New Baby

AP and I are parents again! We now have a trio of beautiful cats, with our newest addition, of Bennie. She's a gray and white striped beauty that was found over the last week in Merced, where AP has been caring for her mother. She's about 3 1/2 months old and really tiny. She has a full tail (we now have a no-tail, half-tail and full tail), and she is so loving and pliable, it's hard to believe she's a real cat. She just goes wherever you put her and does not make a fuss. She did not cry or struggle when we put her in the cat carrier or at any point during the 2-hour drive home from Merced.

Brown Bear and White Girl are adjusting as well as can be expected, considering they are jealous and are used to having their mommies all to themselves. They'll get over it eventually. But she is soooo cute. I wanted to name her something with "Gray" in it, in keeping with the theme of her sisters, but AP already decided to name her Bennie because it is a shortened combination of our names (think Bennifer). If I ever figure out how to upload pictures, the three of them will be one of the first ones. Super cute!

Babies, Babies On The Brain

As both of my loyal readers know, I just tied the knot with AP. You know about my MIL, she's doing fine by the way, now I have 2 main goals for the next 6 months, and lots of smaller goals for the in-between. Tied for first place is getting preggers and buying a new car. Y'all know the car saga, I won't go into it again. But I have my eye on the Dodge Caliber, a half SUV, half car type vehicle. It's fairly inexpensive, but has gotten good reviews from what I've read.

But I want a baby too. So, since the one thing I can start working on now is the baby (it will take longer to plan than the car), I have e-mailed my OB/GYN for advice on how we can go about jumping over my conception hurdles (lesbianism, irregular periods, etc...). She says I should start taking Prenatal Vitamins, tracking my periods and start doing some in-home ovulation testing. So, I bought some test strips at Walgreens yesterday and as soon as my period ends, I have to start a daily ritual of peeing in a cup. Awesome. However, AP and I want a baby so badly, I'd pretty much do anything to get one, so peeing in a cup and tracking my ovulation is relatively minor, considering what will come down the road when it's really time to inseminate.

She said that I should track everything for three months, and if after this cycle, I don't get another period for 4 months, I should have some fertility testing and she'll help me. So, free advice through e-mail and now wait and see. So let us pray that I get another period soon. I am kicking myself for not keeping all those fertility drugs from my egg donation in 2004. Frick!!

Also, sperm is expensive, and it seems to be getting more expensive as the months go by. No jokes about Sperm-Jacking some guy for his goods, Bettylou. It would be unfair to AP, and I don't like man-sex. Ick. However, neither of us are desperate (yet). This whole thing is still in the very early stages.

So, the ball is rolling. OOOHHH, I would like to give a shout-out to my Mom, and a congrats on her new boobs. I hear they're awesome. Now YOU'RE the one with the biggest boobs.