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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

July 20, 2000

I have taken all of the advice of my buds and decided to take TTC very lightly. I am going to focus most of my attention on moving to Colorado, a new job, a new home (hopefully we can buy), and my life with Ian. I am still going to BD and take care of my body so that when I DO (keyword: DO!) get pregnant, I will be ready. I am taking prenatal vitamins, eating right, and I am thinking that the lost BBT is a good thing. No more of that for me. I don't know if the charting, temping and all of that is the thing that caused me to take AF so hard this time, but I was really a lot better when I just had fun. That is what I am going to do. It will happen when it is supposed to. I am going to try and get that great big 16 months out of my head and just focus on the sweetheart years of Ian and me. After the baby comes there will be fewer of them.

I want to thank Lori, Jessica, Dawn, Aimee, and everyone else for making me feel better and "slapping the sense" back into me. I really needed that! Ian and I have decided that the time has come for us to move to Colorado. We will more than likely be moving by October. Ian is getting his motorcycle and we are both getting our licenses. (Scary, huh?)

I really want to look into schools to study being a midwife. I want to help women bring their beautiful babies into this world. I would feel so honored to be a part of that. Ian and I are going to try to buy a small home there. We'd love to buy a fixer-upper. Ian can do anything! And I mean, ANYTHING! He can build homes from the ground up, lay tile, design and build furniture, deck building, landscaping, anything that has to do with a home. I am so lucky! I love to redecorate and we can focus on getting the PERFECT home for our future babies. I am so excited about our move and hope to be making the right decision. I really feel that I am. We have prayed to God and it is actually weird how everything is falling into place to prepare for the move. So, I guess that I will take the fact that I am not pregnant as part of the plan falling into place. It is definitely meant to be.

Thanks guys for all of your support. It is definitely very hard on us all. When you want to be a mother and you are coming up against some hurdles, it can be discouraging. We will do it girls. Congratulations to Lynn for jumping over that hurdle! May you wear your maternity clothes (HE HE) in good health. Now, you have an excuse, huh?