Cycle #4

Back to TTC. While on vacation, I took the prometrium to induce the next cycle. That started yesterday, June 29. So today is actually CD 2. I called and talked with Becky at PARINTS and discussed our plan of action for this cycle. I am going to take 150mg of Clomid days 3-9 and then I go back for an ultrasound on July 11 (CD 13) to see how I'm responding. Hopefully it looks like I'm responding well and I won't need any injections and we just wait until they are big enough to trigger. But if they aren't even close, we will need to start with the injections which I dread because 1. They are needles and they will hurt and 2. They are expensive. But I will do what I need to do.

Based on a "normal" cycle (ha, what do I know about a normal cycle?), if I got pregnant this cycle, I would be due April 4, which is MUCH closer to the tax deadline than before. I really don't want to miss busy season again. Of course, since I will probably not ovulate (aka trigger) until later than CD 14, that pushes my due date back farther. I'm not sure if it would get pushed back 11 days, but still. And honestly, the last week before the deadline isn't very busy, so it wouldn't be a big deal to be due right before busy season ends.

A few more island pictures

Ok, so I didn't know David had a few pictures on his iPhone. So these won't be the greatest quality, but memories nonetheless. Here we are on the flight to Cancun. I don't know if I mentioned it before but he did really well on all the flights. He fell asleep for most of it and other than it being uncomfortable for mommy, he was good.

Noah's favorite things was to press the light buttons and open/close the window.

Here is a discription of the floating island for those that are interested.

Noah loved chasing the birds. I love his little hat.

We kept Noah entertained waiting for meals with his little people animals. He loved playing with them.

I'm rocking the horse to sleep. He would then take the horse from me and try to rock him to sleep as well. The kid just imitates everything we do.

David had his first mojito while we were there. Gotta love the sippy cup in the background!

Noah is getting into his island spirit.

This is what Noah looked like after everyday. We had NO issues getting him to sleep at all. Most nights, we put him in his jammies and right into bed and he just fell asleep. The other nights, it was that he fell asleep while we were still putting his clothes on.

Bad Parent Warning: This is Noah feeding himself a biscuit from McDonalds. Honestly, I hate McDonalds. Their food is unhealthy and gross, but we were hungry and it was the only thing open at 5am at the airport. David messed up ordering and ended up getting Noah his own meal and he ate like EVERYTHING. The kid loves eggs and biscuits.

Isla Mujeres - Day 8

Ok, almost there. Thanks for bearing with me. Here's another beautiful sunrise. Again, not by me.

In the mornings, they rake the beach.

This is David and Noah waiting for the ferry.

More waiting...decided an ice cream cone at 10am was needed. Bad idea since the chocolate ended up on his shirt.

On the ferry on the way home. I don't know why I'm smiling...Noah has the right expression.

GOODBYE MEXICO.

I wish I could say that we flew home, no problems, end of story. But that wasn't the case. When we got to the Cancun airport, the line to check in at Continental was crazy long. It ended up taking us about an hour and a half to get through it. Thank goodness we got there early enough. The next problem was that the flight was delayed over an hour. That combined with having to go through customs and baggage in Houston meant that we would miss our connection to St. Louis. When we got to the front of the line, she said there was no other flights that night to St. Louis, so we would have to get a hotel. Great. Thankfully Continental provided the hotel and meal vouchers, but still. Then they booked us on the first flight in the morning. So we get to Houston ok, go through all the chaos of customs, which was complicated by the fact that David left something on the plane. We get our bags and go to get our vouchers and then head to the hotel.

The hotel was fine, but it wasn't home. Noah slept with Papa that night to give Mommy and Daddy a little break to go to the pool that night. The next morning, we were up bright and early at 4am to get on the shuttle to the airport. That flight was painless, it was only maybe 1/2 full. We arrived safely back in St. Louis at 9:30. Home at last. We were pretty exhausted the rest of the day and even today, I'm still feeling the effects.

We took a few videos while we were there, so I'll work on getting those up later this week. Thanks for sharing in our vacation!

Isla Mujeres - Day 7

Last full day in Mexico...sadness!!! Here's a couple pics of our resort. This is the pool we used. The top left side is shallow, only about 6 inches. This was great for Noah. He even fell over a few times, but he was smart and just picked himself right back up. The other side was deeper, maybe 4 feet.

This is the view from outside our hotel room (on the other side).

Noah loved the crabs in this tank. We had to stop each time we passed it (which was like 4 or 5 times a day).

So this last day we went and ate breakfast at a place called Cazuela M&J. An M&J is a cross between an omelet and a souffle. David got one and it looked good, if you like eggs. I got pancakes, super good.

For dinner, we went back to Rolandi's for some more pizza. Just can't get enough of that place.

Isla Mujeres - Day 6

Whew...are you guys still hanging with me? Day 6 was one of those days where we were so tired and so sunburned, none of us felt like doing anything. But we did get out and go to the grocery store and grab a few essentials. Really fancy, right?

Here we are just goofing around in the room. That ball was the best $5 spent. Thanks, Papa.

For lunch, we went to a place called Barito's which only serves breakfast and lunch. It was kind of an americanized sandwich shop. I was shocked when our waitress came out and she looked very American and spoke perfect english. We came to find out that she owned the shop with her also American husband. They moved here a couple years ago since they love it so much here. Wow, I don't think I could do that, but cool that they did. The food was good, but it was really hot that I don't think any of us felt like eating much.

The rest of the day we just bummed around. David, Noah and my dad went to the beach a bit more, but I just stayed in the room and read (which was fine with me).

Isla Mujeres - Day 5

This picture was taken of the sunrise. Not from me, though. I was still in bed. Haha!

Today was another beach day!

I don't have a ton of photos from the day. We just ate a quick lunch of our pork and turkey sandwiches. We probably stayed out in the sun, just a little too long, though and we all got a little sunburned. Except Noah, he was never burned the whole week.

For dinner, we went to a place called Fayne's. It was supposed to be a steak place, but our steaks were just so-so. I don't remember what my dad got, but I think it was just ok, too. Definitely a forgettable place.

For dessert, we started going to this place called Cool. They had delicious ice cream and homemade waffle cones. YUM!

Isla Mujeres - Day 4

This is us coming down Ave. Hildalgo, which is the main drag in Isla Mujeres. It's supposed to be pedestrian only, but I saw many mopeds flying past us and even a golf cart once. Don't we look like tourists with our map.

We ate breakfast at a place that I can't even remember the name. I had some pretty good french toast. David and my dad both has some variation of eggs. Noah, of course, gobbled up all the eggs!

This is what we referred to as the Isla Mujeres version of Lowe's.

So after breakfast, we decided to rent a golf cart and see the island (not just downtown). We got an awesome cart. It had 2 rows of seats, both forward facing which made it nice for Noah, plus it had a little luggage area where we stored the stroller. Here we are at a lookout point with some awesome views of the ocean.

Did you notice Noah? He could barely go a few miles down the road and I guess all that food in his belly caught up to him. He slept like this for a long time.

Pretty church on the island.

A school.

Water Treatment Facility

A house shaped like a shell.

A house with grass on the roof. How would you like to mow your roof???

Punta Sur - The most southern point and the most eastern point in all of Mexico.

Noah had a ball with all his lizard friends. They didn't care for Noah so much.

So the story behind this picture is that I touched this temple (yes, even though it says not to touch) in November 2008 and in May 2009, I was pregnant. Of course, I touched it again. Hopefully it works again!

They had a walk way that you could walk up near the ocean and see the crashing waves. So beautiful!

Noah being silly.

In the background of that picture, you can see the place we stopped for lunch. It was a place formerly known as Playa Lancheros, but now is known as Casa de Tixncix (pronounced Teek-n-Cheek). My dad and David both ordered the house speciality (Tixncix) which is basically a red snapper fish, sliced in half, covered with anchiote paste and grilled. It tasted very good and they both almost finished their servings. I needed a break from fish, so I got the chicken tacos, which were just ok.

Next up was the Turtle Farm. This place is a cute little turtle farm where they raise baby turtles and help injured ones. We've both been here before, but this is the first time, a "farmer" came over and gave us a private tour. The only problem was this guy didn't speak a lick of English. Luckily David and I both know enough Spanish to figure out what he was saying and ask a few questions.

Normally, you can't hold the turtles, but this guy let us.

I wasn't so sure about this animal...so weird.

That's the farmer guy in the picture.

Noah, look overe here.

This is literally some guy's house that is floating on its own. He used recycled bottles and wooden pallets. I guess you can pay $5 to have the guy give you a personal tour, but we decided to just view from a distance and move on.

For dinner, we followed the map and its recommendations and ended up at this place called Mochis.

It was so funny cuz when we pulled up, it was literally in the middle of a residential area. The menu was all in spanish. Clearly this was a place for locals, so we were very skeptical. We were the only ones to eat there the entire time. David got a hamburger. My dad got a steak sandwhich. I got something called Media Luna, which was a pork taco in the shape of a 1/2 moon with some cream on top. Mine was delicious, but I could barely finish half of it. We also got this strawberry smoothie, which Noah could have had 3 of those.

That's a picture of the pork they used in my sandwich. So good. The guy who ran the place said "If we don't like our meal, we don't have to pay. If we like it, we pay double". Hehe. After the meal was over, David had to shoot a dart to see how much % off our meal would be. He got 7%.

Then we returned home and found another one of those pesky animals in our room. LOL!