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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

August 9, 2000

Hey girls! OOOOH! What a roller coaster life is! TTC is the biggest roller coaster of all! First, we are excited and tell everyone, then we get worried, then disappointed, then angry, not to mention the crying, the laughing, and who knows what else? Well, I am on CD27 and feel AF coming. I am not even due for her until CD34. I guess those AF symptoms are built-in to protect us and not surprise us. Before AF even comes I usually always know she is coming. I get irritable, sore BBs, cramps, acne, and more (that I am sure you girls don't want to hear about).

PMS is even harder than ever now that I am TTC. Not only are my hormones going crazy, but I know that another cycle was unsuccessful and I get angry. Poor DH! He is living with a walking time bomb every month for a week. I think I am going to make a sign that says "Happy" on one side and "MAD!" on the other. I'll hang it on the door and flip it to whatever side corresponds to my feelings that day. That way DH will have a fighting chance!

Remember a while back when I said that I was worried how Lance (my furry son) would take to a baby? He has a jealousy issue and DH and I held a baby doll and hugged her and kissed her (Yikes! Sound like Laura) to see how he'd take it. He jumped up and barked and bit the baby doll's feet. Well, I am happy to report that he has taken to our best friend's baby very well! He even will check on her at night when she is sleeping and we are all in the living room. He will go to her door, look in, and run back to give us a report! It is so cute. He is worried about her. He even licks her little toes and makes her giggle.

I love having a baby in the house, but it is hard. While I am rocking her to sleep and looking into her big blue eyes, I think, why can't I be so lucky? I wish that I was rocking my baby in my arms. I'd still rock her too, though, because she is great! Ian and I have picked out names again. Post to me on my boards and tell me how you like them:
Girl: Molly Isabelle Wilkinson
Boy: Jonah MySon Wilkinson

We really like them. Most importantly, we want our babies to like them. I'd love to hear other people's choices. Come on, girls. I know it's early yet, but it's kind of fun to name your kids, look at baby clothes, and just make plans.

This is starting to get really long. I will write more later. We are going to be happy girls, right? Keep our chins up.

+++++++++ vibes to all and baby dust***********!!!!