A Good Weekend

I'm happy to say that I actually had a fun and relaxing weekend.  I'd be lying if I said that infertility was far from my mind, but even so, I somehow was still able to enjoy myself.  Though, that's not surprising - I was surrounded by my favorite people - my family.  Nick, my sister and I headed down to Connecticut on Friday night after work to spend the weekend with my parents.  Nick considers weekends in Connecticut as vacation.  I'll ask Nick:  "Oh hey, Nick, can you go do _____ for me?" and he'll reply, "Ummm, I'm actually on vacation."  My mom encourages his silly understanding of what vacation actually is by waiting on him hand and foot.  My mom will serve him breakfast, lunch and dinner (clearly I'm a bad Susie homemaker, as this definitely isn't what Nick is used to at our house!) and always asks if he wants anything throughout the day (sorry Mom, you definitely encourage this behavior of his!!) :)

On Saturday, we enjoyed a great day by the pool.  My sister and I ate a late breakfast outside while basking in the sun.  We all did a whole lot of lounging and not much else.  It was pretty perfect.

We had dinner outside on the deck and obviously, Whit and I took that opportunity for a silly sister photo shoot.  I love her.  We really are best friends and I'm so thankful that I have her.  Especially now, when dealing with other people, even my friends, has proven to be difficult for me.  Sister-friends are just different.  They're special.  They always understand.  And they're always there for you.  At least, mine is!  So, thanks, Whitty!

My mom is adorable in that picture.  I love her, too!  And I can't get over my resemblance to her in this picture.  I love it.  Oh, and Nick... well, I obviously love him, too.  My sister took that picture of us and told him to smile before doing so.  Once I saw it, I immediately noticed his silly smirk.  I told him we needed to take another, but I must've forgotten that he was on vacation, so he boycotted my request and refused.  So, that's that.  Apparently Nick can do whatever Nick wants on vacation.  Oy.

We were hoping for another pool day yesterday, but the weather chose to do otherwise.  The sun just didn't want to come out from behind those darn clouds.  So, we packed it up, took pictures with my dad to document the end of a great weekend and made our way back to Massachusetts...

...and this is what I came home to:



 The first arrival of one of my IVF meds... Saizen.  Saizen is a growth hormone and is an injection that I've never taken before.  I should receive another (big) box of meds by the end of this week.  I can't believe that it's all about to begin (hopefully)!  One more week of priming meds and then the big wait for my next cycle to start.  I am so ready.  So, so ready!