Labay Family: I have a Garden!

Thursday, April 8, 2010

I have a Garden!

A few weeks ago my awesome neighbor came over and dug me a garden in the back yard. He has a tractor and my friends husband (neighbors son-in-law) drove it over and with one swipe of the plow thingies I had a garden! We are not veggie eaters so I was unsure of what I should plant. I do occasionally cook with peppers and onions so those were some of my selection and also we will eat fried squash, so I chose some of those too. Then, for the prize harvest I choose Strawberries! These strawberries were actually the main reason I even dreamed of a garden in the first place. Here's the story... When I was young we stayed at my Grandma and Grandpa Kana's house during the summer and whenever else we needed somewhere to go. Grandpa Kana always had this huge garden and he always planted rows and rows of strawberries. It was our job to go out and pick them when they were ready. No problem since I absolutely LOVE them and I always knew Grandma would have me a little dish with a small pile of sugar on it ready for me to dip my freshly-picked strawberries in. Maybe that's why I had so many cavities when I was little. Hmmm? Oh, and also I planted some Marigold's too because my Mom read somewhere that if you have them in your garden that the bug will munch on them before they munch on your other plants. Ok.

So today I go to check the progress and do some watering when I found this! My very first veggie I have ever grown! I'm so proud.

1 comment:

Jenna @ Newlyweds said...: Yea garden fresh veggies, looks great. Enjoy them. I hope your strawberries do great, we've never had much luck growing them.; April 8, 2010 at 10:30 PM

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My Pregnancy

Feb. 22, 2008 - Positive Pregnancy!
Feb. 28, 2008 - TWINS!
14 Weeks - Cervical Cerclage
24 Weeks - Admitted to the hospital for 3 days -Pre-Term Labor. Sent home on fetal monitoring and terbutaline pump. I have to monitor for contractions once a day and send the readings in for review. The terbutaline pump in a cathater in my leg that sends a contiunous flow of "anti-contraction" medicine into me. Complete bed-rest!
28 Weeks - Admitted to the hospital for 90% effacement of cervix. Cerclage still in tact but pulling. If it broke I would have to deliver and this is too soon. The babies are measuring 2.8 and 2.11 pounds. Was in the hospital for 23 days this time.
31 Weeks - Was sent home. Babies were 3.9 and 3.10 pounds. Stay on bed-rest.
36 Weeks 3 Days - Scheduled C-Section
Babies Born October 3, 2008!!!

5 Years of Infertility

Brent and I had dated for years - since my senior year of High School and were finally married on September 27, 2003. We had been together so long that we decided we would start a family immediately. Things turned out to be a bit more difficult than we planned. After many years of trying and medical intervention I was finally diagnoised with Endometriosis in Feb. of 2007. My disease was severe - stage 4 and had spread to my liver. After having exploratory surgery Dr. Cook thought that my ovaries and tubes were capable of functioning properly enough to produce a pregnancy but with the hostile environment inside of me I would need lots of help. We began Lupron therapy that would last 6 months as a way to try to "kill" off some of the endo. When the 6 months was up we began rounds of Clomid with IUI (Intra-Uteran Insemination). We did 2 cycles of this with no result. Our only other option was IVF which we decided to begin in January of 2008. After carefully following the treatment schedule of meds. and shots we had 14 eggs retrieved on Feb. 5, 2008 and of the 14 eggs 6 fertilized and became embryos. On Feb. 8, 2008 Dr. Gill transfered 3 of the best of the embryos. Two weeks later (Feb. 22nd) MaryLou called with the good news that my pregnancy test was positive!!!