Big Blue...the weather outside is frightful!
Snow, snow, snow, snow, snow, snow.
That is what it does EVERY FREAKING day anymore. Today it started at noon and it hasn't stopped yet. When I left work I had six inches on my car. SIX INCHES! At work today we had 4 slip and falls because of snow, ice, and yuck. One guy broke his shoulder. I know everyone wished for a white Christmas but when will the madness end. Is God making sure we get our moneys worth out of Big Blue this winter. He was only $16.00 for hells sake. We don't need this much snow to get full use out of Big Blue.
Oh, by the way, Big Blue is the sled Riley got from Santa for Christmas. Unfortunately Christmas Day at our house looked like this.
Plus Riley had a cold. So for the first few days Big Blue was only allowed to play inside. I can't count how many trips each of us made up and down,
and up and down,
and up and down, the hallway each of us made.
Finally, the sun broke through long enough for Big Blue to make his outside debut! And Riley loved Big Blue even more.
Plus she looked smashing in her new snow suit. Nothing like showing off your snow gear to the neighborhood.
And playing with your best pal Roxi in the snow.
And running away from Mom in two feet of snow.
And now Big Blue sleeps in the garage. :) No more trips up and down the hallway. But, with the recent snow, that keeps falling, and falling, and falling, I'm sure Blue will make another grand
appearance this week.
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!
7 comments:
Dee, I am SO HAPPY to see you're back! I was starting to worry! Miss Riley is gorgeous and you look and sound so happy. I've missed your posts and will look foward to catching up with your days again. Oh, and I hope it stops snowing soon! :-)
She looks so cute in that snow suit. We will take some of that snow here!
Hey and with the snow drifts you could put big blue on a pretty nice hill :)
Looks like lots of fun.
It's nice to see you back in blog land! I have missed you!
It is good to see you blogging again! Riley is getting so big now! The pictures are adorable. we got Cam a sled like that when he was little and he loved it.
that is so adorable to see her sledding in the house. i admit that we have a Big Red and haven't taken it out at all this winter. bad moms. :P
I took my kids sledding for the first time in 5 years. My youngest didn't even remember going before in her life it had been so long. We had a great time.
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