Lilypie Third Birthday tickers

Sunday, July 1, 2007

Smile :)

"Riley, Mama got a new camera. Let's get a nice big smile for our blog!"



"Mom, what about this smirk? Is that close enough to a smile?"



"C'mon sweetheart. Let's have a big smile! Smirking doesn't quite cut it."

"But Mom, I think this is definitely a good look for me."



"Ri, one big smile please. C'mon let's see that pretty smile."

"Gosh Mom, this is as good as it's gonna get. Now give me my binky!"


"That's a big girl! Thanks for the smile!'

19 comments:

Wendy and Karen said...

What wonderful pictures of your beautiful girl! Congratulations on your new camera.

K J and the kids said...

What a DARLING smile !
Happy Birthday !!!!
Your Camera takes BEAUTIFUL pictures :)

my--four--sons said...

Oh my gosh how freekin cute is that!!!!!!

Deb Williams said...

she is gorgous no matter what expression she gives!!!

Kim aka Mommy said...

She's TOO cute!

hotomiky said...

Soooo CUTE!!!!! I love it!

All U Need is LOVE......(and swimmers) said...

What GREAT pictures. Congrats on the camera. Riley is so precious!!

Holly said...

Wow!!! Look at that smile!!!!
She is so precious! So beautiful!!!

Merr said...

Nice new camera!
What a cutie! I love her smiles!

Casey said...

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!! :)

Jennifer said...

unbelievably cute! those lips! those eyes! and the smile!!! you waited 9 long months (plus a few weeks) for that smile!

Denise said...

Georgous!

Jen said...

Oh what a beautiful baby!

ajs4ever said...

Aaawwwww!! I love it! She is so precious! I just want to kiss those cheeks!!

Amber

Anonymous said...

Oh my gosh... Oh my gosh....She is so freaking cute!!! Oh I want to squeeze her...

NiaCP said...

My goodness she is beautiful!

my--four--sons said...

okay I think I have looked at these pics over a hundred times already. I can't get over how cute she is.

Stacey said...

Too cute. Her facial expressions remind me of Riley at that age. Our Riley, I mean. ;)

Leana said...

OMG! She is so stinking cute! Look at those eyes! Hope you are doing well!

Love Ya!

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!