Birthday surprises, good and bad.

I had an amazing day yesterday.

First I had another follow-up ultrasound. Great news, my first clinical attempt at baby-making will be Friday! I get to stick myself with the hormone to make me ovulate at 2am on my birthday. <3

As I was driving away from the visit, I got a text message from my sister-in-law (CaveGirl). She and my other  sisters-in-law all took me to brunch and shopping. We spent most of the day hanging out, playing with their babies (ranging from six months to 3 years) and me playing dress up. I felt really special.

I went out to a nice celebratory dinner with my hubbs and while he finished up some work at home, I finally got around to making a jewelry holder for all of my earrings.


I also, finally, got around to taking a picture of the yellow tee I made. Please excuse the shower curtain background to my self-portrait...

























Now that all the good news is out of the way, I'll fill you in on the bad. My mom was hospitalized a few days ago with a horrible case of pneumonia. She was moved into the ICU really early this morning. She's getting breathing treatments around the clock, is on an IV with three types of antibiotics, and oxygen. As things stand right now, I feel it is probably important that I abandon birthday plans and fly up to see my mom. I'm really concerned about her, and I need her to know I love her and am here for her in any way I can be. I live really far away, so I don't get up to see her as often as I'd like. Flying usually costs a minimum of $450 per person, round trip, and driving costs as much in gas but takes much longer. I suppose the timing for her being ill is good with me being on vacation, so I can actually make it up, but things like this are never timed right in that we'd prefer they never happen to begin with. Keep your fingers crossed she'll come out of this quickly. I need her to be okay.