Happy Birthday To Me

Today I celebrate my 45th year of life.

I'm bloated and didn't make it to my first goal weight of 199 lbs but I'm okay with that.  I know I'm sodium sensitive and have been for many years.  I actually cannot wait until the OB clears me next month to exercise.  I miss being in control of my own body, not that I ever actually had much control with the infertility treatments but I did try to control what I could with the diet and exercise.

Little E is still fussing often.  I just changed her diaper and she fell back to sleep for about five minutes.  It isn't time for a feeding.  She doesn't have a fever.  I guess she just wants to be held.  J just picked her up and she stopped fussing.  I bet putting her down again will keep her quiet for all of about five minutes again.  It is okay.  We are going to the Peds on Tuesday.  Okay one minute.  I just heard her cry.  LOL.

I'm chuckling because my mom did wish a baby like me upon me.  My mom nicknamed me "blatting Sam".  Not sure why sam but that is okay I guess.

I'm getting cake and pizza tonight.  J ordered a cake for me from the commissary.  I said "nothing special" for the design this year.  Last year it was the TARDIS cake, the year before the Monster Book of Monsters and the year before that was another Tardis cake.  My brain is practically mush and I can't think straight being in zombie Mum mode.

The hysterectomy incision is painful, I don't have a fever.  My ribs hurt and I still am getting wicked headaches.  I took a percocet last night and it didn't touch the pain.  As a matter of fact it made it so I couldn't sleep which was for the best since Little E had us up for about 7 hours straight with her fussing.  I'm hoping she gets back to a more normal for her sleep schedule soon.  I can't imagine her not sleeping well is doing her much good.

I'm up and expressing milk earlier in the day now but as of last night am still only doing it about 4 times a day.  Today since I was up earlier I hope to get in 5 sessions.  I'm not sure where the days are going but I know they are going somewhere along with the cans of formula.

Last year on my birthday I wished for something special for my husband and I.  Now that it has passed I can share what I wished for.  I wished that the donor egg/donor embryo cycle would be a success and that I would get a take home baby.  This year I'm not sure what I'm going to wish for on the birthday candle.  Mind you when I wish I word it carefully.  My wishes always come true but not always how I'd like them to come true if I'm not careful enough with the wording.  Call it superstition.

Birthday Photos

Yesterday I had a party with three couples over, the fourth one didn't make it but that was fine too as they had a good excuse.  J and I had a wonderful day together going to yard sales where I purchased a six foot step ladder.  No longer will I have to stand on a chair and stretch up further to put up the paper chains each Christmas season.  I couldn't resist the $7 price for the fiberglass ladder.  We also purchased several dvds for 50 cents to $3.00 at the top end for a boxed set of TNG season 7.

Now to stop boring all of you with only words.  Here are the pictures of the cake and my friends.

A Tardis cake unfortunately didn't stay together all that well when trying to remove it from the box.

We served cake, two types of cheese, crackers, munchies (doritos, sun chips, pretzels, and cheetos mix), ridged chips and french onion dip for food.  The drinks were margaritas, Riesling, and raspberry honey wine.

The blue tongue effect from the Tardis cake.  Adult humor ensued with Smurf jokes that I'm sure most of you can imagine.  Assuredly the alcohol intake made the comments quite ribald.

Finishing off the night on the patio with a naughty bedtime story that I had one gal read aloud from a book, more eating, alcohol and of course toasting marshmallows.

J bought me a sterling silver charm bracelet with two charms, Fifty Shades of Grey, and the final Harry Potter movie.

I had a wonderful time and couldn't have asked for a better day spent with my husband and good friends.  To my friends that are reading this that were there last night...THANK YOU!