Trick or Treat...and a treat!

Happy Halloween!!

What a difference a year makes - Gavin LOVED Halloween this year! I stayed at home to pass out candy and Gavin and Jon (and Nana, Papa and Kristin for a bit), went up and down our street ringing doorbells and telling jokes. If I haven't mentioned that before, St. Louis folk do this weird thing where kids tell jokes to get the candy, no simple "trick or treat" here. Gavin had one joke ready in case there was a house that asked for one. His joke...Why is Tigger always so dirty?.... Cause he plays with Pooh! Mostly though, Gavin loved running from house to house and ringing the doorbells. He told me yesterday that he didn't want to wear the costume (that we overpaid for at Disney World only to find it didn't come with a hoodie so we had to borrow one that did and wear it underneath our costume!!) so I told him it was either the costume or stay home with Mom to pass out candy. Can you guess what he chose? But tonight he was VERY excited to get his costume on and even let me draw on his chin a bit too! He really was quite cute! As soon as he came home he needed to eat some of his loot and while we were talking about the night, he told me that tomorrow after his nap, he was going trick or treating again! Oh and he also told me that next time he's going to be Jessie (hee, hee)!!

Riley also wore her costume but had to say home this year (too many kids around), but she had fun watching for the next round of kids to come by!

Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!

Reluctantly posing for one more picture with a mouth full of tootsie roll!

Checking out some of his loot and deciding which to eat first!

Riley in costume!

Waiting for more trick or treaters!

Ok, so if you didn't notice, I found a new ticker to put in the upper right hand corner! And here's the proof...



Yup, it finally happened! It's been a long year filled with lots of injections, drugs, blood draws and ultrasounds and in fact this was our last round before we were to try IUI or IVF. It was actually very scary because this was the month that I had 5 mature follicles (I had 2 when I conceived the twins) and the doctor actually made his recommendation to cancel this cycle, knowing my fear of multiples. But after months of injections you get hardened to the "possibilities" and I threw caution to the wind figuring we were going to have to move on to the next phase anyway. And then the big fat positive! BUT, the big fat negative was my Hcg levels were VERY high - very, very high. So I stressed and cried and worried for the next two weeks until they could do the ultrasound. Jon and I were both extremely relieved when she said "I see the heartbeat" and we couldn't help but ask "how many?". We are very blessed because it is just one baby. I'm still scared and worried because it's just as easy to lose one as it is to lose one of two. So far everything is good, but I can't say that every time I go for an ultrasound I don't panic and wait for them to give me bad news. I'm trying to stay positive and be excited, but it's cautiously excited for now. I'm not sure when that will change, if ever. A lot of people wait for the 12 week mark to let out that sigh of relief. Mine will be when a healthy and happy baby is born full term sometime in May 2011. Until then, keep us in your prayers!

Oh, and just for those who will ask.....We're not finding out!