Grandparent Weekend
The past week has been very busy. I don't have all of the pictures downloaded yet so here is a brief update, in pictures, of everything we did the weekend prior to the 4th of July.
A week ago Thursday Riley got to meet her Opa and Oma (Grandpa Joe and Grandma Joyce, Dee's Dad and his wife) for the first time. I'm so glad they finally got to see our little miracle. The next day Riley and I spent the day hanging with Oma and Opa and Riley made her first stop at the Dutch Store. (Strange, I know, but my family is from Holland. The Dutch Store is HUGE with our Klan!). The picture to the right is Riley with Oma and Opa.
Later that day we went over to Aunt Angie's (Shelly's sister) to visit. We sat in the backyard, enjoyed the sun, and just visited. Below are a couple of pics of Riley with Grandma Shanni (Shelly's Mom) and Aunt Angie.
On Saturday Riley got a special surprise and spent the morning Stamping with Momma Dee and her friends.
Sunday we had breakfast with Oma and Opa before their drive back to Las Vegas. We of course went to Cra.cker Bar.rel, Grandpa's favorite and must see on every trip to Utah.
Next up, the Sprin.gville Canyon to visit Grandma Connie and Grandpa Keith (Dee's mom and husband). We sat outside and enjoyed the sun and fresh canyon air. Riley also got to meet Grandma's dog Willie for the first time. I of course have also included a photo of Willie as he's quite the photogenic pooch.
We had a great time with all of our Grandparents and feel incredibly blessed to have so many wonderful people that love Riley so very much.
I leave you with a few more of my favorite pics from the Grandparent Weekend.
My beautiful Shelly...
My two favorite girls...
Momma Dee trying to convince Cindy that Bop.py's can also be used as travel pillows. :)
And finally, my beautiful binky baby.
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!
A week ago Thursday Riley got to meet her Opa and Oma (Grandpa Joe and Grandma Joyce, Dee's Dad and his wife) for the first time. I'm so glad they finally got to see our little miracle. The next day Riley and I spent the day hanging with Oma and Opa and Riley made her first stop at the Dutch Store. (Strange, I know, but my family is from Holland. The Dutch Store is HUGE with our Klan!). The picture to the right is Riley with Oma and Opa.
13 comments:
How much fun is that !
Your families are SO great....I was JUST NOW thinking what an amazing thing you both pulled off. Not just the miracle that you have now, but the fact that you wouldn't be a mother if you didn't have Shelly. AMAZING !
Love the pictures. Thanks for sharing.
Looks like a blast! Love the pictures!
Ditto K - what a wonderful family you have there!
Great pictures! Love seeing little Riley. :) Glad you had a wonderful time and that you have a wonderful family around you. :)
What a great family you and Shelly have! Love the pictures!
You have a beautiful family. Thanks for posting the pictures. Glad to hear you're all doing well!
WOW! Sounds like you gals had a great week! I always enjoy all your photos!! Keep them coming:)
Oh dee she just gets prettier every day...How is your mom? I hope all is well with you all! We miss you guys like crazy!!!!
Great pics Riley is beautiful and you gals look great. Did I just type gals?? Gah!!
It looks like you guys had a great weekend. You are very blessed! Hey do ya need a babysitter yet. My shelly (as in my sister)won't let me take Lance yet. The nerve of her! It seriously took me 6 months to leave Adam and like 2 years before I left the other two. Anyway now that I took that in a totally different direction. You have a beautiful family.
Great pics! Thanks for sharing! Riley is such a beautiful, perfect little baby!
That is great that you have such a supportive, loving extended family.
beautiful pics! so glad you had a good time. we are dutch too! my gramma and i have what she calls "dutch fingers"
she is such a doll baby.
hugs to you
rae
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Oh.. I know everyone has already said it, but you do have a WONDERFUL family.. And soooo BEAUTIFUL!! How lucky for Riley to already be out Scrapbooking.. :)
*Dang, nice camara you got girl... Thanks for sharing all of those pics! *
Oh What a fun!!! Cute pictures... Thanks for sharing.. :o)
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