New furniture! 7 1/2 years after the wedding...Part 1

While we have greatly appreciated all the 'hand me down' furniture gifted to us by both sides of our families, the time has come for us to purchase our very own new furniture. We got to thinking about it and how we thought it was our first new furniture, but it's not, our very first new furniture was our kitchen tables and chairs, so even though techincally this won't be our first new furniture, it feels like it!!

We have gone countless places looking for a living room set and a bedroom set. We haven't decided on a bedroom set yet, but we purchased our living room set yesterday at HomeMakers Furniture (owned by Nebraska Furniture Mart) in Des Moines yesterday. We're very excited as it will be coming by mid February. The contemporary couch and loveseat are a very dark espresso colored leather. We purchased two rocker recliners to serve as accent furniture. The pattern, also contemporary, encompasses many fun colored dots. It's called "Crayola Hodgepodge". Fun! I've attached pictures below, keep in mind the couches don't appear near as dark in the photos as they really are. The photos are more of a milk chocolate whereas the actual color of ours will be a dark chocolate.

We still have to find a coffee table or storage ottoman, as well as endtables and some artwork for the living room, but slowly, it's coming together. As I said in the title, 7 1/2 years after the wedding we're finally doing something to make our house more of a home.

Daddy's Handy Helper

Lincoln and Scott worked on a project last weekend together. "They" put the TV mount together and got it on the wall of our bedroom. :) Lincoln wore his Handy Manny shirt for the assembly.

"So Daddy, we'll start by measuring it."

"Make sure it's right."

"I'm 39 inches tall!"

HSG Hysterosalpingogram

Hystero=Uterus

Salpingo=Fallopian Tube

I had my much dreaded HSG procedure last week to determine if I had any anatomical issues as to why I've had miscarriages and why I'm currently not pregnant yet. If you have a queezy stomach, don't read the following paragraph.

The HSG procedure involves placement of a speculum into the vagina to expose the cervix. The cervix is then cleansed three times with a Betadine solution. A thin catheter is insterted through the cervix into the uterus where a small balloon is then inflated to hold it in place. A contrast dye is then pushed through the tube, filling the uterus, and in normal cases it travels through the fallopian tubes where it spills out into the abdomen. You can see all this on a TV monitor because an XRAY machine scans the abdomen as the dye is pushed through. In cases where a woman has a blocked fallopian tube, the dye would not travel through. Here are some pictures:

My HSG showed no anomalies. The dye went through and spilled out both sides. From what I've read, women who've had a blocked fallopian tube say it hurt when the dye was pushed through. I however didn't feel the dye because I had no blockages. The procedure was uncomfortable to say the least. Scott was able to go into the procedure room with me, as I was very nervous. Parts of it hurt, such as the balloon inflation, which is the common complaint. The procedure was about a total of 5 minutes from insertion to removal, so thank God!

It is said that the chances of becoming pregnant increase 30% in the first 3 months following the HSG because it opens everything up, or "Roto Rooters". So we'll see!