Boy does time fly....it doesn't slow down when we want it to and it speeds up at the most inconvenient times!  Having Keith home has been so nice.  The kids and I have enjoyed our time with him immensely!  I was so worried about Aniston reuniting with him.  She was a little cold to him last time, but she went right into his arms at the airport!  Since then she hasn't let Keith out of her sight.  She won't let me do anything for her--it all has to be done by Daddy!  I don't mind, I needed the break to be honest.  Tyson LOVES being Daddy's little helper and is always waiting to see what Dad's next project is.  Let's just say that Keith has enough little hands to help with EVERYTHING!! 

We recently got back from our infertility appointment in Omaha.  We really love our doctor there and feel very comfortable.  We set up a game plan and have decided to wait until Keith comes home in September to start our treatments.  It's going to be much tougher than it was last time.  We'll have to drive nine hours to our doctor and then stay there in Omaha for two weeks so they can monitor me.  They have prescribed me injections instead of oral medication, so they have to monitor me with blood work and ultrasounds every other day.  Keith and I talked about it and it will just be too hard to do with both kids on my own, so we're waiting until September.  I am so happy to have a game plan for the infertility and be on the same page as our doctor, but it looks like this is going to cost us an arm and a leg.  We checked on the medications that were prescribed and the costs of the ultrasounds and we're looking at $6,000 per try.  That's not including gasoline (we have an Excursion) or the cost of a hotel room and meals for two weeks.  Needless to say, we've decided to put off our family vacation.  Keith's going to have to use all of his time off that's owed to him with the kids and I in Omaha, so we won't have the extra time to go for two weeks on vacation.  I feel aweful about it, but Keith assured me that there's Euro Disney and a Lego Land in Europe and that our kids will be just fine.  Our insurance will cover ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!  Last time we got some reimbursement on our blood work and ultrasounds, but this time we will pay everything.  We know that we have been incredibly blessed and we'll just have to work this out.  We've given ourselves a limit of two tries, so if we don't conceive during those tries, we will be thankful for being able to get pregnant twice and look into adoption.  I don't want to go into the "poor house" and that's very easy to do while dealing with infertility issues.  My parents have been extremely generous by letting us use their car to drive back and forth, so that will help greatly with the gasoline expenses and my mom is also going to be spending some of her time in Omaha during those two weeks to watch the kids while Keith and I are seen by the doctor.  Believe me, we are counting our blessings!

We have exactly one more week together as a family.  Tonight we're eating spaghetti and curling up on the couch for movies.  I'm shutting the ringer off on the phone and shutting our blinds and we're going to let the world fade away as we cherish the last few days we have together before Keith leaves again.

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