Advice on Things Not to Say

As a preface to this post I would like to say that unfortunately in our culture, having miscarriages and infertility is mostly a hush hush topic. I understand that some people are private by nature, but for the most part I feel like this is a time when people need the most support. And if nobody knows your situation... you probably are not going to get the support you need.  For those of you who know me....I'm not much of a private person. For these two reasons I feel okay to talk about our misfortunes.

When someone you know has had multiple miscarriages and is trying to conceive, telling them, "It obviously isn't the right time for you to have a baby. You're too young anyway", is no consolation. In fact I personally think it's just down right rude.

To clarify, I am not saying that we are infertile, but are experiencing some setbacks. I think I take the word "infertile" a bit more lightly than Jon does. Anyway, thanks to all you lovely people that have been there for us.

Thanksgiving Point

 

Spring Break Jon and I went home to Utah for a few days to hang out with the fam. One of those days we went to the farm place at Thanksgiving Point.....which neither of us had ever been to. Jon and Zoe are so cute.

Mom getting some llama love.

Rachel bought Zoe that cowgirl hat before we went to see the animals and she was LOVIN it!

 

Dang.....

I think this was Zoe's second time ridding the ponies. She still wanted my Dad by her side, but was holding on all by herself. Isn't that so freakin adorable?

Next we went on a carriage ride with the gigantic work horses. It was super fantastic. They don't even really use the reins on the horses. They just speak to them and the horses start and stop. How cool is that!

Zoe getting a ride on Mom's scooter.

Man, I am in love with this girl!

I am kinda in love with this llama too....how could you not be. Check out those gigantic eyeballs!

5 YEARS!!!!!

April 30th was our fifth wedding anniversary. I can't believe we've been married for five years already. 

Time flies when your having fun!

 Jon, I love you. You are my best friend and I can't imagine spending the rest of my life with anyone else.

Infertile

I loved this conversation I had with Lisa the other day...

Lisa: I just want you to know that I support you and am here for you (while dealing with your miscarriages and infertility).

Diana: Thanks

Lisa: Is there anything I can do for you? Would you like me to make you an INFERTELITY CAKE?

Diana: He he he he

Lisa: I just don't want you to get forgotten with everyone having baby showers and such.

Diana: No. It's just enough that you offered to make me a infertility cake.

Thanks again Lisa, you are a good friend.

Shy

My sister and her husband and my little niece came to visit a while back. My brother-in-law had a movie premier for a film he made. We were headed to the movie and decided to pick up our friend Jimmy to bring along. Turns out Zoe is shy. She put the book she was reading up to her face and said "shy".  She wouldn't even look over at Jimmy.......eventually she fell asleep with the book up to her face. I think I am going to do that next time I feel shy.

Tahoe Spring Vacation

We we so lucky this spring break to get a cool vacation house 10 minutes away from North Star ski resort. So a bunch of our buddies went up and snowboarded with us for a couple days.

So you can't really tell who's in this pic, but that's not the point. Can you see that absolutely gorgeous view of Lake Tahoe? Man it was so magical up there.

The second day some of our great friends from Berkeley came up and stayed with us a couple of nights and came snowboarding with us. It was so much fun having them there. 

One of the best things about this trip was going back to our place and sitting in the hot tub. You can't really beat that.  It's so nice on sore muscles.

Hmmmmm......

Thank you wonderful husband...it is so nice after working 4,12 hours shifts in a row to come home to some beautiful flowers!

Running Images

 

I love taking my camera running with me to snap the beautifullness of our neighborhood.

Steep Ravine...again

 

So we went camping the other week with our friends at Steep Ravine. It was the Couch's first time there. I'm not going to do a lot of explaining because I have posted about this before.

We decided to bring our two-man tent to save some room this time.

 

It was so fun having little Ben come along. He LOVED playing in the mud.

Valentines in Monterey

We spent the Valentine weekend in Monterey. It was so fun walking along the coast and pier. This awesome guy had tons of birds that he was letting people hold for free.

This little birdie poked so many holes in my shirt with his beak.

The second day we were there we went to the aquarium. I love aquariums. I think they are so peaceful.

This starfish was trying to eat my hand...I swear! It was curling over my fingers.

I think I could have sat here and watched these jellyfish all day.

Can you see the itsy bisty sea horses?

Later that day we did the 17 mile drive. At one of our stops we saw all these beached seals. I kind of wanted to go and snuggle with them, but Jon wouldn't let me.