The Struggle
This post has been in my head. It needs to come out so here it is.. I am Happy with my baby. I'm so happy in fact that I was telling my mom the other day that I couldn't ask for more. I...couldn't. She...
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Videos of my girl!* Prayer edition* Praying with Monkey before he eats... I got his one while we were saying the rosary in the car...One more... hail mary
View Articleliving la vida loca
Too much is happening between posts for me to keep it all straight. So first things first, We STILL haven't started the new house. We are living in a TINY townhouse truly meant for a single man. There...
View ArticleFINALLY!!!
We are getting the slab poured tomorrow! If it doesn't get poured it means something went horribly wrong. This is a pic of Alana having a BLAST watching the "giraffe" put in our culverts! She things it...
View ArticleWe have to get away from Victim mentality and more
Good title right? Let me start with the "more", the house is coming along. yay! We now have the roof on and getting ready to start electrical. I'm absolutely gnawing at the bit here. I WANT TO MOVE...
View ArticleClarifying my Victim post
I've been writing and re writing this post in my head for a while. I really want to get my post across because though most got it, some of you didn't. First clarification: I never said I would stop TTC...
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I'm getting excited! Barring unforeseen problems we are about a month away from moving in to the house! I'm so READY!! Will take some new pics and post soon. Nothing really visible is different yet,...
View ArticleCrazy busy...
The house is coming along..Sheetrock hung and being finishedHardi up and ready to paintPoor Grant goes from work to the house and works there till Dinner time. Crazy busy. I helped Brother in law pick...
View ArticleHappy Fathers Day and catching up.
Happy Fathers Day to my wonderful husband. He had to work unfortunately but we went bring him breakfast and lunch and brought him this gift....I haven't uploaded pictures of today yet. He's such an...
View ArticleHouse sneak peak
Sneak peak because I still don't have the inside set up! Things keep stopping us from getting our stuff from storage so We are still kinda camping :) hopefully in the next couple of week it will be set...
View ArticleHappy 3rd Birthday to my baby!!!!
For Alana's birthday we had a slow day. It was a Friday, Daddy was working and so we did small stuff. Brought her to the mall, got her a ci.nna.mon.ster, rode some rides, etc. Then we had her party on...
View ArticleFrustrating, annoying and maddening...
I have a lot to say, it might not all come out here we will see.To start. The Authors of the Infertility Companion for Catholics came give a talk at our parish. I was very excited about this, talked to...
View ArticleThyroid, hormones, food, 10 years later it can be done!
It's been about 9-10 years since this journey has started, I can't remember the exact year Grant started having hypo thyroid symptoms but it was about 5 years after we got married. He started gaining...
View ArticleDigging up Bones
Tonight I'm sitting alone, digging up bones....exhuming things that's better left alone...Anyone else know that Randy Travis oldie but goodie?You know how you think you're over something, then BAM!?!We...
View ArticleMy kid is a daredevil!!!
So we went to Disney, shocker right? haha. We had a great time as always. This was our first time in September and it was great. Kinda warm but not as bad as I had anticipated. Got to swim. Alana went...
View Articleboy oh boy
Life is NUTS my friends. I haven't written in a while and it's because it's Cra-ZY. Here is an idea of what's on the plate nowThanksgivingvacationMoving?new job?adoption?starting hcg for a fan freaking...
View ArticleHello again
We just got back from our Dec Disney trip. It was lovely. Fun. And interesting. We enjoyed meeting Donald for the first time. We had lovely weather. And we had our first ever trip to urgent care....
View Articleadoption updates and other news
So first things first. The possible adoption of our Gavin and his siblings has been taken out of our hands. It looks like a local (to them) pastor and his wife got the three kids. We aren't 100% on...
View ArticleWe are a family of FOUR!
But if you're still with me I have news. We are now a family of FOUR! I can't even believe it. The local situation popped back into our lives, TWO days before the birth. It was a major roller coaster...
View ArticleSo much stress
Our little Gavin is still in the nicu he's already 5 weeks, almost 6 and it's so stressful. The meconium is making him breathe too fast, it's called tachypnea and a health baby will breath at the...
View Articleadjusting to life as it is now
so much changed so quickly, G's job, new house, baby in Nicu for 8 weeks and now home with everything. It's going really really well. I thought I'd hate G new shift but I don't, I knew I'd love the...
View ArticleHello everyone
Hey everyone, wow I can't believe how long it's been since I've been on here. Days are busy lately, the kiddos keep me busy. That's not actually true. Alana keeps me busy. Gavin is the easiest baby in...
View Articleback on the ttc train? who me?
So the new dr wanted me on femara and hcg for 6 months because he wanted to "throw everything at this' so I don't "regret not trying everything when your 45" This was my last month. I'm gonna be...
View ArticleSarah laughed at God saying, Shall the Lord give me this pleasure now that I...
Well my friends, 16 years of marriage, infertility, plenty of vacations, moved 14 times, adopted two children. Had one surgery and 6 months of femara and hcg. On the sixth month...my last one. We are...
View ArticleThe baby went home
We found out on our 16 anniversary that my hcg wasn't raising like it should. My first numbers were great, then my hcg didn't rise like it was supposed to, going from 649 on Monday to only 690 by...
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