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Friday, August 31, 2007

Happy Birthday!

Today is Grandma Shanni's Birthday! (Shelly's Mom) Happy Birthday Grandma!!! Grandma has taken the day off work to play with Riley. They're just going to hang out at Grandma's house. I'm sure they'll both have a ball.

Today is also Riley's conception birthday. Happy Birthday to you Riley! One year ago today my eggs were retrieved and fertilized. It seems like yesterday I was walking around with grapefruit sized ovaries. Not a comfortable thing but oh so worth it!!! One year later and here we are with the sunshine of your lives. I know this might seem strange to some, acknowledging this milestone, but it is in fact a huge milestone to us.

In honor of their birthdays below is picture of Grandma Shanni and her three beautiful Grandkids at the big birthday bash we had for her on Saturday.
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11 comments:

Holly said...

Does Shelly look a tiny bit like her mom??? Great genes!!

Happy Birthday Grandma Shanni!
And Happy Conception-versary...or Happy Conceptsary...or Happy Conversationary - LOL!
Whatever!

August 31, 2007 at 8:08:00 AM MDT
K J and the kids said...

Happy Birthday.

Wow...I can't believe you have the conception date down.
I forgot ALL of that stuff....plus most of the day to day stuff is gone too. You know, pregnancy will do that to you.
And a lack of sleep, and 3 kids, and no breakfast......

August 31, 2007 at 9:20:00 AM MDT
my--four--sons said...

Happy Birthday Grandma Shanni!!!!
I remember this time last year. I was on pins and needles waiting to hear wether or not you two were going to be mommies. And now look at that precious thing!!!

August 31, 2007 at 9:43:00 AM MDT
Anonymous said...

i don't think it's weird to celebrate the conception anniversary - it was our daughter's conception anniversary yesterday too!

August 31, 2007 at 3:06:00 PM MDT
Deb Williams said...

I say celebrate all the happy things in your life and that one is a huge one!

August 31, 2007 at 6:26:00 PM MDT
Jen said...

What a beautiful family! And that anniversary is definitely one to celebrate!

August 31, 2007 at 7:45:00 PM MDT
ajs4ever said...

What a beautiful family!! They are all gorgeous!!

August 31, 2007 at 8:38:00 PM MDT
Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday to Shanni (she is young, and very pretty...and Shell does look like her)
That just gave me chills thinking about a year ago.. Cheers..
LOVE YOU ALL!!

September 3, 2007 at 3:19:00 PM MDT
Stacey said...

conception is hard and a milestone worth celebrating! glad things worked out and you have a beautiful baby girl! :)

September 4, 2007 at 6:51:00 PM MDT
Keri said...

I've been catching up here a bit. Your daughter is lovely - perrrfect! & you all look so incrediby happy.

Thanks for posting. It's funny that we may know some of the same people but not each other. Is Utah really that big? :)

September 5, 2007 at 2:40:00 PM MDT
Jennifer said...

Not silly at all! Our conception day is sept. 29th....two days after nicole's birthday. It is most def. a day to celebrate!

Miss Riley is looking SO cute!

September 6, 2007 at 6:23:00 AM MDT

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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!