Tomorrow is the Start of a New Journey

So I went to the RE today for a suppression check to make sure my ovaries are "quiet" as they like to say. Everything looked good and my bloodwork came back quiet too so I start my shots tomorrow morning! One shot of 225 of Follistim in the morning and then one shot of 225 of Menopur in the evening. My next check at the doctor is next Wednesday. Shockingly I am not nervous at all! I am just really excited to get started, it's so strange how good I feel about everything. I just know it's going to work, it just has to.

Dear God,
Please watch over us as we begin this new journey in our lives. You have blessed us so much already!
Love,
Bob, Alicia and Adam

Pictures of Adam's Birthday

I finally downloaded the pictures from Adam's birthday and funny enough I don't have a single picture of the birthday boy! Luckily, I know my mom was taking a ton of pictures so I'll just need to get them from her. But here is some pictures of his cake, some cookies I made and the decor. I loved how everything turned out!

I'm Back

So hopefully I don't have anymore computer issues for awhile!

Let me update you on the past month.

At the beginning of December we went to Walt Disney World with my parents. It was a blast! Seeing Adam get so excited over everything was so much fun! His face when he saw Mickey is something I will never forget! We had that we were celebrating his 2nd birthday on our reservation and they did something special at every dinner - it was so awesome! Seeing Disney at Christmas has always been on my bucket list and it didn't disappoint at all! Here are just a few of the pictures....

On the 17th we celebrated Adam's birthday! Can you guess what the theme of his party was - yes Mickey! Everything turned out so cute for his party! I don't have the pictures downloaded yet but as soon as I do I'll post for you because the cake turned out so cute! His party was so fun now that we are in Michigan all of my husband's side of the family was there and my family came in town - so we had quite a large group!

Christmas was good. We spent both Christmas Eve and Day with my family! It was fun to have the entire family at my parent's house on Christmas morning. We stayed there for a few days after and then came home for New Year's where we just had a low key night at home.

Now we are gearing up for IVF #2!!!! We just went to the doctor today to go over everything - I will be starting the stimulating drugs one week from today! My egg retrieval will be on or around January 23rd and the embryo transfer 3 to 5 days after that! So lots of prayers that in October of 2012 we will be bringing home another member of our family!

Another Computer Bites the Dust

So my husband's old back up computer that I was using when mine crashed now has a virus, so I haven't been able to use it for a while - that's why no updates from me. I am at my parents now but don't have any pictures on here so hopefully by the end of next week we'll have a new one and I can update on our trip to Disney, Adam's 2nd birthday and my upcoming IVF!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Stay Tuned....

We just got back from Disney yesterday and I want to post everything about the trip and pictures but I am trying to unpack and get ready for Adam's 2nd birthday this weekend - so as soon as I can, I will update on everything!

Quick Picture Update

So I took my laptop to the Geek Squad and they were able to save all of my pictures and videos onto a external hard drive. I LOVE them. My computer is shot but I am using on of my hubby's old ones for now until we find a good sale on one, which I am sure with the holidays coming up might not be a problem.
I started really Christmas shopping this week, my goal is to have it all done before Thanksgiving because we are busy every weekend in December and I know at the beginning of January we will have a ton of money going out the door for IVF #2!
Speaking of that, I feel so good about it already. We joined a gym and I have been working with a trainer, my last sessions are next week. But I feel like I am really getting my body in good shape and ready to go for this IVF. When we did the first one I was over weight and not in shape at all - so I am hoping this will only help. As soon as I start stims I am going to stop working out but until then I am going to keep going. And God willing if I do get pregnant I will be in better shape this time and take care of myself better so that I am not as big as when I had Adam.
Here is a picture of Adam on Halloween - he wouldn't wear the ears that came with the costume and he only had these ears on long enough for a picture but he was still the cutest Mickey. Then the other picture is from Adam's 1st Hockey Game.

Halloween

We had so much fun this year! Adam really got the whole Trick or Treating thing down and he said Thank You at each house without prompting! I was such a proud Mommy with that! He wore a Mickey Mouse costume and was so dang cute! I would post pictures but they are on my laptop and it crashed yesterday! I am praying that when we take it to the repair place today they can get all of my pictures and videos off of there -they start from the day when Adam was born and I never backed them up (I know - bad, bad, bad)! I have been praying and praying that these can be recovered, at this point I don't care what it will cost me.

Last night we went to Adam's 1st Hockey Game! He really seemed to like it. He got a puck and was on the jumbo tron - so much fun! Hopefully in a couple of days I can post pictures! Please cross your fingers that I can get these files!