants to go all natural ways before we start jumping into all sorts of treatments. We are hoping that we can get this taking care of before our move to Houston so I can stay with her.

Keep thinking of us. We are excited to finally get things on a roll, and hopefully we will have some super happy POSITIVE (*wink wink*) news soon!

ANXIOUS!

So I know a lot of people would just tell me to take it easy, to just take it as it comes... But I cant help but get worked up. August is half-way done. On the 31st I have a doctor's appointment with a fertility specialist. We've been trying since January to get pregnant. Zech and I are both ready now. I guess God has other plans. Im scared to hear what they could say at the end of the month. I know our choices for adoption are always there. We've always said we want to adopt either way. Might turn out thats our only option.

Everything thats been going on lately doesnt make this situation/problem any better. I just want to cry all the time.

Randomosity...

Well here I am, at work, as always... Trying to not lose my mind. Oh trust me, I have plenty of work to do. That doesnt always mean I want to do it.

So anyway... Zech and I have been making plans about the upcoming months. They include many many things. First, and foremost, we want to extend an invitation to all close friends & family to make the drive to Killeen this year for Thanksgiving. I know its a bit out of the way, but Zech and I have missed the last 3 sets of holidays together and we have decided we would like to host it at our house this year, to do something special. We have more than enough room (finally) to have a good handful of people over. This could be the last time for a while that we actually have a large enough house to do anything.

We are also hoping that sometime closer to the end of the year we can take a mini-vacation. We are thinking either of our orginal plans of taking a cruise, or flying to Georgia to go see my cousin. I think we are starting to lean more towards the latter of the two ideas just because it would be easier on our savings. Im excited either way.

Zech is starting to make more progress on his transition out of the Army. Its been tough the last couple of months with about 3-4 other NCO's leaving or getting out as well. It leaves Zech picking up a lot of the slack and taking a lot of the time he needs to take his classes and do his necessary paper work to get out. But things are moving along slowly but surely. He is still scheduled to get out in mid- to late-November. We wont be moving to Houston until January still, but this gives me time to work overtime through the holidays here at the college in Killeen.

We are going to Houston next month to start looking at housing, to take a tour of the UTI campus, and to just scope out the area for jobs and such. From there, we will drive down to Corpus Christi to see my new baby nephew who is due in the next couple weeks! I am so excited to be an aunt times two!!

Well thats about it for now, I thought I would just write a few random things!

Weekend For Us

Well this weekend was the first in a long time that Zech and I actually had it together, no interuptions. So we took full advantage of it on Saturday and got the hell outta dodge! We slept in like we havent been able to do, then drove the almost 2 hour drive to Freddericksburg just to wander. Zech hadnt been in a long time, and I always love going. We didnt buy anything (surprisingly enough) and I took Zech to my favorite little coffee shop down there.

After that, we werent quite ready to go home. So we took the scenic route between Hwy 281 & Austin. It was a nice 45 minute drive. Once in Austin, we went to the mall to wander and then went and ate at Umi Sushi (this has become one of our new favorite sushi places).

Zech got his car Friday night, and I felt bad about dragging him away from it. But it doesnt run right now, and we didnt have money to be fixing it this payday, so my guilt quickly subsided. He tore into on Sunday of course. I swear, he looked like a kid in a candy shop.

Can't Fight This Fever

Well I've been battling it over and over in my head. Turns out Zech & I are ready for kids. Apparently mother nature isn't. Right now is good for us. We are stable with pretty much everything. It just feels right. But we've been having some problems. So I'm going to the doctor to see if I (possibly Zech also) can get in to see a fertility specialist. Wish us luck & keep us in your prayers & thoughts!

Warped Tour 2009

Ok so Zech and I have been trying to do as much as possible together since he's been home. Between both of our crazy schedules and the Army demanding much of his time, we finally took a whole weekend for ourselves. We watched the fireworks from Ft Hood Saturday night from the back of our truck, and went to Dallas all day Sunday to go to Vans Warped Tour. We had a blast... even though Zech said he felt like an old man in the crowd of 12-16 year olds. None-the-less, we got to see some pretty amazing bands. I was super excited for the weeks leading up to this concert because one of my most favorite rock bands with a CHICK front "man" was going to be playing. She is truely a rock goddess! There was a couple of hours down time that we had between some of the shows we wanted to see, so we decided to wander around the merch tents and see what we could see. Of course, we ended up at the In This Moment tent. No fans or crowd was around... it was completely vacant. Perfect timing on my behalf, because lo-and-behold, as I walked up I noticed a small blond woman with a full right arm sleeve. I said to myself "it can't be her". Sure enough, she turned around and there stood Maria Brink! Now, I have been to enough concerts to last me a lifetime and have never acted so rediculous like I did on Sunday. I was so nervous and giddy. I could barely ask her if she would take a picture with me. She did, of course, because she's awesome like that! Then we got to see them later that day rockin out! I was taking a picture of her while she was on stage and she pointed right at me! Ahh it was perfect. We got to see some other pretty awesome bands such as Bayside, Thrice, Meg & Dia, and the ol' bastards from Bad Religion. For being as old as they are, they still got it. I say they gave those emo bands a run for their money. Kids in the crowd didnt know what they were witnessing. Well now I am done rambling because Im sure Ive bored all you to death. Im attaching a few pictures! Peace!