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Sunday, April 15, 2007

34 Weeks!

We are 34 weeks today!!! Another major milestone crossed!!!

We celebrated by going to Shelly's sisters to make Baby Shower Invites for Shelly's families Baby Shower. The invites are adorable! Of course they are, I designed them! But, I do have to give kudo's to my buddy Kira Rae because her design inspired my final design. Thanks Kira!

Below is a montage of the invite as well as a preview of Riley's room. If you click on the slideshow it will bring up a microscope where you can look at things closer. Her rooms not a 100% complete. There are still a few things I want to make but I can't keep you waiting on me. Who knows when I'll get her cutesy things done. When I do I'll post pictures. Enjoy the sneak peak!

We hit our official 10 year anniversary Thursday! Wow! 10 years. We've loved every minute of it. Who wouldn't want to spend 10 years with someone who makes you laugh every day!?!

Finally, we have a big day Tuesday. Lots of doctor appointments. I'll post Tuesday night and give you all an update.

Have a great week!

Cool Slideshows

13 comments:

K J and the kids said...

Blogger ATE MY DAMN RESPONSE ! It was SUPER good and REALLY long. ha ha

love Love LOVE the room.
I think you should always take the doors off of the closets...very cute and keeps the monsters out :)

Thanks for posting pics. Please start posting more often....you are getting too close to the end to leave us hanging for days...ok !

CONGRATULATIONS ON TEN YEARS !!!
Ours is coming up too.
I think it's a good start :)

tifferny said...

CONGRATULATIONS on ten years. what an incredible milestone! shelly looks more and more awesome by the day. i'm glad eveyrthing is progressing beautifully. :)))

i have to say that i just LOVE the room. i love EVERYTHING about it: the colors, the furniture, the wainscoting, the closet, the beautiful moses basket and each little detail! i also noticed from the pictures that you have the video baby monitor that i have. you'll LOVE IT! i really love being able to both hear and see mikaela when she is in her crib. i have a pretty large house and the signal is very, very good. doesn't crap out and get interferance like some others.

oh and i agree with k. i was starting to worry when you hadn't posted all week. that being said, i know that i am not always the "blogger poster child" either. when things get really busy i admit to neglecting my blog, or when things are going south in my life i tend to slink away. i'm getting better though! :) right now things f-ing SUCK between mike and me, but i'm trying to "play through the pain". lol

about the weight loss club, i will post a roll call and an initial outline tomorrow. still unsure of all the details and how we will equal the playing ground for everyone. i wanted to post before and after photos but realize that many people choose to remain anonymous. hence, that won't work for everyone. i still think i'm going to do it for myself. that's just my personality though.

Wendy and Karen said...

Congratulations on ten years! And Happy Anniversary! Your nursery is so pretty and I love the invite. Great post!

Jen said...

Happy anniversary AND 34 weeks! Lots of prayers and happy thoughts for the coming weeks. You've almost made it!

Merr said...

Congrats on ten years! Wow!
I holy love the room. It is so cute and perfect for a little girl. I like the soft colors. Shelly looks awesome! You guys going to come to our parenting group once Riley is here?

Jennifer said...

Wow...I love the colors and the wainscoting and al of the little decorations. But I am most jealous of that closet! Alas, our babies' created room laks that essential storage space! Thank godness baby clothes are small! Shelly looks great! And congrats on a decade! And the invites are great too!

34 weeks....this is the home stretch!

Good luck on tuesday. The last doctor's appointments day went so well..I'm sure this one will too!! Keep us posted!

Holly said...

OMG! So many things in that post!

CONGRATS ON 10 YEARS! You two are so darn adorable! Riley is so lucky to have 2 such wonderful mommies!!!

LOVE THE ROOM! The colors are great and it's so cozy and warm! I LOVE wainscoting too!

CONGRATS ON 34 WEEKS - again, Shelly looks wonderful!

Good luck with the doctor visits tomorrow. I hope you have a wonderful anniversary week! With Riley coming soon, it won't be just about you 2 anymore!!! LOL!

amy said...

Congrats to you both. The room is gorgeous. Sweets and I are coming up on 5 years. Yep, only 5. Can't wait til we make it til 10.

Stacey said...

The room is great! Love the basket o' dogs. :) And congratulations on 10 years!!! That's wonderful!!! Soon you'll be 3 instead of 2! ;)

Kim aka Mommy said...

Happy Anniversary! The nursery is adorable!

hotomiky said...

Wow- Riley will love her own room! Nice color! Nice decorations - colors blends so well...

Yahoo!! your now 34 weeks! Time is getting closer!

:o)

Casey said...

Oh my gosh - what a darling room!!! Congrats on yet another
milestone reached. :)

K J and the kids said...

I know it's still TECHNICALLY Tuesday night, but it's my bed time and I haven't heard about the doctors visits.
I hope all went well.
hhhhhaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaawwwwww (big yawn) read ya tomorrow.

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!