Back in the Saddle

Yes, we are back in the saddle of blogging and the infertility world!  Something I have never blogged about before but felt as though I should, considering I found comfort as I once scoured the blogging world to read stories as other couples struggled to achieve pregnancy while the rest of our "fertile myrtle friends" got pregnant & had their bundle of joys arrive and we were left still questioning and wondering if & when & how it would happen. 

Oh you know, Just hanging out in a tiny "waiting space" with a gown on ready for my Hysterosalpingogram

 

Of course we are in a different place this time around.  We already have a beautiful gift from God, our precious daughter Gia.  So where am I as a women living in the infertile world? 75% of the time I am in a good place and just greatful for my girl.  The other 25% of the time there are random times/thoughts/comments that make me wonder IF? WHEN? HOW? will it all happen (another baby that is). 
People are nosey and geniunely interested as to when a married coupld will start adding children to their family.  I am one of those people! BUT I also try to step lightly into those questions as I never want to make a woman feel the way others have made me feel.  Oh you know the comments...

"You know your peak fertility is 27, you better hurry up"

"Once you stop nursing you are the most fertile"

"Just get pregnant and then your other child will wean off breast feeding"

"Im sure you will be fine, just relax"

Those are just some of the comments that replay over & over from time to time in my head.  And yes these are comments that have been said by friends & family.  Well here's the fact friends... 

1.Peak fertility is the least of my concerns, instead my concern is making sure my thyroid levels are in check

2. You might have been most fertile when you stopped nursing but you were probably also pretty fertile right when you got pregnant...not the case for me!

3. As you know thats not something I can just make happen

4. of course just sit back and doing nothing will make you pregnant

Next time you have a friend or family member that you start asking about when they are going to grow their family - step lightly and in love!  When they saying we are trying.  Pray for them! And just listen because you might have no idea what its like to be a young woman desiring for a baby yet can't seem to achieve pregnancy on their own.  

An Extra Day

Kevin & I were both off work today which meant we had an extra day added to our weekend!  We did lots of things yet felt so relaxed and nice to enjoy time just the 3 of us. 

Friday evening started off with a last minute date night.  By last minute I mean at 3 Kevin sent me a text asking if I wanted to go out to dinner just the 2 of us.  I quickly asked my Mom if they were free that evening for some company and to my surprise they were.  So operation make it all happen in an hour was in progress with 2 little ones along for the fun...diaper bag packed, dinner for G, wash hair, make up on, change clothes, blow dry/style hair, change a few diapers & entertain some cuties!  Kev & I headed to Hibachi for dinner and then did a little shopping afterwards. 

Saturday morning I was blessed with some extra sleep from my wonderful husband.  Rolling over and realizing its 10:30 was delightful and then to top if off I walked downstairs to breakfast from our favorite bagel shop!  During the afternoon we headed to the outlets. 

Sunday was the usual ...church, lunch and football.  Bonus one of Kevin's friends came over to watch the 49ers game.  Then my parents came over for the first half of the Ravens game. 

Extra Day Monday...grocery shopping in the morning and then the rest of the day was spent at home laughing and having fun with our perfect little family.  I even had time to re-arrange the family room, our bedroom and put LOTs of loads of folded laundry away finally !

And now the evening is winding down with The Biggest Loser, wonderful smell of a yankee candle and my gorgeous hubby sharing the couch with me :)
Here's to the work week!

Change of Pace

 

After Gia was born I was able to stay home on maternity leave for 10 weeks.  And Oh how I loved every minute of it.  It was happy valentines to me as I waltzed back into work at the Y.  I missed those kids who I had had in my program every school year & summer for 4 and 5 years.  But the business aspect & upper management part was not missed once!  I survived heading back to work knowing that my girl was spending her mornings being loved on by Papa, Nana & Uncle Joey and the afternoons with Uncle Noah & Nana.  Kevin was home by 4:15 everyday so the evenings were daddy-daughter bonding time.  While everything was going just fine, Mama wasn't okay.  Early mornings & Late nights at work had mama in need of a change.  By mid March many dinner conversations were focused on "how can we make this work?"  And the answer...Home Daycare.  So we began the journey to licensed to home daycare.  Having grown up with my mom doing daycare it wasn't something I had ever thought I would do BUT after much prayer and consideration my heart knew it was the right thing to do.  I finished the school year and ended my 10.5 year Y career on the last day of summer camp.  It was a bittersweet day.  The next day we woke up early and headed to Myrtle Beach for a week.  Then 2 weeks later I started back to work at HOME!  I first started watching an 8 week old baby on Thursdays & Fridays.  Then a month later I added to the mix my best friends 2 kids every afternoon. Then the following month added another friend on Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays.  We have been very blessed with this opportunity and thankful that the Lord continues to show us he will provide during our times of need as we must trust him!

I'm Back!

It has been forever since I have blogged!  I have still been following along on friend's blog post but took a step back from my own blogging BUT today I'm changing that!  With my last post I announced that a little girl would be joining our world and that she did!  December 2011 she was "evicted" and every day since then has been a blessing.  Not a day goes by that my girl doesn't put a smile on my face and warm my heart.  I now have the best name in the world...Mama :)

Our precious little one!

Just about 20 weeks along and everything is looking wonderful!  Last week we had our anatomy ultrasound and it was music to my ears to hear that our little baby was perfect and healthy.  We did want to find out the gender but that was just the little cherry on top compared to seeing all of the little one's organs & body parts complete and functioning :)   We were completely surprised during the ultrasound to hear the gender.  It was neat because I actually said what it was before the sonographer was able to.  She built it all up by talking about everything we had seen so far during the scan of our baby and then she told us that she saw 3 lines which I knew is what they looked for to determine that it was a little GIRL.  It was a very sweet moment :) 

 

We can't wait to meet Gia at the end of November/early December !

She was quite stubborn throughout the entire scan causing it to take longer than normal but look what she showed us right at the end...

So may say she is saying "hi" but considering her parents we are going to say she was telling us to stop and that she had had enough of the picture taking ;)

Upgrades...

About 2 weeks after we moved in we replaced this nasty sliding glass door with the help of 2 amazing friends from church who spent a good part of their Saturday at our house! 

We love our new french doors!  (sorry for the poor quality picture)

House Tour

Welcome to our new home!

Entry way/foyer

living room

Kitchen & Dining Room

Bathroom on main level

Master Bedroom

 

smallest "extra" bedroom

Guest Bedroom

Office (in basement)

Family room/basement

There is also a backroom workshop, laundry area and full bathroom in the basement that didn't seem to make it into the photos.