Update on Baby Kelly

So yesterday afternoon my sister Megan and her husband Pat had another appointment at U of M in Ann Arbor. I am thankful for the amazing doctors there and their knowledge. If only they could perform miracles....the news they received at this appointment was not necessarily the best. It's hard to accept the truth, although I know that God has a perfect plan for our lives. You can read their latest update here: http://patmegkelly.blogspot.com/
Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.

Busy busy and a BIG announcement.

So like I am always saying, things have been super busy. Memorial Day weekend we had a get together or BBQ every day. The housework, the yard work, the laundry...it never seems to be done. Work has been busy, and then this past weekend my friend got married and I was in her wedding! It was a really great, fun weekend but we were all over the place. And this always includes a lot of driving. Hopefully I will get some time to post some pictures. I often wonder with our busy lives...how would we be able to ever throw a child into this mix? I guess that is just how it is and you work it out when the time comes.

But anyways....the real reason I wanted to post...

We are going to Europe!!
Chris is so excited. I have never seen him get so excited...it was hilarious, when we were booking the trip that is. He loves to travel, and he is constantly talking about going to Europe. So we found a great deal and figured why not?? We might as well do it now, while we can, and while it's cheap! And I'm not getting pregnant (obviously..haha) so we figured now would be a good time to go, before we have kids. We did not think that this trip would be financially possible for a long time, and now it is, so we are totally going for it. So in October we are flying to Paris ( I have a slight obsession with the Eiffel Tower so I'm pretty stoked about this myself). We are staying there for 3 nights, and then flying to London, and staying there for 3 nights. It will be an 8 day vacation all together. I have also had a little obsession with England ever since I saw the movie "The Holiday". And supposedly their maternity benefits are amazing. Well after that I always told Chris that if he ever wanted to move there I TOTALLY would, haha. I guess I will make a more educated opinion about that after I've actually been there. Either way we are super excited and cannot wait. And now I am off to Google and Amazon to see if I can find "used" Rosetta Stone for cheap. To learn some French of course. :o)

Le Sigh.

It is currently CD 2, Cycle #7.

I have been struggling with some serious anxiety issues lately. I am hoping that it is just the after effects of a couple stressful weeks and goes away soon. I know that God is the only one who can pull me out of this funk. It's just hard to relax and be patient sometimes. I also know that I need to stop trying to control everything 24/7. It's definitely not helping the situation any. I honestly think that this is why my stomach has been messed up, and also I am wondering if this could be part of the reason why I am not getting pregnant? How can you get pregnant if your body is super stressed out all the time and can't relax?

Awesome Verse

I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will give you mighty inner strength through his Holy Spirit. And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts as you trust in him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love. And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love really is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is so great you will never fully understand it. Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God.

Ephesians 3:16-19 (New Living Translation)

Couple of things..

Update on my sister Megan:
Last week on Friday they saw a specialist and confirmed that there was in fact an issue with the baby's heart. They found out that their baby boy has Hypoplastic Right Heart Syndrome. For more of an update, read on here. They are so positive, optimistic and full of faith. It is truly an inspiration. Today they had a couple of appointments, and I pray they all went well and received some more helpful information.

Nothing else too new here. I am continuing to chart my temps to make sure that I am O'ing. Things are way better this time around, since I am not stressed out about getting pregnant now. It will happen when it is supposed to. I have also been taking vitex, which is a vitamin herb supplement. It is supposed to help all around with fertility. I am hoping that it will make my cycles a little longer, but I think that it will be longer this month anyways. I have noticed a pattern. When my period is only like 2-3 days, I have a short cycle, and when it's like 5-6, I have a longer cycle. So this month I am expecting it to be longer.
In other news, the weather here has been amazing! It is getting up into the 80's. I love it!

Not quite sure how to put this all into words...

My sister Megan and her husband found out that they are having a boy! This is exciting, since she thought that was what the baby was since the beginning, but then since the week 12 ultrasound they thought it was a girl for some reason, according to what the nurse said by the pictures. She is about 18 weeks along now.

Please pray for them, if you are reading this.
It looks like something is wrong with his heart. It was all sort of a blur when we talked on the phone on Monday, but it seems that the left atrium is larger and they have to go and see a specialist on Friday. This could mean a number of different things.

I love my sister. She is one of the most amazing people I know, along with her husband. They are truly incredible people and are going to make terrific parents. It's frustrating because while I know that God always has a plan and would never give us more than we can handle, I just don't want them to have to go through this. They have already been through a hard struggle the past couple of years. (Refer here: http://anne-livingandloving.blogspot.com/2007/10/update.html)
Then she had to have surgery and wait an entire year to start TTC again.

I am trying to be optimistic and praying that hopefully this is something minor, or something that can be fixed...praying for healing, and praying for a miracle.

Despite this sad news, I am still in awe of the fact that by late summer/early fall I will officially be the Auntie Anne of two new nieces and two new nephews. How awesome.
God is good.

Hello CD 1.

And onto to Cycle #6 we go.

The only thing bothering me right now besides my cramps and Aunt Flo is that my cycle was only 24 days this time, and according to my ovulation day on fertility friend, my luteal phase was only 9 days. Seriously that is too short as far as I am concerned!! I am wondering if it has something to do with hormone levels...but I have not researched this enough so I don't want to jump to any sort of conclusions.

**runs off to go find info on google**