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Monday, August 4, 2008

New Name, Same Great Taste

It's official. We're no longer 3 Dogs, 2 Moms, 1 Baby. We're now Raising Riley Joe. I've been toying with changing our blog name for quite some time and last week I finally came up with a title that fit (I know, it's so original...not). So welcome to the new and improved...Raising Riley Joe.


I've been super busy the last two weeks. I had clients in town and then spent a week on PTO. More updates to come but for now I leave you with a video of Miss Riley walking from almost two weeks ago. Yes, she's a walker now! And quite good at it. I love watching this little person walking around the house. It's so amazing watching her grow.

Finally, WELCOME TO THE WORLD RYAN AND NATHAN at Role Playing with Kids.

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11 comments:

Unknown said...

Great new page! Thanks for keeping me updated on it!

Riley is as cute as ever.

August 4, 2008 at 1:11:00 PM MDT
Ky said...

I love the new name! And you now have a toddler!!!

August 4, 2008 at 1:49:00 PM MDT
Merr said...

What a cute little walker!! Love the new name, very fitting!

August 4, 2008 at 2:33:00 PM MDT
ajs4ever said...

Love the new title:) Thanks for letting me know about the change:)

August 4, 2008 at 4:16:00 PM MDT
Holly said...

THAT IS THE GREATEST VIDEO EVER!!!!
I love how she wipes out. How funny is that!?!

You know how much trouble you are in now that she's walking, right?!!? ;-)

And I also love the new blog name. Very fitting!

August 4, 2008 at 4:22:00 PM MDT
hotomiky said...

I love it! I love the video of Riley - so cute!!!

:o)

August 4, 2008 at 4:28:00 PM MDT
my--four--sons said...

Yeah! Way to go Riley :)

August 4, 2008 at 6:14:00 PM MDT
Shannon said...

Thanks for letting me know about the new blog. Love the title.

Way to walk, Riley! She's so cute. Loved how she tried to save herself from falling by kicking her leg out. So cute.

August 4, 2008 at 8:14:00 PM MDT
Deb Williams said...

You go girl!!! She is growing so fast and Such a cutie!!!

August 5, 2008 at 12:06:00 AM MDT
ECand3 said...

She is adorable - and walking! Isnt' it so much fun?
PS - great new name for the blog.

August 6, 2008 at 2:20:00 PM MDT
Angele said...

Yay for the walking! She's such a big girl now. :)
- Stacey & Angele

August 7, 2008 at 7:21:00 PM 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!