I have returned

Hey all! We're back from our trip! There were a few tense moments involving discussion of babies/have we seen a doctor/why don't we have any/why don't we try this or that. However, I am proud to say that thanks to some growth from working through this stuff, I was able to handle the questions with minimal angst and convey that there was no need to offer information on all the things we may try since we are much more well versed than you are thankyouverymuch. So after a bit of probing and my quite well thought out responses (if I do say so myself), they pretty much left me alone about it. My favorite moment came when someone asked about babies at the dinner table. Hub's more sensitive Aunt must have noticed the look on my face and deduced that there were problems immediately because she jumped right in there with a quip about how Hub must not have the goods. ;-} It's well known that Hub can handle this stuff better than I can... or at least he hides it better. She gave me a look, and I told her how refreshing it was for someone to assume it was HIS fault since all of his family has constantly acted like I just must not be giving it up enough or something. And that was the end of that!

It was very nice to see our nephew too. He is freakin' ADORABLE. It does sting a bit though that he was an "accident," and here he is, almost 2 and we're still waiting on our "planned" pregnancy. Lots and lots of thoughts to come on the whole pregnancy bit. I don't know if I've taken steps backward like Unsung Lullabies suggests will happen, or if I've just realized my own truth. More on that later.

For now, 2 things that made me very happy were seeing an Anna's Hummingbird (we only have ruby throateds in the east) and getting a shot of the Grand Canyon from the plane. I've only seen it twice, both times from the air, but I didn't get a photo last time.