We're back!

Mr. Rhody and I are back from our little "vacation". We spent the past week visiting his parents, who live pretty far from us and basically in the middle of nowhere. It was nice to see everyone, but we are very happy to be home again. I am off from work for the rest of the week, and I have a list a mile long of things to get done. So far today, I have spent the morning unpacking, doing laundry, and cleaning the first floor of my house. Phew.

But this is a TTC blog, so what of that? Well, I am officially not pregnant. After having crazy symptoms for a week and feeling incredibly sick for the ride to the middle of nowhere, I was greated by the worst period I've had since I was a teenager: disabling cramps and flow so heavy I'd soak a super-absorbant tampon in under 2 hours. Actually the period started with clots before moving to the heavy flow, which left Mr. Rhody and me wondering if those crazy symptoms I had had anything to do with it.

Whatever it was, it's mostly over now and Mr. Rhody and I are ready to TTC with renewed energy this month. After all, the fun part of TTC is just around the corner. ;)

While on vacation, we also took an hour drive out to "somewhere" to visit some friends from college and their new 5-week old baby. After many comments of, "You look so natural," "I can just see you guys as parents!" "When are you guys planning to start a family?" I ended up breaking down on the way home. It's so much harder facing the reality of the miscarriages when we are in a family environment. I ache for a family of my own, and I know Mr. Rhody does as well. One way or another, we've promised each other that we're going to get there.