Here is one picture, as promised. HOpefully the quality will be decent. I had to resize it. I will work on getting the others off my phone a little later (it's being finicky).
Super cute! I hope it works out. I love your bird, too. Is he some kind of conure?
He is an African Meyer's parrot. He is super sweet. He made the trip to visit Hailey as well. And, we have decided to adopt her! I am so excited! I just emailed her foster dad to find out what we need to do next.
It's hard. It's like a big build-up that you're scared is going to end in tears, but logically, the end result won't change no matter how often you test. All that changes is that if you aren't, you have to see a bunch of BFN's instead of one...and if you are, you may see BFN's and be unnecessarily heart-broken at first. Either way, it's torture for you. Even though it's the hardest thing ever, it does make sense to wait.
I'm not only trying to convince you, but myself, too.
I'm resisting the urge to order OPKs and all kinds of stuff. I have really regular cycles, I have no reason to believe I'll have trouble conceiving. It's our first cycle trying, there's really no reason not to just give it a couple months and see what happens before getting hardcore about it. Must stop obsessing
The wait is definitely torture! I just had my physical and asked tons and tons of questions (ok, it was really only like 3 or 4) but I feel so much better having talked to my PCP. Here are the things I asked about in case you are wondering about similar things:
1. Over the summer, my cycle went from 28 days to 21 days and then in december 26 days. I asked if I should be concerned. My NP said that I should not be concerned at all. I am regular, having a period means I am ovulating and I shouldn't worry at all about cycle length unless I go 6 weeks and don't get a BFP.
2. I asked about prenatal vitamins. When I went to Target to look, there were so many different brands and slight differences in formula so I wanted to know if I should be taking them and if so, what brand/formula to get. My NP said that any prenatal vitamin will be good, not to worry about the brand/formula. The most important piece is the folate which they will all have.
3. My mom had A LOT of fertility issues and I wanted to know if I should be concerned. My NP said, regardless of family history, no one is considered "infertile" or to have fertility issues until you have been TTC for one year (which is consistent with what others have posted on this forum).
4. I also asked about HPT vs a blood test at the doctors. What my NP said is that the HPTs are VERY accurate after a missed period and that my OBGYN probably won't even see me until about 9 weeks when an ultrasound can be done.
I really like my NP, and she really put me at ease about TTC. Although, we will see how anxious I get when AF is due next week (although not sure what cycle length to base my estimate on)!
I'll just keep working on that whole baby thing instead. 
I'll look into extras when we pick back up again post tax season.
