Last night we went to dinner for my bestest friends, Amy's, birthday. Happy Birthday Amy!!!
Riley totally warmed up to Aunt Trishy. She thought she was pretty dang funny.
Riley enjoyed a lemon (as seen below) and a few fries with LOTS of ranch dressing. Our food wasn't great but the company was nice and it was great to visit with friends.
No big plans for the weekend. I was supposed to go to St. George with a couple of good gal pals for two kid/spouse free days of scrapbooking. BUT I couldn't get away from work tomorrow to go. We've just got to much going on right now. So gal pals Kira and Shelly, HAVE FUN!
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:
SERIOUSLY ! Work is TOO busy to get away. Can I take your place.
That sounds like so much fun.
aaaaaah sweet escape.
I love that little laugh... so adorable. We are very busy at work right now too :(
she's so cute. love those pigtails.
You can almost hear her laughing! Dinner with good friends - is usually a good time!
Riley is so adorable. Love the pigtails! Erik eats lemons too.
Time to update freak!
How about an update? :D
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