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Thursday, December 21, 2006

We Found Riley's Bedding!

I drug Shelly all over yesterday looking for Riley's bedding. I was bound and determined not to go home empty handed. Everything was either too pink, too masculine, too cutesy. We finally found something we fell in love with at Burlington. It's called Pocket Full of Posies and is kind of classic and old fashioned. It will look great with our already sage green paint and brown toned carpet. We didn't buy the decorative hearts for the wall as we have other ideas for the walls. We also didn't get the lamp but did get everything else. Every time I look at it I just smile because I LOVE IT! I love that it's not all pink but rather more red and yellow but still sooo girly. I couldn't be happier.

And, I've decided on the spelling. It will be Riley Joe. Thanks to everyone who offered advice. I've written it out over and over and like the looks of Riley Joe the best.

We're off to the casino tonight. Hopefully we win big and can put it in a 529 college fund for Riley.
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7 comments:

Angele said...

YOU DRUG SHELLY!!!!!

December 21, 2006 at 5:56:00 PM MST
Wendy and Karen said...

Love the bedding! Good luck at the casino

December 21, 2006 at 9:15:00 PM MST
Stacey said...

Great bedding! :) And congratulations on deciding on her name. It's so fun to have a name to call that growing baby, isn't it? Now you can say "Riley Joe" instead of "it" or "he/she"... :) Makes it more real!

Did you win anything at the casino???

December 22, 2006 at 8:51:00 AM MST
Dee said...

Angele - Yes I DRUG her. She isn't super fond of shopping. Sometimes I just have to smile pretty and convince her just spending time with me will be fun.

Wendy & Karen - Thanks! But we only came out ahead $67.00. Guess that won't pay for college.

Stacey - I love that she's now Riley and not just the Little One or baby.

December 22, 2006 at 12:20:00 PM MST
Merr said...

I love the bedding and the name spelling!! They both look great. Have a safe trip home.

December 22, 2006 at 2:45:00 PM MST
Anonymous said...

Hey guys I love the bedding!! You are definetly making me want to second guess myself on not trying for a little girl. Little girl stuff is just so dang cute. Oh I also love the name and the spelling is perfect.

December 23, 2006 at 11:21:00 PM MST
Holly said...

I love the bedding. It's the same color scheme that we were looking at if we were having a girl!!

December 26, 2006 at 8:30:00 AM MST

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Our Conception Story

After eight years together we were pretty sure we'd spend our life with our four legged kids, doing lots of camping, and traveling the world. On August 12, 2004 that all changed with the birth of our God Daughter Tate. We immediately fell completely in love with her and soon began to re-think our decision of not having kids.

In October 2005 we began the process of trying to conceive. As soon as we started trying Shelly began having very erratic cycles which made the process that more complicated. After four tries over six months we decided to schedule a consultation with the a Reproductive Specialist. We were desperate to conceive and on a limited time frame since Shelly had just turned 41. Dee was 35 at the time but not able to conceive due to a medical procedure.

Our first appointment with the Repro Man was May 2006. He suggested we try IVF using Dee's eggs and Shelly as the gestational mother. He felt this scenario would give us the highest chance for success of a healthy pregnancy. We spent a short amount of time weighing our options and decided this was the best choice. We began our first IVF cycle in August. They did the Egg Retrieval and Fertilization on 8/31. Three days later, 9/3, they transferred three embryos into Shelly. Then the wait began.

Shelly promised not to begin the home pregnancy test too soon. Dee had to travel out of state for business a week after the transfer and asked Shelly to please wait to test. BUT, the wait was too much for her and she started testing after a week. At first there was no line. But after a couple of days testing a faint line started to appear. When Dee came home from her trip Shelly told her, "I know I'm pregnant." Dee didn't believe her and insisted the line wasn't dark enough so she tested herself to compare. There was absolutely no line. She began to believe Shelly was pregnant but still had doubt. Dee went to the store and bought another brand of testing strips. After five home tests, we were convinced we we're pregnant due to all positive results. A blood test at two weeks confirmed it; we were going to have a baby!