Beta #2, IVF #3

I just got my beta #2 results...

1570

I'm still soaking it all in! 

Thank you all for making me feel so loved with all your comments.  I'm scheduled to go in on Monday for a third beta.  Please keep us in your prayers!

Have a wonderful weekend!

IVF #3 RESULTS

I went in for my beta test yesterday morning and told the nurse to call our home number and leave the results on our answering machine and we would check it when we got home.  I didn't even POAS during the whole 2WW!!   

I was nervous the whole day!  Then when we got home, you would think that checking that answering machine would have been the first thing we did, but it wasn't.  I could see the flashing message light and it just made it even more nerve racking!  We decided we would change out of our work clothes because we wanted to be comfortable when we hear the news.  LOL.

Finally, we changed and went down stairs and hit the play button on the answering machine. 

We heard our lovely nurse's voice and I could tell she was smiling from ear to ear.

Our beta #1 came back at 761!  I don't think I've ever had a first beta that high (or any betas that high!). We just held each other, in our comfy clothes, and cried tears of joy!  We go back on Friday for Beta #2.

Our hearts are full of love and gratitude to all of you who have offered prayers on our behalf.  I am so grateful for a Heavenly Father who hears our prayers and has blessed us immensely on this journey.  We are far from being out of the woods so I ask you to continue to keep us in your prayers as we continue on this journey. 

*** Disclaimer to all my real life friends - Please do not tell anyone or mention it on my FB wall.  Because if YOU start telling people and something happens, YOU will be responsible for following up with them!  So, you may then ask if I don't want people to know, why post about it on my blog??  Well, because I have wonderful blogging friends who have supported me on this journey and I want to share with them to give them HOPE. This is not an easy journey and we need all the hope and prayers we can get.  Please respect my wishes. Love you all!!***

Nothing Says Summer Like Ice Cream

There's a little Frozen Custard place in our town that has yummy ice cream that doesn't cost an arm and a leg like some of the chain ice cream places (Mag.gie Moos and Col.d Stone).

This is a happening place in the evenings. 

We love going and getting our ice cream cones with sprinkles.  My favorite is the Chocolate/Rasberry!

But when it's brutally hot and humid.  You have to eat it fast or it starts to melt!

And when you're done with your ice cream, you can run around and play in the little yard next door.

I love summer days like this!  Making memories and cherishing time together. 

Weekend Round Up

I went to see Mamma Mia over the weekend with some friends.  The show was at an outside theater and the weather was perfect!  We went to lunch at Cheese.cake Factory, then headed to the show, then back to Cheese.cake Factory for dessert.  It's always great to spend time with girl friends!

When I got home, Steve and Abbey were waiting for me to go to dinner.  We ended up going to Crac.ker Barrel.  It's not a place we frequent often, but I was pleasantly surprised.

I love the rocking chairs they have in the front.  You can purchase one for $130.  Did you know the mark up on these things are 100%??!! (Someone we know works there and told us that).

A little too expensive for me, but I still like to sit and rock in them.

Abbey and her black eye from the water slide incident.

The loves of my life.

Great weekend with great friends and the loves of my life.

My First Baby Photo Shoot With My New Nephew

Meet my new nephew, baby MJ. 

Born June 25, 2010

7lbs 6 ounces of CUTENESS!

Special thanks to Suzy for knitting the cute hats!

4th of July Weekend

What a great weekend it was. 

Abbey came over to 'take care' of me while I was resting from the transfer.

She was quite the caretaker.  I love that little girl to pieces!

We spent the 4th of July at my sister's. 

I got to do a baby shoot of my new nephew (pictures to come later).

I love the 4th!

I am so grateful to live in a country with so much freedom.

I am grateful for all the men and women who have fought so that I can have those freedoms.

I am grateful to have my family close by.

Abbey loves playing in the water.

She loves the water slide at her cousin's house.

She loves it so much that she accidently got elbowed in the face after sliding down.

Nice big bruise on her cheek bone.

Her face and eye is really swollen.

But after a while, she got right back on the slide.

We had yesterday off so we went to see Twi.light E.clipse.

Loved it!

Still love Edward!

It was a wonderful weekend!

Transfer Complete

Two little embryo's were transferred.
We had one 'Excellent' embryo and one 'Really Good' embryo. A third one was just okay and the rest of the three stop growing. 

I am home resting, grateful for my wonderful husband and all those who have kept us in prayer.

I am praying that these two special embryo's will nestle in and stick around for the next nine months!