Update on IVF Cycle #1

So we have been on an emotional roller coaster the last couple of weeks! We had two embryos put in on June 15th. The embryos couldn't have looked any better! On the scale that they are graded one was a 8 cell excellent and the other 8 cell good plus. So instead of doing a day 5 transfer they transferred on day 3. We had 9 more embryos that they were going to grow out until day 5 to see if the would hopefully grow normally and we would have some to freeze. That wasn't the case. For some reason the other 9 didn't make it. While we were a little upset about that news we were still optimistic about the 2 fabulous looking ones that were transferred. One week after the transfer I started to bleed. I called the nurse who told me that bleeding was never a good thing, but there was nothing we could do until 2 weeks after the transfer (this was probably the longest week of my life) I felt so down and just thought how hard this has been and thinking about having to do it all over again! I went in for and HCG blood test that surprisingly came back positive. I was in complete shock! Doug and I were so excited, but still baffled by the bleeding. Since I went in for the blood work a day early the nurse wanted to give it a couple of days and draw my HCG again to make sure that the levels were going up. Indeed the were. That was reassuring. Making us feel a little more at ease. Until yesterday I started to bleed again. I knew this time that this wasn't right and something was definitely wrong. I went in again today for what would have been my 6 week ultrasound, and there was no longer anything there. For some reason the baby stopped growing. It was so hard being in the office while everybody was telling us how sorry they were. I know that their apologies are sincere. It just wasn't the news we were planning on hearing. We have talked about it and are planning on doing another cycle. It should start sometime in September. Please keep us in your prayers. We would love nothing more then to hold a little baby in our arms!

Happy 4th of July

(The girlies watching a movie. Addaly, Abi & Ali)
(Cute kids waiting for the parade! Little Sam's face can' t get any cuter!)

(Isaiah, Addy, & one of the twins! )

(Dancing girls!)

(Aubrey & Fidel)

(Ian and Masey)

(Crazy girls!)

(Isabel & Sierra)

(My little 4th of July Sparkler!)

(Oh Keeg and Kam! Good job with the sparklers!)

(Mom, Addy & I waiting for the fireworks)

(Jackie, Dirk and Addy waiting for the fireworks)

(Daddy and Addaly)

(Mom taking a little snooze before the fireworks!)

We had a blast this 4th of July! It is my second favorite holiday! Because the 4th fell on Sunday we were able to celebrate it all weekend! We started off our festivities on Friday night. We camped out for the Murray parade. It was so fun! The kids had a blast! They watched movies ate lots and lots of treats and ran around like hooligans! Us adults visited and had a blast! The parade was so much fun and the kids got lots of candy! Later in the day it was the twins Abi and Ali's 4th birthday party. We headed back to Murray Park and celebrated with them! We BBQ'd with my family and back to our house to watch the fireworks and eat root beer floats!

The weekend was such a blast! We shared it with fabulous friends and family! Bring on the Days of 47 parade and camping out!

Addaly's "Friend" Birthday Party

(Grandma and Fairy Grandfather Pa!)

(Princess Dirk!)


(Shell and baby Mia)

(Addaly and Kenz rocking out!)

(Coley and Addaly singing their love song!)

(Ciason you gotta love this kid!)

(Shane and his new BFF John)

(Baby Mia)

(Cute Caiden)

(Jax sportin the pinata!)

(Coley and his nice hat!)

(The kids going wild for the candy!)

(Jax just about got it! This kid knows how to hit a pinata!)

(Addaly taking a whack at the pinata! Ultimately it was Kam who broke it! )

(Kenzi going down the slip and slide)

(Doug showing the kids how the slip and slide is done!)

We had Addaly's "Friend" Birthday party last week and it was such a blast! The kids ran through the slip and slide ( some of them were too small to get it, so good thing Doug was there to show them how it was done!) played in the sprinkler toy, hit the pinata, and eat Addaly's favorite dinner "sloppy Joseph's" She was spoiled yet again! She has enough princess stuff to supply a small store! Thanks so much to all of our fabulous friends and family for coming to celebrate with us!