Pictures of my new haircut!

Ok so I don't take pictures well but here is a picture of my new hair cut and highlights. Kathy Patrick did a wonderful job and I just wanted to post some pictures. It even looks great today. You know you can't ever make it look the same as when you came from the stylist! Well today it looks good. Hopefully tomorrow will be just as good!

~danielle~

The perfect mother's day gift.. From one mother to another.

A wonderful Mother's day gift!

So I was in church last week and it was my first week back since I lost the baby. So I knew it might be a little hard as people would ask me questions and I was prepared to handle them.After church I went down to the nursery to get Lane (he loves it there) and I was approached by a woman I knew a little bit named Kathy Patrick. She came up to me with tears in her eyes and told me that she wanted me to do something for her. She explained to me that her mother disowned her last year on mother's day and this year was going to be really tough on her. She knew that no gift or anything she could do for her mom would change things so she wanted to do something for me! She handed me her card and said I would love to do your hair for you for mother's day! I was in shock because that was the exact thing I had asked Mikie and Lane to do for me for mother's day.

So I made an appointment and went last night at 5 to get my hair done. She did some beautiful highlights and a nice cut (took about 5 inches off) and we talked and I met her girls. It was a wonderful 2 hours. I found out we have a lot in common! She was a lifeguard, she played the clarinet in band and in marching band plus she was an art major in college.It was really wonderful.

So the moral of my story is, it's nice to do something for someone else. Kind of like a pay it forward thing.

Also if you're ever in Jefferson (or leave here) and have not visited Beauty and the Book (across from farmer's and next to the old texaco brick building) you should stop in and see all that she has to offer.If you're looking to get your hair done sometime, she's absolutely wonderful and a good christian woman!

Just thought I would share my wonderful Mother's day experience from one mother to another!

~danielle~

Prayer Shawl ministries!

On Tuesday I went to a meeting at church and we are starting a prayer shawl ministry. I took my nana with me even though she doesn't go to our church, but I thought it might be something nice for her to go and do. It was just up the road for an hour and I knew she needed the time away from her "crazy" house. Poor nana.

I decided I wanted to try crocheting a prayer shawl. I haven't done much with crochet but I thought it might do me some good. So I brought my knitting needles and crochet hooks, firguring if someone wanted to learn to knit I could show them while we were there. I took some caron simply soft white yarn to start with.

I am doing ok so far! I like to crochet. It's much faster. I'm a bit slow at it though, after watching some of the women. But it's coming along nicely.

I'll post pictures when I'm done. I'm almost finished with 1 skein of yarn (it takes around 3).

~danielle~

Seriously? Socks are DONE!

So there they are. In all their glory! They are finally finished! They are cute and I'm glad to have completed a nice pair of socks for myself. Unfortunately it wasn't in time for the preemire of Grey's, but still nice to have them done so I can wear them! I used a stitch from the Sensational Knitted Socks book. It was easy and cute! I used the tutorial Silver has the one toe up sock on 2 circular needles method. I really liked it. Once I got the hang of short row heels, the rest was a breeze! Thanks Silver!!!!

~danielle~

Doctor's Visit

So I had my "checkup" after my D&C today. She said my uterus is going back to normal size and I seem to be "bouncing back" well.

She told me I needed to wait 2-3 cycles before we started trying again. She suggested I start taking prenatel vitamins as soon we start trying again. I asked her about using NPC to help increase the level of progestrone. She didn't feel that would really help.I believe I will use it anyway b/c it helps me with my endometriosis and any extra progestrone can't hurt me!

She also says she believes I have an inccompotent cervix. She said when she went to do the D&C I was completely dilated. There's no way to know for sure if it just dilated or if the pressure from the baby caused it to dilate.So next round, we may need to sew my cervix shut! Yeah that'll be fun!So yeah that's everything in a nut shell!

Hopefully we will be better prepared for next round!

~danielle~

Sad News

Without going into a lot of details as I'm not ready to really talk about it all yet, I miscarried the baby yesterday (Friday). I wasn't in any pain, and neither was the baby.

I had a D&C yesterday evening and I was greatful that my doctor was the one to do it and I knew one of the OR nurses.

I was able to go home last night and didn't need to take any pain pills. Today the only pain I am experiencing is where they did the spinal block (in my lower back) and of course the sad heart.Please keep us in your prayers as we are going through a rough time. I go back to the doctor's in 2 weeks for a check up.

Thanks
Danielle, Mikie and Lane

Vitamins are bad!

Ok so I thought I would switch and start taking my vitamins in the morning. I thought that they were making me so tired in the morning (since I took them at night) I was having a really hard time getting up and moving. So I started yesterday morning. About 30 minutes later I got sick. I thought it was the waffles that I ate before I was leaving for my doctor's appointment.

Well today I got at 8:30 with my kiddo and we both had some toast for breakfast. I had my cappuicion to get me moving and then took my vitamin and my zyrtec. About 30 minutes later I was praying to the porcelin god again! SO! After speaking to the nurse at the doctor's office, she says I should try taking them at night. GAR but they make me tired!

I just can't win! I thought once you got past the first trimester, it was supposed to get a bit easier/better!? I fear someone if fibbing to me!

~danielle~