I hope we all have a date!!

My Two Potential Babies!

These are not two lop-sided boobs :), but a picture of the two embryos that we transferred. The way they grade "good quality" embryos is B1, B2, B3 and so forth. The doctor said they rarely have B1 embryos and both of these are B2!! The two that we were going to use in January were not even to the "B" stage, which is not good. The dark spots in the middle are the actual cells that will "hatch" from the surrounding shell and attach to the uterine lining.

This black and white picture is what a quality embryo looks like. Though my picture is taken further away, they have similar quality!! :)

I changed the quote on the front page to somewhat go along with how I'm feeling about the process. I am VERY hopeful that things will work out this time. I do have to be prepared for disappointment, but I must say that I am really full of hope. I know that I shouldn't think or rely on "Divine Intervention", but I truly feel that the faith and prayers of my family have made it possible for me to make it this far. I love all of you more than you'll ever know!!

October 23rd already???

Has this month been totally crazy for everyone? I swear, I haven't had a day to relax in weeks! Hopefully things will calm down now that we've decided to rent our house. At least I can stop decluttering for awhile. Anywho...

Here's a look at what I did for card group last night. I only had the ladies make the Be Grateful card. I made a bunch of these 3x3 cards to give to people in November just to say thanks for whatever. Perhaps some of you will actually get one!!

One of the ladies turned 30 yesterday so I made this sucker tin for her. I know it's not real cutesy, but I wanted it to feel like it's in mourning. I filled the bottom with chocolates to hold the sticks in place. I'll try this again when I have more time to work on it. (Maybe for Kathy's big five-0!!)

My Birthday Boy!

I told Karie I would show the b-day decor.
I was pretty proud of my pirate cake!
Luke loved the pinata & boy can he swing! :)
What is a special day without Poppy?
Blowing out the candle...a few times!

When we ask Luke how old he is, he crosses his two fingers and says
"two-a"...so cute!

Thank you to everyone for making this a fabulous evening! We love you!!

My Everything

I have been feeling a bit overwhelmed lately with the weight of the difficulties we have been facing over the past year. It is easy to forget all the good times that we experience day to day. I was inspired this morning to go through some of my photos and look for pictures that showed us together as a family and it was such a lift to my spirits. Here is what I came across. How can I not feel blessed.

NEED YOUR PRAYERS

I usually only like to post fun things but this time I, or rather Randy, could really use your prayers. I like to pretend that everything is great and somehow my mind tells me that if I pretend long enough it will be just that. You can imagine how annoying that must be at times to the people I live with. Randy tries to support me in my view on life by telling me what I want to hear. Well here I go. Everything is not great. Randy is still experiencing unending pain. We had really hoped that the surgery would be the answer. The Doctor from Colorado told us when we called him last that the pain could go on for weeks or months. In the meantime his doctor here doesn't want to hear any more about it and is only concerned with weaning him off the medications. So tomorrow we start the battle all over again. The doctor at the previous pain clinic has moved and so we have to start over again with a new clinic.

It has been so hard on Randy, I wish I could understand completely how he feels. I love him so much and it is difficult to see him so miserable with no way to help him. The only thing I know to do now is to pray for him and he could use your prayers as well. As I listened to Kaylee's prayers tonight I just know that our Heavenly Father must hear her. After all, before asking to bless her Dad she thanked him for "every speck of dust on the face of the earth".

Enough for now. Thank you for always being there for us. I love you all!