We continue to work on Riley's room. It's definitely been an adventure. Thank God for Shelly's brother Steve! Unfortunately he has to do all of the hard labor, putting up bead board, hanging the blinds, putting up molding, etc. Yesterday and today his big chore was to put the closet organizer in Riley's room. Well, right now he'd be happy if he never heard the term Closet Organizer AGAIN! What a piece of crap. Yes I bought the most basic closet organizer kit at Home Depot. But, for over $100 you think that it would at least come with good instructions and all the right parts. Hell no! It's been a complete nightmare. There have been several times in the past two days that I thought if I said one more word he'd seriously slug me. But, as of tonight, the closet organizer is in!
Meanwhile, I'm washing, washing, washing all of Riley's clothes, bedding and bankets. And, I've even started putting it away, in her new closet organizer! For weeks now I've been worried we didn't buy enough Jammies for her. I must have lost my mind because I've put enough Jammies away to last at least two weeks without doing wash. And that includes extra changes if necessary. So, we're good on Jammies!
Riley's room is getting close to being ready. I've spent quite a bit time the past two days working on her room. Shelly has been helping me whenever possible. We're so close. Soon, very soon, I'll be able to post pictures.
Once we get Riley's room done I can move to the next items on my list. 1) Get the cars detailed before Riley comes and 2) Box up my Scrapbook room. Hopefully in three weeks or so my new and much bigger Scrapbook room downstairs will be ready. Can't wait to post pictures of that! After these "To Do's" are done I have plenty, plenty more.
Hope everyone has a wonderful Easter weekend!
Friday, April 6, 2007
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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!
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!
9 comments:
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE PICTURES !
Isn't it fun to wash their little stuff. I remember getting emotional when I'd fold it.
I just couldn't believe those tiny little cloths would fit a baby...AND THEN...they don't fit. The babies are actually smaller than even those tiny little cloths.
GET THAT ROOM DONE !
I hope you commented on Mama, Mommy and Cubs blog. It was a scrapbooking question :)
So exciting to get room done for riley. Look forward to see pictures of her new room
Dee- thanks for the idea - stamp - will look into it and I was thinking abt making one. If it turns out nice then I will post on my web.
How super exciting!!! I can't wait to be there. I actually asked my SIL to go ahead and bring all of Cylies little clothes over so I can start going through them and sorting them by size. It's WAY too soon to begin thinking about clothes.
Can't wait to see the room....
Would love to see the pictures. I've just entered the wide world of scrapbooking. Jeesh! It's addictive!
Can't wait to see the room!
I remember washing so much stuff for Andrew before he came. Then, he grew so fast, he never wore 1/2 of it!
It's getting so close, this is so exciting!
I bet you guys will be so happy when it is finally done. Then you will be so happy to put your little baby in there. You need to hurry and finish though, so we can all see.
Scrapbook room? I can't even comment right now, I am so blinded with jealousy!!
Please post 1.) Riley room pics and 2.) Riley 4D pics and 3.) scrapbook room pics.
I recently washed clothes...how do you fold onesies? Or tiny t shirts? Those mini pajamas and sleep sacks? I have yet to get a groove in that department.
Glad things are coming along and you have help from Steve. Sorry about the closet organizer drama. I hope that once it's together, it looks and works great. :) Can't wait to see photos!!!
are we there yet? are we there yet? are we there yet? are we there yet? are we there yet? are we there yet? are we there yet?
LOL.
Seriously, can't wait to see the pictures of riley's room. i am sure it will be simply FABULOUS.
p.s. can i just say i jealous i am of your scrapbooking room. i have a closet. that's right. a closet. a closet that also moonlights as a guest coat closet. i just have it all neatly organized in there and when i want to scrapbook, i transform my dining room table into scrapbook central. i would kill to have an entire room! :)
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