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Now this is Christmas!!!

You can take the girl out of Oklahoma, but not the Oklahoma out of the girl! I love the winter and the snow and I get so little of it here in Houston, I have to enjoy it while it lasts! It will be 80 degrees again before you know it!

Thank you to all of you who posted such encouraging comments on my last post. I spent all of Monday night copying each entry and comment into a document. One day, I hope to print it all out and let my child know how loved and prayed for they were, before they were even conceived! It was so encouraging and comforting for me to read comments from the last year. I am humbled to know how many people are walking this journey with us and praying for us. I told Dr. Moore that I had no idea that this many people loved me and he said, "Well, you know, it's like Mark Twain said, 'Never speak ill of the dead or infertile.'" Thanks a lot, leave it up to the king of sarcasm to kill the warm fuzzy! :)

Unfortunately, I have been feeling really bad (physically) since my last post. Yesterday, my symptoms got pretty bad. In fact, I blacked out in the line at Marshall's. Talk about embarrassing! I was pretty sure that it was all from "hormone shock" as my body was in withdrawal. I had been pumping my body full of hormones for the last two months and to stop them so suddenly really threw my body for a loop. I have been trying to convince it that it was pregnant and the fact is...it's not. It doesn't know what is going on.

All of the symptoms that I had (blacking out, sweating, nausea, shaking, palpitations) can also be a sign of some serious electrolyte imbalances. I am home alone again, so I knew that it needed to be checked out. I spent today at the doctor's office and went to the hospital to have some blood work done. Thankfully, all of the electrolytes looked pretty good, so we can assume that it is all hormone related and it will just take time to get back to normal. In the meantime, I am going to start some low dose hormones to try and "wean" my body down. I am feeling much better already. Rusty was able to get a flight out tonight to come be with me, but unfortunately the weather has him delayed. He will not be able to come home until tomorrow.

So, I spent the evening with one of my favorite little men, Kaden. It was his first snow experience and thankfully, "Tia Jenni" was there to capture every moment! I still have lots of photos to play with, but had to share a few from the evening.Would this be a classic Christmas card or what?
Too bad theirs were already mailed out this year.