OMGoodness, I finally took the shot :)

Today is a very warm sunny Spring day and we are just loving it. Windows open and ahhh ready for Spring :) YAAA

I decided to have some fun today and took a few BELLY pictures :0) lol I can't believe I actually have a belly. Cracks me up. Never thought I would see the day. kee kee kee Hope my little belly comes back to me when this journey is all done.I would be lost without the little thing. lol Enjoy. I bet you will get a good laugh like I did. Here you go:

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Trying to fight off a cold

It's been a long weekend but the weather has been awesome. We are all ready for Spring and things are blooming and Jim has the waterfall going and all that good stuff. Love Spring time.

Jim was sick over the weekend and he spent most of his time downstairs while I stayed upstairs trying my hardest not to catch what he had. I am doing pretty good so far but have a little bit of the throat thing going on. Ugh, not good. But I am doing the whole gargle with salt water thing and it seems to be helping. Hopefully that will be all I will have to do. So not enthused that I may have to take meds if this doesn't work. Just not something I want to do at all if I can avoid it you know.

All is going well in the baby department. So far no issues and I am feeling great. Our doctor told us on Friday that all looks wonderful and whatever I am doing to keep doing it :) We go back in next wed the 25th for our next U/S at which time we are realllllly hoping we might get to hear the heart beat :) I am so hoping we do because that will really make it that much more amazing. Can't wait :0)

The number and pictures are in

Wow, what a long day already. lol Our doctor was running late today of all days. Go figure.

Well, any guesses out there on what the number was???????? We are relieved at the news we received and very happy we don't need to make any difficult decisions. This has put our minds at ease big time. Now I can relax.

We have 1 amazing little one growing all by his or her self and so far our doctor says it all looks wonderful. The lining is in great healthy shape and the yolk sac was very visible. This is a great sign now mind you :) We also learned that in IVF time line we are 5 1/2 weeks pregnant right now. YAAAAAA I was really excited to hear that news. We go back on March 28 at 9:00 AM for our next ultrasound at which time we should actually hear the heartbeat. Can I just tell you that that day will be the most amazing EVER!

Jim asked our doctor what their success rate was for this cycle group that we were in and he said it was 67%. That is just amazing. They are just so wonderful and do such amazing things there. So glad a friend referred him to us way back when. They have all made a world of difference in our journey by far.

I am attaching photos from today. 1 will show the yolk sac and the one that has the 3 white arrows in like a circle.....those are pointing to the actual BABY itself. It is just so darn cool. I cried..but this will be pretty common as this journey continues :) lol

Enjoy. Thanks for all the well wishes and prayers. They all mean so very much to us. We are just so happy and feel so blessed for all of you and for our miracle to be :)

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Tomorrow is the BIG day........

I am trying to keep myself busy and not thinking about tomorrow morning. Not and easy thing to do so I have been finding out.

We have our first ultrasound at 8:30 in the morning and I just know I am not going to sleep. But then again maybe I will since last night I didn't sleep much at all. We just want to know the answer to the one question that runs through our minds all the time since we heard the amazing words..YOU ARE PREGNANT!....How many? :) Hopefully our mind will be put at ease and all will go fantastic.

To add to all this anxiety Jim is getting a really bad cold and he sounds miserable. I have been advised to keep my distance, wash my hands as much as possible and all that good stuff. I feel bad because he is sick and I can't do much to take care of him right now :( snif. I have changed the sheets on the bed and Jim will be sleeping downstairs tonight. Basically...he is downstairs and I am upstairs. Sigh, this all just stinks right now. If he is still feeling this way tomorrow he may stay home and I will be going to the US by myself. That makes me sad to think he might not be there but me staying healthy is key right now. Hopefully it will pass through and he will be feeling better tomorrow. I will be praying that is the case.

I wrote a letter to our little one (s) to be

I had an idea today for a fun page to make for our pregnancy Scrapbook. So, as my brain started racing all over the place I decided to sit down at the computer, after I made sure I cleaned my house first lol, and started just typing away.

I wrote a letter to our little one (s) to be and I have asked Jim to write one as well. I was amazed at what went through my head and all of what I wanted to share with this little one or ones. They are truly a miracle in our hearts and our eyes and the love I have for this amazing gift is just overwhelming. I didn't know it was possible to love this much so early in the process but I do and I can't deny that I don't. I don't want to deny it in any way. It is here, it is happening and it's up to me to do all I can to make sure I eat healthy, take it easy, and keep them as safe as I possibly can.

I am enjoying every second of this journey and I don't think the smile I have on my face will ever go away. I just feel so blessed and so loved to have this once in a lifetime chance. There was a time when I had accepted that having a child of our own was not meant to be. I remember the heartache, the anger, frustration and the so many questions without answers. When we learned we had a chance to try, thank goodness insurance, we never hesitated to take the chance and run with it. Glad we did and we are so thankful for the wonderful doctor and his staff that we are working with. We are in the best of hands and every day we are one step closer to holding our little one and watching him/her grow.

Never give up on a dream....You never know when it just may come true.

I have been having fun today

Well, what is one to do when she has the whole house to herself, minus the fur babies of course??????????? Hmmm, that's right...SCRAP till I can't scrapbook anymore. lol

I found a really cool scrapbook store out by us and just had to go check it out. They had lots of cool things I had not seen before and lots of fun ideas. It amazes me how much new stuff they have out to make things with and I have no clue how any of it works. I so need to get in for some classes to see what all this fun cool stuff really does. Someday soon maybe :) Here is the link to the newest pages if you would like to see them :

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Here are some fun photos we took the other day:

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Getting anxious

So today I am just relaxing around the house and just trying to keep myself busy. My brain is still on over drive of course and never stops.

I so wish it were Friday morning as this is the big day we will find out how many little ones we actually have growing right now. I tried to change our appointment to Thursday instead but they were all booked :( snif. The not knowing is driving me crazy. Hoping they give us good news but worried if we get the news that we aren't prepared for ya know. Thinking positive and hoping for the best.

I have an idea for another scrapbook page but I need to find a really cool background paper to use and just haven't found it yet. Ugh, but maybe tomorrow when I go do a return I'll look and it will just be there...lol, you never know :)