A year since we started IVF
It is so hard to believe that 1 year ago we were prepping for our egg retrieval. My last cycle was Jan 25th and then the shots began! We did our egg retrieval on Feb 15th, 22 eggs were retrieved and 5 days later we transferred 1 beautiful, perfect embryo. 10 of our eggs fertilized and 7 made it to a day 5 blastocyst stage. We almost transferred 2 embryos and more than likely if we would have, we would have twins right now. Then, we found out we were pregnant! It has been the hardest, most amazing journey that we have ever experienced and we are so much more grateful for our baby girl and eachother because of it. The progesterone shots were so extremely painful and the emotional journey was exhausting, but Thank you God, we now have the most adorable, sweet baby girl!
I know we will have to experience a large part of this journey again for #2 and we are excited about that, because we know together we can get through anything. We pray that our FET journey (when we decide to begin) will be just as successful!
6 weeks old!
Wow, time flies. I cannot believe my baby girl is 6 weeks old already. I am a little sad to think my maternity leave is halfway over, but I know it is for “our best”. Meaning- to each is own, but for me and Allan the most important thing for us is that our children have all the opportunities in the world. We want to provide them with a beautiful, loving home, the best schools and if they want to play sports, take acting classes, play an instrument or go to Harvard some day- we want to be able to provide that to them.
Some things I have learned from mommy hood are:
- It is AMAZING! You never can imagine how much you could love someone- and seeing your husband with your baby is the best feeling in the world
- You can never have enough bibs- spit up happens A LOT!
- You think you didn’t sleep while you were pregnant with the frequent pees, but ha, now you really don’t sleep! (Well, maybe not everyone, I am just a really light sleeper and it takes me a long time to fall asleep)
- Trust your instincts- if you think something is wrong with your baby, you are probably right
- You will co-sleep- maybe not for long, but we did it for a few hours every night the first month
- cutting babies nails is super duper frightening- do it at their first nap after bath time while the nails are soft
- Only the socks that are tight around the ankles will stay on- you are wasting money on the rest
- Losing the baby weight is HARD! my whole body still aches from the 9 months of pregnancy and the laboring. I am down 18 and have about 24 more to go, but they are not budging, the 18 came off after the first week just from fluid
Our girl is here- 10.28.11
OMG, these past couple of weeks have been a whirlwind. Our little girl arrived 10/28/2011 at 12:32 pm. She weighed 6lbs15oz and was 19 inches long. She is absolutely perfect in every single way.
Every couple argues…
but lately when we have the littlest spat, I become so emotional, this pregnancy has me like a hormonal wreck. However, me and the hubs always make up and we love eachother more than anything in the world. We haven’t been together forever, but we sure have been through a lot more than some couples ever endure. Our life today isn’t perfect, but it is darn close! I love our life, our family, our home!
3 days till our 2nd baby moon to CANCUN!!
Yay, I am so excited about having some time off work and getting to go to paradise with my hubby and friends. It is especially more exciting now that I know my baby girl Gianna is coming with us. I can’t wait till she arrives and we get to take her on her first beach trip in a little bikini, hat and sunglasses. She is going to be such a doll, I just know it! Continue reading
Fun travel plans for this year
So we have started planning some travel time and I am super excited. First of all we have booked our 1 year anniversary trip in April, which I cannot wait for. We are headed to Ft. Lauderdale for the night, then going to see our nephew for 1 night and then headed back to the spot where we said “I do” last year, the beautiful, serene beaches of Key Largo! Ahhh, I can see us laying on the hammock by the beach now. 
Some fun Pet lover’s facts
Allan and I do ALL of the above, lol, so you know we must really love our dogs, Oreo and Otis.
Love & Marriage- Careers & Success
Success is something that I have talked about a few times in my blog. What it means to me and my husband and the everyday struggles we face of balancing demanding careers with our home life. My husband and I are both very career driven and we have high expectations for our careers, because of this we work very hard and often. Out of our core group of friends we probably work more often than almost all of them, not to say harder, just more often. We not only value our own careers, but eachothers as well, because that is what marriage is all about, right. My husband would never ask him to be a stay at home wife or mom, because he knows how hard I have worked to get where I am and that I have big plans to get even further. I would never set an expectation for Allan to be in bed with me everynight when I fall asleep, because in his industry his career can be even more demanding and I very much appreciate how he balances his time by spending the evenings as a family, then finishing up items later in the night, even though this sometimes allows him very little sleep. Continue reading