No babies, but lots of money.

Yet another month gone by and still no pregnancy for us. This SUCKS. We've now been trying for our little bundle of joy since December (actively trying since January). I never ever thought that it would be hard, but I did have fears about it. I really hope nothing is wrong and it's just taking a little while for us. I know all the stats and figures and stuff say that a NORMAL couple takes 6+ months to conceive. And even then only 89% of couples will conceive within a year of trying... I know that's a lot, but that still leaves 11 girls who don't. I'm scared that we're gonna end up being one of those. But then in the back of my mind, I'm completely positive about the whole thing (which is very unlike me). So... I guess you just never know.

Life is treating us fairly well right now, though... John got the "big" bonus at work last month - $1700!! And it looks as though he'll be getting it again this month. We have so many things that we need that money for - a new roof, fix my car, carpet, re-do the bathroom and the kitchen... etc, etc, etc. But of course, taking after my parents, we went and spent it on a new laptop for John. Hehe... Oh well. He loves it; it makes him happy. I got a pair of new shoes... That makes me happy. We also got new cell phones... Our Sprint contract is up 5/6, so we went ahead and switched over to Cingular. Yippee!! =)

Reminds me, I need to send out an email to let people know since our numbers are going to be different... Guess I should get on that. Hopefully I'll be back soon to share more of my life.

Our Kids...

So it's been a while... Oh well. Anyway - we've now been married a year and have started to think about having a family. No one really knows about this except a few select people. (John swore me to secrecy, but of course it's slipped out to people here and there. Like he really thought I could keep something that big to myself. Ha. Right.) Well, I've been having a hayday chatting on web boards (you know, little community posting places) and came across a post today from a girl wanting to kill some time... She said to give her the names of your future children and she'd describe the child to you... Here's what she said about the names we have picked for our kids:

Brayden Alan has sandy blonde hair and freckles on his cheeks. He always has a kool-aid mustache to accompany his grin. He loves to play in the sandbox and build things. He is a creative little guy and extremely thoughtful. His has blue/grey eyes that change with his mood.

Loryn (or Loren) Laine is tall but extremely poised. She is quite grown up for her age. Her brown/redish hair is always well kept, pulled back into a ponytail. She is the peacemaker in her group of friends.

I think this girl must know us to be able to put together such good descriptions of a combo of John and me! I just love it!!!