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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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Thursday, August 30, 2007

Our Little Mini Vacation

Last week Shelly, Riley and I set off for a few relaxing, and fun filled, days in Park City. We rented a Condo right on Main Street so that we had complete access to shopping, food, and fun without ever having to get in our car. It was wonderful!!!

This was our first get away with Riley and we were anxious to see how she would handle being outside of her routine and every day surroundings. She did fantastic! She was such a happy baby! She slept good, she ate good, and she smiled a lot. She also LOVED being in her stroller and seemed to get a little mad when it wasn't moving. She slept in her Moses Basket next to our bed, just as if she was in her bassinet at home, and slept through the night as always. Through the night usually consists of about 8:30 pm to 5:00 am.

I so needed a get away with my girls. During the week I don't get to spend much time with them because of a little thing called work gets in the way. Once the weekend comes I feel like I have to spend time reconnecting with them and just as I feel reconnected Monday hits again. So this mini vacation was needed!

Below are some pics from our trip. You'll notice there was a party crasher. We realized every picture we took Day 1 had Lambie (one of Riley's favorite toys) in it. So, we continued the theme and made sure Lambie was in EVERY picture. Enjoy!

Oh, wait, one last thing, we weighed Riley yesterday. 12 lbs on the dot!
"Mom, I love Lambie."

"Seriously Mom, are you sure these are 3 Month jeans because I'm feeling a little self conscious about my waist line right now."

How cute is Riley's butt in these jeans!

Riley and Lambie ignoring Mommy Shelly as she enjoys her Adult Beverage.
MMMM, Margarita
"Lambie, the Mom's are acting a little funny. I think there's something in those cactus shaped cups they're drinking from."
"Lambie watching over Miss Riley while the Mom's enjoy their Mexican Fiesta."
"Hey Mom, watch this dance move, I can do the Sprinkler!"
"I'm tired, too much dancing."
Lambie watching over the princess as she sleeps.
Lambie thought this sign at Cisero's was funny. We did too. Sorry Riley, no puppies or espresso for you this trip!
"Oh Lambie, I love you."
Lambie watching over Riley as we have a wonderful dinner and wine at our favorite restaurant in Park City, Cisero's.
"Hey Moms, this trip was AWESOME, let's do it again soon!"
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Football Sunday!!!

Sunday was our annual Football Draft. This is I think the 5th year we've done this. We get everyone who plays together for a BBQ and more importantly the draft. The draft consists of everyone making a small "donation" to play. Then we randomly draw names. When you're name is drawn you get to pick the team you want for the season. Then, whatever team wins the Super B.owl their "owner" wins the donation jar. It's fun because every one gets a different team each year and you never know what N.FL team is going to go all the way. I ended up with Pittsburgh!!!! My boys!!! Yeah!!! Shelly got the Bears and Riley got Cincinnati.
Of course Riley had to dress up for this event. The problem was I couldn't find a jersey for her anywhere that wasn't Denver. Just because we live in Utah, and Denver is the closest NFL team to us, does not mean the whole state loves Denver!!! The only team I DID NOT want her wearing was Denver. I finally had to just break down and buy the dang Denver jersey for her. Here's pictures of the big event. Enjoy!
"Mom, I'm so ashamed, how could you put me in a Denver jersey? You know Pittsburgh is my team."
Maybe if I just sleep I won't have to deal with this Denver thing.
"God Mommy Amy, please help me, can you see what my Mom's have me wearing?"

Baby Talor cheering for Pittsburgh! Tate was too busy running around with the boys for me to catch any pictures of her with her baby sister.


Shelly with Syd giving baby Riley kisses. Syd loves baby Riley!


K, Syd and Cameron from Role Playing with Kids


After the rain the kids found digging in the mud too much fun! Glad Riley's still too little to play in the mud because there were some dirty kids after this! From left to right, Beau, Aiden, Brady, Tate, and Sydney.

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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!