The transfer and pregnancy test results

So the embryo transfer was on April 2nd!   

Wyatt went over to his Auntie's house for a couple of days.  This was so I could just lay on the couch so that little embryo could burrow in.  It's important to not do anything or stress out about anything at all during that first little while.

Here's a magnified view of the embryo before it was transferred.  It's already starting to hatch!

After the transfer Jared picked up some PF Changs for me to gorge on and he went off to work.

At first I was like, OMG SILENCE!!  This is amazing!  la la la la la I can do whatever I want.. as long as I don't get up.  That lasted for about an hour before I was like holycrapiamsofreakingboredoutofmymind and howdidisurvivelikethiswheniwasonbedrestfortenweeks?!

Being a mom has changed me.

When Wyatt came home I was all excited to see him and he didn't want anything to do with me.  I think he was made at me or something.  Sorry kid.  He warmed up the next day though.

 So now I just had to wait 2 weeks for a pregnancy test.  Two whole weeks.  These two weeks always seem like the longest two weeks of my life.

During this time, Wyatt got a fungal infection in his diaper.  Oh the joys of Ichthyosis.  So he had a lot of naked time {which I was totally cool with because baby butts are the cutest}

 He had naked time in the pool

 Naked time playing running around the yard

 Naked time helping daddy plant an avocado tree

The kid loved being naked

Naked time plus Clotrimazole really seemed to really help the infection clear up.  Yay!

Here's a couple of bath time pictures since those ones are always the best

I love his personality!

So 5 days after the transfer I was super anxious and cheated.  I took a pregnancy test.  Then I took another on Wednesday morning.  Then another on Friday.  Finally I went and got one of those yes/no pregnancy tests so that all of the guesswork was taken out and

I'm so flipping excited to be a mom again!!!  We do know the gender, but want to make sure the little bean decides to stick around before we share.  We'll reveal the gender around the end of May.

As of now, I am 5 weeks and 5 days pregnant.  We got our first peak at what was going on in me on Wednesday

It's still too early to see a heartbeat {It's not strong enough to pick up on an u/s yet} but the dr. was able to see a yolk sac and cardiovascular tissue.  Hooray!!!

The next appt is set for a week and a half from now. :)

My family is so blessed!

Wyatt fell

Having a kid with ichthyosis... I'm always afraid of Wyatt falling.  Falling for Wyatt doesn't mean a little scrap or bruise.  It means a chunk of skin is going to come off.

Well, yesterday it happened.  Wyatt fell.

Not the normal trip over your shoes and face plant in the carpet.  This was a legit, fall of the couch and bang your head on the step stool on the way fall.  Oh my gosh I don't know if I've ever heard this little guy scream as loud as he did then.  I immediately picked him up and tried to comfort him but he wanted nothing to do with hugs, or back rubs or kisses.  So I set him down so he could shake it out.  He kicked around on the ground for a second, then stood up and walked back and forth a few times shouting baby profanity, and then he finally came back into my arms.

I brought him into the bathroom to survey the damage and discovered that, during his fall, his head turned and he had whacked his ear on the stool.  Ouch buddy!  Skin was peeled back and the wound was weeping a little bit.  I got him distracted with random bathroom items and removed the peeled away skin as best I could, then I made sure we didn't rough and tumble play any more that day.  He seems to be okay and acting completely normal.  Thank goodness he didn't get a concussion!

This isn't a great shot of it, but this is how his owie looked this morning

It hurts me to just look at that picture.  Poor kid!

 Excuse the bed hair, he hadn't gotten ready for the day yet. :)

Winter is the worst

Fall was too short and winter is the worst.

I didn't think it was possible for Wyatt's skin to get any drier than it already is.  Wrong!  He has been sooo dry!  And his skin is incredibly thick right now so there are lots of cracks on the back of his hands and on his wrists, ankles, and elbow creases.  I wish fall would have been longer than it was.  It was hot well into October, so we really only had about 2 or 3 weeks of perfect Wyatt weather.

The last couple of weeks have been really brutal for Wyatt.  He wakes up in the middle of the night screaming and it takes 30-60 minutes to get him settled down enough to get back to sleep.  When he gets up in the morning he constantly itches his neck, which is at an all time bad right now and then he's grumpy throughout the day from itching, regular toddler tantrums, and interrupted sleep.

I'll admit, we've been letting Wyatt have more fun bath time than descaling bath time.  Apparently that was a bad idea.  I guess a little bit of pain every day will beat out a lot of aggravation in the long run from having thick build up?  His head still looks great, but there's a lot of work that needs to be done on his underarms.  Like, a lot.  Sigh.  Ichthyosis sucks.

To top it all off I'm pretty certain Wyatt has a skin infection going on.  One of his awesome dr.'s called in an antibiotic for him that he's been on for a few days now.  I've noticed he's been a happier boy since he was started on the medicine.  I look forward to having a happy, healthy little boy again.

I wish fall would have been longer.  I used to love winter... but as far as Wyatt is concerned, spring can't come soon enough!

Fixing the washer

I have a love-hate relationship with aquaphor.

I love that it makes Wyatt all hydration-y

I hate that it coats all of his clothes

It really does work wonders for Wyatts skin

But it's impossible to get out of clothes

Wyatt is a much happier boy with a fresh coat of aquaphor

It's destroying my washing machine.

Because of the obvious benefits aquaphor provides I know it will be a part of my life until the day Wyatt moves out of the house... but even then it won't really go away because I'm sure he'll want to visit his favorite mother all the time.

So to get to the point... aquaphor is destroying my washing machine.

When I turn it on it's all rattley, and then when it gets the the spin cycle... psshhh, it sounds like a freaking freight train is going through my house.  I'm surprised the thing hasn't rattled itself to pieces yet!  So I went to my trusty advisor, GOOGLE, for help.  I checked out a bunch of different help blogs and a few you tube videos and decided that the bearings were bad.  With Jareds help we pulled up the user manual for our washer to get the item number and couldn't find it anywhere, figures.  So we called sears for help and wouldn't you know it, they don't sell the bearings separately.  You have to buy the whole friggen outer tub.  What?!  No thank you, I DON'T want to spend $350!  eBay it is.  Oh eBay, you have yet to let me down!  We were able to find and purchase the part for less than $100, so we also purchased a new water valve and boot {water valve was dripping and the boot was all saggy and gross from all the aquaphor} All the parts we needed were around $150.  Not too shabby!  Definitely worth attempting to fix it on our own!

Yesterday was the day Jared decided to tackle the project.

 New part vs. old part... covered in aquaphor lol

 new bearing vs. old bearing

 Jared tried scrubbing the aquaphor off of the drum with a brush and degreaser to no avail.  He had to take a pressure washer to it!

 Even the pressure washer couldn't get it all

 Installing the new bearing

 Putting it all back together

 This is how all the professionals put their stuff back together right? :)

 All back in place after only 5 hours!

I'm so happy to have my washer back!  And guess what?  No freight train anymore!  I'm thrilled that with my diagnosis and Jared's handiness we were able to fix and clean the washing machine all by ourselves {ahem, and the internet!}

To have a tech come out and do this same project we would have had to put out around $1300 between parts and labor {based on the pricing I did} So we saved around $1150 by doing it all on our own!

I'm definitely feeling pretty proud of Jared right now!  Even my dad said he was impressed :)