Post Christmas Waiting

I had such a wonderful time celebrating Christmas with family and friends.  We kicked off Christmas Eve with a small gathering of my parents, mother-in-law, my sister, and some friends.  Growing up, Christmas Eve was never a big deal, but once Mr. Lovey Pants and I got married, we decided it was a tradition we wanted to start as a way to spend some part of Christmas with his mom and my parents.  I'm so happy that it now something we truly look forward to...plus it extends the holiday by a day for us.  Beans woke up Christmas morning so excited to see what Santa left for her.  This is the first year she GETS IT and was over the moon opening all of her gifts.  Later Christmas afternoon, we headed to my Aunt's house for Christmas with my family.  It was such a wonderful day.  My entire family was there and it is so rare for us to all be together, so it was very special.  There will come a time where we all won't be able to get together anymore, so I savored every second.  My super sweet Beans had so much fun seeing everyone and she made it a point to give everyone a hug and a kiss goodbye when we were leaving.  We didn't even have to tell her...she did it all on her own...she is such a loving little angel.  I had such a fabulous holiday.  Mr. Lovey Pants did a great job in the gift department, as he always does.  Out of all of the wonderful gifts I received, my favorite is a little angel ornament that he gave me that says "Answered Prayer" on it.  How sweet and thoughtful? 

The day after Christmas, it was back to reality, as I had to make the early morning trek to the RE's office for my 4dpiui (4 days post IUI) progesterone check.  My level came back at 31.3, which is good, but they put me on preventative progesterone like they always do.  They did switch up my progesterone this time around to Crinone, which I am really happy about.  I've heard of so many women that had success in getting their spotting under control and maintaining pregnancy on this, so I hope this does the trick for me. 

Now that the holidays are winding down, I am starting to get a bit antsy in this 2 week wait until my beta (blood pregnancy test), which is scheduled for January 6.  I am happy to report that not once did I feel sad or let any of this SIF BS get to me at all during all of the celebrating. 

Hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas as well.  Until next time....xoxoxo