fourth of july

You can check out the pictures from the fourth here.

people to see; places to go

yesterday mr. c's cousin's family was in town. we spent the day at his parent's house hanging out with everybody.

we came home to do laundry, then we went back over, and went to the fireworks display at sussex park (i'll post pics soon). when we got back from the display, we lit some fireworks of our own!

today we're headed down to northern illinois to my godson louis' first birthday party! i got some super cute things for him, and i'm very excited to hang out with everyone. when we get back from that tonight, we pack, then leave in the morning to go with his parents to stay at a cabin up in eagle river, wi.

so we're excited to have a mini-vacation and relax. also, to take BUNCHES of pictures.

but for now, i've got to finish wrapping presents!!

my "issues"

too much information:

as most of you know, i haven't been ovulating. therefore, i don't get my period on my own.

so, the doc had me on 1 week of progesterone to make me keep on a regular cycle. it had nothing to do with ovulation, but i didn't get all bloated and feel super crappy. well, i did 3 months of that, and then i decided to stay off the medicine and just see what would happen.

well, lo and behold, after 61 days since my last cycle, it came completely on its own! woo hoo! i had normal pms symptoms, and didn't feel crappy except for this last week. and i was able to get my rings on and off, so i didn't retain water like i had been in the past.

i'm not going to say that this is a breakthrough, but it's a very good step in the right direction.

grrr

so there's a house that we really really really like. it was the first house that we saw, and we can't get it out of our heads as we've seen like 50 more houses in this process.

now of course, we can't get ahold of our realtor. super frustrating.

through my bank (usaa) they have a moving program where you get assigned a realtor in their network, then by using them we make $950 bucks after closing. that's a pretty big incentive!

so we got our realtor, mrs. s, and we've been having a pretty hard time with her, and it's making this process SUPER exhausting.