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Jayme's Diary Entries Diary Navigation: Choose A Diary Entry -------------------- Latest Entry: 10/6/00 -------------------- 9/13/00 9/4/00 8/30/00 8/21/00 8/9/00 7/29/00 7/25/00 7/21/00 7/20/00 7/18/00 7/3/00 6/29/00 6/23/00 6/20/00 6/13/00 6/12/00 6/6/00 5/26/00 5/23/00 5/22/00 5/17/00 5/15/00 5/13/00 5/13/00 5/11/00 5/6/00 4/29/00 4/22/00 4/21/00 4/4/00 3/29/00 3/13/00 3/11/00 3/2/00 1/8/00 -------------------- Jayme's Introduction

May 6, 2000

Hey Everybody!

Well, today was supposed to be my ovulation day. Ian and I did take the opportunity to try our luck! We had a wonderful dinner at this seafood place near our place and it had a very romantic setting. Candlelight, a fireplace, jazz music. We are going to go more often. It's, like, five minutes away from our house.

I am learning to crochet baby booties. Ian and I have decided to start preparing for a baby. We are kind of saying, "Yes, we are having a baby. We have to start getting things ready!" We feel it will make our faith stronger. We will feel one step closer to our baby. Silly, huh? Oh well, I am making the booties and the blankets. We are going to start buying little things as well. Oh well, so we might be overly prepared.

We are looking into buying a house. We are just in the first, "Let's think about what house we would want if we were looking into buying a house" stage. We had found one that Ian's boss was going to get us into, owner financed; however, he wanted way too much for the mortgage payments. We have not-so-good credit and probably would never qualify for a mortgage loan.

Anyways, I just thought I'd share the fact that Ian and I did really well this cycle. If I am ovulating, we made sure we "handled our business" on the exact day as well as before. Just to be on the safe side, we are going to continue our "business" for a few more days. I hope that this is our month; but, I am also going to try to not to upset myself over this not being it.

I can not stress over this. Not anymore! It is starting to not only effect me mentally; but, physically. I seem to be tired from the heavy load that TTC is putting on me. I am just going to have faith that it will happen when the time is right. I am going to laugh when I feel like crying. And, Ian and I are going to lean on each other when the times get difficult. That would be the advice I'd give to anyone who is having problems TTC.

Well, I hope everyone is happy and living life. Good luck to all of you TTC. +++++ vibes!!!!!!!