We're past the first hurdle...

Christina called Tyler's mom yesterday and she thinks that Tyler staying with us is a great idea! She agrees that he needs a lot of help that she can't give him. She was actually wondering what to do with him because she has two other children and she wants to move into an apartment by herself. She doesn't have the time or money for all three. We're so excited! Some of the things she said were pretty disturbing, though. She said he had seizures when he was a baby and that's why "he's so stupid". She fights with the school all the time because she wants him to be in the mentally disabled classes at school but the school disagrees. THAT'S BECAUSE HE'S NOT MENTALLY DISABLED!!! I think we could help him so much!

Here's the bad new.... We have to get court appointed guardianship to enroll him in school here. I think the only way to do that is to have parental right taken away. I don't necessarily want that to happen. I called an attorney and they said it usually costs $2000-$3000 to transfer guardianship. I really hope we can do it!

Christina feels that this is what she is here on earth to do! She's always said that she wants foster kids. We've already picked out his bed and bought him tons of clothes! We're so excited! Wish us luck on the guardianship part!

Tyler

Christina and I are in a pickle. I think I've written about this before. She has a cousin who has children all over the place with many different women. The woman he's been with for 9 years had a son before they got together. His name is Tyler. He is not related to Christina. His father lives in Tennessee. For the past two weekends, Tyler has stayed with us. The poor kid is 10, almost 11, and in the 3rd grade! He can barely read and can't do addition or subtraction in his head. We spend all last weekend working on multiplication and reading. He's never had a story read to him in his life. He is a size 10 slim, but his mom dresses him in ratty old 12 huskies!! His shoes are two sizes too big. He's just pitiful!
The first weekend we had him, he talked about blood and gory things all the time. The second weekend, he stopped doing that. I think he realized that we are just going to let him be a kid and he's really enjoying it!
I think we're going to ask his mom if he can come stay with us and go to school here. They live 1 hour away from us. I really think we have the time, money, and love to help him before he ends up in jail! How do you ask a mother if you can keep her child? You can tell she doesn't really care, so maybe it won't be so bad. I'm hoping she'll just let us take him. He's a smart kid, but he has no chance if he stays in that environment!
Let me know if you have any advice!

080F! 080F! 080F!

That's what Christina and I were chanting yesterday after ordering our swimmers!!! It just sounds good! O eighty F! They should be getting here at least by the 14th of November! I'm really excited! Hopefully this is it! I'm getting a massage on Friday and then again probably on next thursday. I just want to stay relaxed! Wish us luck!

That wasn't so bad....

On Sunday, we went over to Christina's brother's house and I met baby Ethan for the first time. As soon as I sat down, he brought the baby out and gave him to me. I didn't even have time to think. When I saw that baby, I wasn't jealous any more. He was sooo cute! Now I want a baby REALLY BAD!

SOOOOO.... we've decided to get back on the train and try this month. I don't care if I take another job in another city and I'm pregnant. We'll make it work! Today is CD2. I'm a little worried because last month my cycle was only 29 days long and it's usually 32-33. Hopefully I don't ovulate too early this month. I guess I'll just make sure the swimmers get here a little bit earlier than usual. My technique this month is to be stress free! I'm getting 2 massages and I'm going to sleep a lot! :) Hopefully that will help!

PS... I hate when straight people try to tell me how to get pregnant! Geez! Like I don't know! I hate it when they say, "we had to try for a year!" Oh poor you! You had to have sex every month with the person you love... that must suck! ( sorry, I've been getting a lot of that lately) :)

I hate being jealous!

Soooo... Christina's brother's wife had her baby last night. It really really bothered me. I'm very jealous about it and I don't know how to get over it! I don't think I can go see that baby! I'm mean jealous, not nice jealous. My friend, Lisa, is pregnant and I'm jealous of her, but it's a nice jealousy. I'm happy for her mostly. It doesn't help that christina's brother is super obnoxious and I can't even stand to be around him. Now he has something that I want and I don't like it! I hope I can get over this soon! It's making me miserable!

Some good news... I have an interview today. It's for a job in Atlanta. I'm pretty nervous about it. I'm mostly nervous about having to move. It's such a big hassle, but when I think about staying here I feel sick. So which is the lesser of two evils? We'll have to sell our house and pack all the animals up. Big big hassle! Oh well. I think our quality of life will be better! :)

By the way... thank you for all the nice comments! They really make my day when I read them. :)

probably on hold again...

We've decided to think about moving. I dislike my job very much and right now would be a perfect time to relocate. That means no baby. :( It would be very difficult to start a new job in a new city in a new state while being pregnant. So we're going to wait and see what happens when my resume gets out there somewhere. I shouldn't have a hard time finding a job because I've seen plenty of ads for asbestos analysts. We just have to make sure we are careful about where we choose to live. I want to go somewhere that we can afford, but also has a more open and welcoming atmosphere towards gays and lesbians. California is probably out of the question. We're thinking Dallas, TX. I never would've imagined myself saying I want to move to Dallas!! Weird.
So, if anyone knows anything about Dallas, let me know! :)

I apologize for not writing in such a long time.... things have been quite stressful! We're still getting used to Christina working from home. So far, money has not been an issue, but we haven't hit the slow season yet. We're busy planning our spring vacation with my sister and her husband. We're going to Florida for a week. I'm so excited about that. (Hopefully I'll be pregnant too).

We're planning on trying to conceive this month. I am on CD3. We haven't ordered yet, but we probably will tonight. I hope this is it... I'm too tired of dealing with this.

My best friend at work is having bad issues at home. She has a 7 and 3 year old plus she's 4 months pregnant and her husband decided to leave her. He either moved out last night or tonight. I feel so bad for her because she has no idea why he's leaving! I told her I would help her in any way. It's going to be very difficult for her.

I'm having difficulties at work. I don't like my job.... too bad it pays the bills. I'm going to try not to think about it and concentrate on my photography so I can get out of here. I'm hoping that by 2009 we can afford for me to do photography full time.

So that's what's going on with me. I'll be blogging soon about which donor we choose!