4 Months

later I decide to blog again. I'm not sure how 4 months have passed, but apparently they have. That's what happens when you're busy trying to get pregnant, adopt internationally and potty train a puppy (no, she's still not potty trained).

So, to get you caught up.... where do I begin??????

Getting pregnant...or not. We are still in the throws of trying to get pregnant. We've completed two IUI's (in-utero insemination's) without success. I was told I had 3 or 4 viable follicles for the first one and 6 viable follicles for the second. Then we had a snag with Jason's sperm count, one sample would be high and the next would be very low, so they tested his hormones. For some reason his hormone levels tested low so he went for an MRI. The MRI showed nothing. So, we have no clue why his hormones are fluctuating as drastically as they are. So, basically they've told us that we should start IVF (in-vitro fertilization). That's only gonna run $15K per shot, with no guarantees.

We've also started the international adoption process. We think we've found an internationally agency that will accept us and won't take 2 years. We've turned in all of our paperwork to INS and now we're waiting for our invitations to have our fingerprints done. Can you believe they actually send you an invitation? The INS approval process takes about 3 months so hopefully we'll know by the end of October if we're going to be able to continue down the adoption path. We've applied for Vietnam and have been doing a lot of reading up on the country (OK, I've been doing a lot of reading up). We bought a great book on domestic/international adoption and it seems as if it will be very helpful if we're approved. We've even narrowed down our baby name list. I really need to call my friend Ramsey for help with names. She's so creative I know she'll come up with some great ones. If, for some un-Godly reason we're not approved for adoption then we'll start the IVF procedures in October or November.

In the meantime, I've been trying to potty train Scarlett. She's doing better, however, we've discovered that any little change to her routine completely throws her off and it takes her days to recover. So when we go to KY to see Jason or Jason comes home, she's pooping in the house for the next 48 hours. We also discovered that all Scarlett got from our puppy classes at Pet Smart was how to be afraid of other dogs. She's fine with Sam and one or two dogs in our complex, other than that....not a fan of dogs. Wasn't like that before Pet Smart. I should write them a thank you note. She's very sweet and LOVES people, not puppies. So, one more thing for me to deal with.

In the middle of all of this I started working at a residential treatment facility for juvenile, male, sex offenders. I actually love the work, but don't get paid shit. Working 45+ hours a week for no money sucks, but like I said, I do love working with the kids. It's been very interesting and an amazing learning experience.

OK...so, now you're all caught up. Lucky you :)