a super fun weekend

so i'm back to work fresh off of a nice 3 day weekend.  gotta love those!  we went back to the 'land of our fathers' in order to spend some time with charles' family.  his grandfather is not doing well and it's so difficult for charles to get back here, we felt that the long weekend was a good time for it.  we were trying to remember when the last time was that both of us went to wichita together and we couldnt, probably last summer i guess.
i also got to spend a good amount of time with charles' little sister, which was pretty awesome.  she and i have been able to get to know each other a lot better this last year and i am very happy to say that i am starting to remember what it's like to have a sister again.  the loss of the last one was pretty devistating, so i'm glad to be forming that bond again. 
sunday was our 5 year anniversary.  woo hoo!  it seems like longer to both of us, whatever that means.  i'm not going to waste time with smushy blogging about how awesome he is because he is in denial about the whole "blog situation" and doesnt read it anyway.  but suffice it to say, i plan to keep him around for a while longer.  we exchanged gifts on friday, mostly because he was so excited to give me mine that he didnt want to wait any longer.  keep in mind that we had already discussed that his gift to me would be a night out for a fancy dinner and a couples day spa adventure.  well low and behold, along with the world's best anniversary card, he decides to give me a little camaflouge dog collar.   that's right - beans and i finally wore him down!  i have already been speaking to a couple of breeders and hope to be picking up another little daschund puppy within a couple weeks!  :D  oh the adventures we will have!  apparently charles and beans have already extensively discussed the expansion of our little family and much to his appreciation, beans managed to keep the secret.  even more impressive is the fact that my MOM knew about it and didnt say anything. 
i went this morning for a sonogram.  before starting me on clomid the doctor wanted to poke around.  what a way to start the morning...  but the perscription is filled and i will start the drugs tomorrow!  i am anxiously awaiting a call this afternoon from my doctor's office to explain the next steps.  this has been an extremely stressful process.  i have talked to women who have tried for 7 or 8 years to have a baby and it makes me very sad.  we've only tried just over 2 and already i dont think i could handle another 2.  there are only so many cycles that can be explained away, and coupled with the ever-present military life factor (schools, deployments, etc) - time is just not something that we wait for around here.  but alas, that's the way it goes.  we have great insurance and a supportive bunch of people up here, so we'll be fine.
that's about it for now.