The Youngblood Family

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Beta Tests

Once we got the official word we started to tell our friends and family. Our friends and family have been there for us through each step of the way with our infertility roller coaster. We felt it was only right to include them in the exciting news immediately, especially since it happened naturally!!! This is what my friend Carolina put on the message board at work: My Beta numbers are pretty high which isn't a bad thing...but I don't know what to make of them. My first Beta was on 1/18 and it was 484 and my 2nd Beta today was 1606! Next week Wednesday I'll go in for my 3rd Beta and then the following Wednesday, February 3, I'll have my first sono!!! SOOOO excited!!! Dr. K thinks we're about 4.5 weeks along but it's hard to say. That puts my due date around Sept. 23 but that is subject to change. Since they don't know how far along I am they are basing their predictions on my beta numbers.
As soon as I found out I pregnant, I couldn't help myself. I ran to the store and bought a few toys to give to wrap up and give to Josh as an official gift. I bought some frog toys and wrote a sweet note to him to congratulate him on being a Daddy to be. He was pretty excited!!!

Monday, January 18, 2010

I'm PREGNANT~

The call came! I'm offically pregnant!!!! I can't believe this... somebody pinch, me I'm dreaming! This was Josh's face when he saw the digital read out from above!!!

SHOCK

It's 2:30PM in the afternoon and 5PM can't get here soon enough. I'm anticipating a phone call that I already know the answer too but it has to be "confirmed" by a doctor. Oh, please 5PM get here sooner...I've waited 5 long years for this "confirmation!!!"

Friday, January 1, 2010

The New Year

I resolve to post more often on my blog!!! Let's see if it works out for me!!!

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Cozumel Days 2-4

Day two of our fabulous vacation started out very nicely. First we got up without an alarm clock. This always makes my day happy! Second, we walked down to find some breakfast, also a plus. If I don't have to cook it, or clean up after it, I'm in heaven! So after a great start to the day, we decided to head over to the beach. How could this day get any better? It was very relaxing to sit in lounge chairs oceanside, hearing the waves crash against the sandy beach, smelling the hint of salt in the air, and enjoying a good book. I didn't have any complaints! Life was good. So basically, here's a breakdown of days 2-4 through pictures... I read...this was my view...pretty relaxing... Check out the pier!!! Josh didn't read...but he did relax! We played with MR. Crabs... We rented a jetski... Josh was a little frightened when I drove it...muahahhaha
I was having a blast! Time with the jet ski ended and I went back to reading. Josh decided to snorkel off the beach... We made friends with Spike, Teedo, Snot, Iggy and Brutis(yes, we named all the Iguanas we found!) Um, there is a reason the locals don't mess with them...they bite...hard...Josh and Brutis had a bit of a misunderstanding...Josh misunderstood that Brutis wasn't liking having his tail "pet":
Then there was swimmingin the pool
Sailing
eating oceanside
Arts and Crafts
Before After

Snorkeling
Drinks!

Twilight cocktails
Mexican Ladders...wth?

Friday, July 3, 2009

Cozumel Day 1

Here's a run down of our vacation...let's just say we had a lot of fun...
We decided to drive to the airport and stay at the DFW Hyatt because they were offering a special to park. So, after Brooklyn's 5th birthday (our niece) we drove to the hotel. We had a lovely dinner at the restaurant and then Josh fell asleep shortly after that so I played on the laptop. The next day we woke up, had breakfast, and relaxingly strolled over to our terminal. I highly recommend staying the night before at the airport. It makes the beginning of your vacation seem so much less hectic already being at the airport. Plus, anyplace that has a Starbucks is on the top of my list in the mornings! Our flight wasn't very long and it wasn't as scary as I thought it would be to fly over water. In fact, it just looked like sky below us. When we flew over the Houston area we could see little boats. Well, actually if we could see them, they were probably huge but whatever! I just spent the flight reading some books and listening to my ipod. I was pretty excited to go to Cozumel since we've been there so many times but only by cruise ship. I was more nervous about flying to another country. I don't know why either because it wasn't that big of a deal. As we were standing around the aeropuerto de Cozumel I looked across the luggage conveyor and saw Amber Griffith from high school!!!! How crazy small is this world? Josh is not even surprised when I run into people I know anymore since it happens EVERYWHERE we go!!! As it turned out, Amber and her hubby Chad, and some of their friends were staying at the same resort as Josh and me so we ran into them often throughout the week. When we finally got to Occidental Grand Resort, it was pouring down rain. It continued to do this for the rest of the day but that was okay because we got some great pictures with my WATERPROOF camera!!! I realized that all these years I was missing out on the settings that digital cameras have by only ever using the automatic setting. My new camera has some pretty awesome settings so I started playing with them and if you didn't know any better one might think that my flower pictures are professional quality! Okay, so I have a long way to go but I tried my best to capture the beauty of this resort.

They clearly take pride in their landscaping. I asked Josh if he thought we could make our backyard look like the grounds of the resort and he said he didn't think that would be possible on the limited amount of knowledge either of us has on plants! So, looks like we'll just have to travel to tropical places to see it in person! Oh, darn! Anyway, we basically just relaxed and took in the island. After me taking about a hundred pictures of everything I saw on the island and Josh getting really annoyed, we were able to compromise when we found a bar! I was able to take pictures and Josh was able to not be annoyed with my picture taking! See, it's all about compromise!

Our 5 year anniversary

After the fun last Friday with Josh's accident, we started our vacation a little differently. In the beginning we thought we were celebrating the fact that we were married for 5 years but after Josh's accident things were perfectly revealed to me. We weren't celebrating 5 years of marriage, we were celebrating 6 years of being in each other's precious lives and building a life together. It was a celebration of love. I know, that sounds cheesy especially coming from me...but you know what? I don't care. I love that man and I am blessed everyday with that love and June 26 reminded just how lucky I am to have him in my life. So, having said that here's two pictures of my love and me. Both taken on July 3...

2004 That was then, this is now...2009
One thing is for sure...I'm still short!!