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June 16, 2004
Some sad news. My SIL, who I mentioned earlier who is pregnant, miscarried yesterday. She is devastated and I am very sad for her loss. I know they had been trying for a long time and were so happy to have this baby. So if you could keep her in your thoughts. It's a rough time for her. I know it hurts Jeff to be so far away from her because they are so close.
Things here in Maryland (or should I say Marlund like everyone pronounces it here) are going swimmingly. And we're swimming through soup here. It's very humid. Being a desert girl, I'm not used to all this moisture all the time. You can't get away from it. The other day I was walking to the bus stop and my elbows were sweating. I didn't know elbows could sweat! The cicadas are pretty much gone (thank goodness!) and we have evening thunderstorms almost every night.
Oh! Monday night Jeff and I took Cinder for a walk around the park behind our house and there were all these little green fireflies floating around the base of the tree! How enchanting! They looked like grass spirits floating up to the sky. I always thought that fireflies were white and bigger than they are out here. In any case, I love those things and I wish we could drop a bunch in Utah for everyone there to enjoy.
This cycle is going really good. My temps are up still (11 dpo) and I'm feeling good that this could be it! I'm also really trying not to get my hopes up but I am hopeful. I plan on waiting till Saturday to test, which would put me at 14 dpo. I thought it would be a really nice father's day gift for Jeff to tell him that day...but I don't want to get too many ideas on that until I know for sure that I am pregnant. I don't want to be too disappointed, you know?
Cinder is still a doll. She's so much fun. We were watching TV the other day and she was so into it. She tilts her head to the side and it's just so cute. We're still working on the potty training part...and it frustrates Jeff to no end. I don't often see him mad but he got mad at her the other day when he waited outside forever with her and they finally walked back in the house where she just squatted and peed as soon as she got inside. Sigh. She just needs to feel comfortable peeing outside. Any suggestions?
Poor Cinder still has a bit of a cough. We go weekly to the vet to get meds and she LOVES the vet's office. We're always at the end of the day and she has the run of the place. Plus the receptionists are so nice and happy to see her and play with her while we wait for the doc. We go again tonight and hopefully things are all cleared up now.
She has learned to sit and stay, although the stay is pretty shaky. She just wants to be near us, especially when we're training her. I'm trying to get her to lie down, but that's going to be a work in progress. Every time we get close, she pops up her little wagging behind and looks up at me like, "Play time?"
Jeff and I decided what we are going to do for our anniversary coming up. We plan on taking a few days off of work and driving up to West Virginia. We're going to go to a spa in the mountains and just relax and ride some horses and get massages, etc. It sounds fantastic and I can't wait till August comes. Although I can in a sense because then Jeff has to go back to school and it's been so nice to have him home when I get home in the evenings. But this is hopefully his last year in school so only 8 more months of not seeing him much.
Oh, work has gone back to being terrible. The new lady that we hired had a major tantrum. There was swearing, crying, name calling and sarcasm on her part, and a pink slip on the company’s part. I wish we could have kept her longer but she just wasn’t getting it and couldn’t handle the problem patients on the phone. So we’re back to the hiring process. I can’t wait till we get someone in here because then I can go back to my regular schedule. Right now I’m staying late to cover on Tuesday and Wednesday and that means I don’t get home until closer to 7 every night. It makes for very long days for me. So hopefully we’ll hire someone soon!
Until next time and check out my ttm board on Saturday for testing updates!
~Always, Cat
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