New Year, New Goal(s)

Yay!! A New Year makes a perfect time and easy way to track starting the point for goals!!

     So you can probably guess what our #1 goal is for this year.....drumroll please!
We would love to add a sibling to our awesome family!

So a few things have to happen first. Luckily, it won't cost $24,000- so yay! It is only $4,000 and then some with medication such as progesterone injections to "trick" my body into thinking I am pregnant.
We do not have $4,000 right now but we are intentional about saving to get there! 

     Before we get the money together, I have another goal to get my body ready. The last time I was intentional about losing weight, I lost 30 pounds without even working out, just being mindful of what I eat (feel free to hate me, haha!). It's time to be intentional again! My goal is to lose at least 30 pounds again before we go on the IVF adventure. Sooooo- if you see me eating junk, you have permission to smack it out of my hand. 

 

Losing 30 pounds gives us time to save up- win/win, right?

     Weight was not the problem before and it is not the problem now, but it can't hurt to get healthier! We have been working on getting pregnant without the need for IVF...you hear all the success stories of doing IVF and then getting pregnant naturally after your body "knows what to do." We hoped and tried and held on to that......well, that's not our story and that's okay. I admit I have been holding on to hope that we wouldn't have to go back to transfer embryos. We have embryos in the freezer so we know there are more options.  Another fear thats always in the back of my mind is the miscarriage that we experienced after getting pregnant naturally. I think, what if that happens again... at least with IVF we are controlling the conception part. Our embryos took quite a bit of extra attention to get started so we know that getting the egg and sperm to stay together is the tough part. We know I can be pregnant and stay pregnant for OVER FORTY WEEKS (Thanks Lucy for proving that...). Who knows, maybe after I get pregnant twice, my body might figure out how to do it on its own?

     With Lucy getting all grown on us, I mean she stopped taking a bottle this week, she can practically get a job and drive the car tomorrow, we are ready for baby two! Can you imagine two Lucys??? Ahhh! My heart may explode! 
We do not know the gender of our embryos, so that is still a mystery! There are still exciting pieces of knowing the exact timeline. 

Obviously, she would be a great sister to at least one baby..... <3

15 months and unstoppable!

     It's Christmas time again and Lucy is loving EVERYTHING!!

It is so much fun when everything is exciting and Lucy is trying out new words every second of everyday. She's always been a "talker" but now we understand!

She loves to jump (which is really one foot lifting at a time), run, climb, dance, kiss, hug, high five, give knucks, go up and down stairs, and laugh. She's super active and oh so smart- but nothing surprises us anymore.She can take her shoes and socks off in the car faster than you can say seatbelt. Her favorite lullaby is "Happy Birthday." She craves outside even in the cold, knows most of the animal sounds, has 12 teeth, and goes on adventures daily. She has just enough hair for tiny pigtails or a side pony. She chases the dogs with every intention of riding them...so far they are very tolerant of her antics- and run away...

Lucy stats! 

24 lbs 15 oz- 31.5 inches tall! 

She knows a ton of words but her impressions of dogs that she knows is the BEST! She also insists on calling hats "Hattie" and refuses to say it right, haha! "HoHo" is big in our house right now. Milk, water, up, cheese, fish, night night, eat, go, no, yea, please, tanks, ok, book, read, hug, kiss and most names of people she knows....always right on cue. 

My absolute favorite right now is how she says her name! If you ask her name she will tell you CICI! And its adorable. 

Sorry and so not sorry for picture and video overload. Now that she runs around like a maniac, I catch them when I can and take video when I can't catch her. I am so thankful we live in a time that I can catch these memories as they are happening. I have gone back to my old blogs, pictures and videos and relived those moments until my heart is just bursting. 

We are working on plans for new adventures next year and the good news is that these adventures cost a whole lot less than $18,000. So stay positive with us.. we've got big plans. ;)

Five day embryo, 3 months old and 15 months old. Oh my heart... each a year apart.

Donuts on a Sunday morning. YUM!