Birthday's Galore!

So much has happened since my last blog entry, it has been difficult to find time to myself for blogging or scrapbooking.  My last blog was May 8th so I'll start since then.

May 13th I had a frozen embryo transfer.  This was our last hope for baby number two.   If this didn't work we were going to move on.  Fortunately, we found out that I am pregnant on May 23rd (at Thierry's Birthday Party).  I am now 11 weeks pregnant and doing well.  I have officially graduated from Seattle Reproductive Medicine and have my first OB/GYN appointment tomorrow.  The nausea has been terrible but tolerable.  I have vomited only a few times which is markedly better than when I was pregnant with Genevieve.  Geneveive has caught on to my gagging and will sometimes gag at toe jam (which she actively seeks out)...lovely.   Fatigue comes and goes.  For the most part I am no longer taking naps, every now and then I get exhausted and need to nap when Gen does.  I have been a little bit emotional as well.  I wasn't emotional at all when I was pregnant with Genevieve so this has caught me off guard.  I have cried because a couple offered us their seat on the bus, because I was proud of a colleague of mine at a roller derby match and for various other silly reasons.  Below is the picture of our little blastocyst on the day of the transfer.  It is truly amazing what they can do these days.

Janelle's husband Jon graduated from Dental school and they were able to come visit.  They were here for Sebi, Thierry and my birthday parties and they celebrated Dax's birthday before they left town. 

Sebi's birthday party was at the zoo on May 22nd.  The kids had lots of fun on the carousel and got to see an armadillo up close. 

Dax on the Carousel

Thierry's birthday was celebrated on May 23rd at South Prairie hall.  I forgot the camera so there are not any pictures. 

For my birthday party we had an adults only dinner at Mama Stortini's.  It was nice to spend time with my family without have the distractions of any children around.

We also go together for a Bunco night without the kids.  This was a lot of fun, we should do this more often!

June 5th we celebrated Dax's birthday at Jon's parents house.  Janelle put together a great Superhero training camp and had creative training sessions planned for the superheroes.  They also had the opportunity to ride a pony.  Gen had a ball.

June 13th we had Gen's 2 year old photo session, a rainy BBQ for father's day (put on by Gen's childcare) and then went to Gen's first Mariniers game.  Busy Day!

Gen's 2 year old photo session. (Photography by  Angie Penrose)

We really tried to get her to dig into her cupcake, but Genevieve just wasn't having it at all. 

She took dainty little bites.

From the BBQ in the Rain

Gen's first Mariner's game.  She had a ball and stayed awake, even though it was a very late night after a very busy day.  She liked the Mariner Moose from afar, but was not so fond when he was nearby.  One time she went to sign moose and had a box of dried cranberries in her hand and tossed dried cranberries onto the guy sitting next to us.  Oops!  Genevieve became very concerned when someone broke a bat and talked about it for several days afterwards.  The Mariner's won and we didn't regret taking Genevieve at all. 

The next big event was my last day of work which was also the day of Genevieve's birthday, June 22nd.  We tried to get her excited about her birthday so we talked about it a lot.  The day of her actual birthday she woke up asking if it was her birthday.  Grammy and Poppi came over after work to bring Gen their birthday presents and we finally got her to dig into a cupcake!

 

Tom and Jean came to visit later that week to help celebrate Genevieve's birthday.

Genevieve shared her Little Gym birthday party with Claire Smith, a girl from her childcare.

After the party Genevieve went home and took a nap.  Then we opened presents.

Genevieve enjoying the art easel Grandpa Tom and Grandma Jean got her for her birthday.

Other random pictures

Genevieve at the zoo.

I have been babysitting Sebi (Jennifer's son) for 2-3 days a week. 

It's a good thing, but it is a lot more work with two!  Whew!  They keep me busy.

We spent the fourth of July with Melissa, Tony, Aeris, Melissa's mom and Melissa's sister's family.  I don't have any great pictures of this but it was fun.  We went to the Freedom Fair on the waterfront in Tacoma and then went back to Melissa and Tony's house for a BBQ.  The following day Genevieve and I went with them to the zoo. 

We thought summer weather would never get here.  It seemed to finally kick in just after the 4th of July.