on cloud 9!!

So this month just keeps getting better and better.

blood test result were 103 this morning which is a nice strong number yay!!

and I got my acceptance letter for nursing school today.

I can not be happier!!

maybe I can do better now that we have stuff to write about

Let us recap the last year:

April 2008 transfer with negative results
June 2008 transfer with negative results
Oct 2008 transfer with negative results

one last try!

March 14, 2009 transferred 3 embies
March 21 @ 7dp3dt I saw the faintest line

March 22 @8dp3dt this is what I saw

and these

March 23 @ 9dp3dt they just kept getting darker and then I saw this


March 24 (aka today)
they are still getting darker and we have the beta (blood pregnancy test in the morning)

I wanted to immediately call the parents since it was the weekend and I could get them both on the phone at the same time but I wanted to be sure before getting their hopes up, then Sun rolled around and I was still too nervous to call and Mark said to just wait til the beta and let the nurse tell them. I was torn on what to do, so I decided to wait til I got a digital PREGNANT!! But lo and be hold the phone rang before I could test on the digital, it was S and she asked if I was pregnant!! That sneaky woman, had a vision as she laid down for a quiet little nap yesterday that she should get on SMO and check out the stats of getting a bfp at 9dp3dt! She came across my signature which stated oh so boldly that I had gotten many BFP's!!! Not the way I wanted her to find out but boy oh boy her reaction on the phone when I told her that yes indeed we are pregnant!!! was the most beautiful sound I have ever heard.

I later that evening took a digital and you of course have already seen the results of that pee! I tested again this morning and the lines are getting increasingly darker! We have waited for a long time for this and its finally here. I am so very grateful that our prayers have been answered and that I get to help this awesome family to grow!

Thank you S and G for sticking with me and giving me the opportunity to help you! I feel very privalaged to be your surrogate.

Slacking

So i have really been slacking on this blog!

We are moving right along in our new cycle. I had an u/s yesterday and the tech asked if I was transferring in the next few days, I said not really, transfer isn't for 10 more days, she said my lining is good enough to transfer now, lol 18mm already! So, my lining isn't slacking at all. I have had a few dreams the last week that kinda scare me but hopefully they are a good sign that this transfer will work.

Picture of my new niece Ella Jane Long!


We have been very busy finishing up our little projects around the house before our company comes the end of the month. I have been hanging pictures and so forth. I will post pics of the after as soon as it is complete. I have some more wood to stain but it has been raining here for the last 3 days so I can't get all the wood out and done in between rain drops and I am not stinking up the house with fresh stain smell, lol

Kids' first day of no school, has been ok so far but it is only 10am so we shall see if I end up pulling any of my own hair out today or if I can hold out for a couple of more days, lol

baby showers and birthdays

Update on baby afghan I was/am making for my new niece. After searching and calling every store in a 100 minle radius I had given up on the blanket. I couldn't get the exact yarn, I couldn't find solid colors that I could so alternating rows to make it long enought to even be a blanket, so I had given up on the idea of finishing that particular one. We went to Walmart Friday night and Dylan says he is going 2 isles over to look at the yarn, I said don't bother we already checked here the other day. Well, he is stuburn and went anyways, he comes running back saying I found it I found it. And sure enough he found 1 that was kind of tattered and I thought that it was probably brought back and it was the only one they had and it wouldn't be enough anyways. But I walked over with him and on a shelf too high for him to see on, there was a beautiful site, 6 more yarns of the color I needed. yay!!! So, I didn't get the blanket done for the shower that was on Sat but I will finish it for the day she is born to take in to the hospital with me.

Speaking of the shower, it was super nice. I spent way too much money between throwing it and all the gifts I got, and had the kids get and I got something and put my Grandma that just passed aways name on. I made my first diaper cake it came out super cute, I posted a picture of it on SMO and had 2 people private message me for prices because they want me to make them one, lol Here's a pic.



These are the invitations we made for it, they are so stinkin cute


We celebrated Sissy's 4th birthday yesterday, I took a few pics to put in her scrapbook of the cake and some of the presents being opened. Wouldn't you know it, someone must have had my camera and they switched my settings to Tv, dont ask me what it stands for or what it is even used for but all the pics are so dark you can not even tell what they are of, I just wanted to cry when I discovered this, boohoo!

We had a princess cake and she had a little baby shower for her dolls, lol, we got her an umbrella stroller, playpen, floormat/play yard thingy, bouncer chair, diaper bag, my sister got her a new babydoll. She just loves it all. There was a time not so long ago that I was beginning to think she was just gonna always be one of the boys, lol, she wanted nothing to do with dolls (except of course for bunny) she didn't like dresses, etc. But in ht elast 6 months she wants to wear nothing but dresses and she calls herself and princess and loves princesses and now she is playing mommy, its so cute!

meds are here

I got my meds for the next cycle yesterday! Now to wait for May 19th to start actually using them. I got them all organized and ready to go. I feel so good going into this cycle.

I am making a baby afgan for my new niece Ella that is on her way, the babyshower is next Sat. I was only able to buy 3 of the needed 6 yarns the day I went, the store only had 3 and her coloring for the nursery are weird, pinks and browns, so I went with a multicolored yarn with pinks greens and browns to match. I had the lady order the color in for me, guess what!!! It is discontinued, and I already made half the blanket, so I can't take it back and get a different color, and I only have a week left!! AAAAHHHHHH So I am going to take it all out and go out and get a pink that matches the pink in the multicolored yarn and start from scratch, and did I mention I only have a week!! I really want ot have it done for the shower but I guess its not really all that likely at this point!! I will post pics of it when it is completed!

let the cycling begin

I am on day 3 of BCP's. I got my schedule yesterday!! I start Lupron injections again on May 19, I have my list of appointments and have my meds being delivered on May 8th. We will tentatively transfer June 14. I already have a better feeling about this time!! I feel we will have better results this time around.

Other life things going on... Mark has been remodling in the basement. We moved a wall and are putting in a bar to make a family room/entertainment area. I have the job of painting, ugh! Mark doesn't paint! I did the walls yesterday and will be heading down to do the ceiling when I am done here. The ceiling has small wooden beams that were all painted white before I got the idea of painting them to match the woodwork down there. Now I have to tape them all off and paint them without getting the dark brown on the ceiling, ugh! Why did I have to open my mouth? LOL

I have also been very busy crocheting a baby blanket for my coming niece and a cross stitch project with her name on it! Along with doing babyshower things. I guess it is keeping me busy while waiting for the next transfer, so that is good!

pics of my first surrotwins!!

So, I do not hear from my FIP's unless I first email them, I think that if I never emailed them again I would never hear from them again. It's a shame but something I have learned to cope with. I haven't heard a word from them since right before Christmas! I brokedown this morning and emailed them asking how life was and about each of the kids, I briefly told them about our failed transfer and what Spring has been like for us.

My FIM emailed me back briefly that everyone is doing well, babies are growning big (24 and 22 lbs) Still not walking because someone is always holding them and that they are well loved! But she also sent this pic, they are currently on vacation in Florida!

It just melts my heart to see them!! I am so glad, even though we dont have the picture perfect relationship now that I have done my part in bringing them into this world, that I got to be apart of something so wonderful!