Labay Family: Our Vacation to Sea World!

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Our Vacation to Sea World!

Only we never went to Sea World. You see, they were CLOSED! Apparently they go into a seasonal schedule in the fall. Hey Sea World, it would be nice if you put this info on our website somewhere!!! A nice button on the home page that says "Click here for our New Seasonal Schedule"!!! For weeks prior to our little vacation the kids have bugged us daily to look at the Sea Lions, Penguins, Fishes etc., on the computer and we have really been researching the shows and what the kids would like to do when we get there... not once did I see anything about them only being opened on the weekends!
The week after the kids BDay party Brent took vacation and we left on Sunday afternoon bound for San Antonio. Cooper stayed with my parents. We stayed at a nice hotel right across from Sea World which we thought was the perfect place. Our plan was to wake up early on Monday morning and go to Sea World and stay there all day. Then on Tuesday we would go to the Zoo and then on Wednesday we would stop at the Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch on the way home. So Sunday night after we got all settled into the hotel Brent told me to look to see what time Sea World opened in the morning to we could set our alarm so I'm looking it up and next to the date it said CLOSED. I was just on my iphone so I though I wasn't reading it right or something, so I called my Mom to look it up on the computer and make sure that what I was seeing was right.... Yup, CLOSED!!! I seriously could have cried! We had spent all this time hyping the kids up about Sea World and they were so excited and now we have to tell them we aren't going! OMG! Now, we are in San Antonio with almost nothing else to do (kid friendly) because most other places are only opened seasonally too - like Fiesta Texas. Anyway, so thank goodness the Zoo was still opened!
So this is how it went now...
Sunday evening we took the kids to Build A Bear at the shops at La Centera - this was a BDay surprise and it was anything goes - get whatever you want! This was the first time they had ever been to BAB and they loved it! And I was glad Brent was with us... we all had a really good time with it! Monday we went to the Zoo and then to Peter Piper Pizza that evening for pizza and fun. And Tuesday we journeyed home (a day early) and did stop at the Wildlife Ranch and also went to a huge Halloween Store in New Braunfels to pick out Halloween costumes. We still had a ton of fun and we were all very worn out from our little trip!

The main reason for going to SA Zoo! The Hippos! Our Houston Zoo doesn't have them!

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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!!!