I'm so excited it worked out perfectly for a visit. Here is a picture from our last visit with Chad & Krable.... our favorite Iowa-anians! ;)
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
How Fun!!
After planning our consultation with the new fertility center in St. Louis for April 22, my mother-in-law reminded me how close our best buddies lived. SO, after a phone call they are coming to join us for a weekend getaway!
I'm so excited it worked out perfectly for a visit. Here is a picture from our last visit with Chad & Krable.... our favorite Iowa-anians! ;)
I'm so excited it worked out perfectly for a visit. Here is a picture from our last visit with Chad & Krable.... our favorite Iowa-anians! ;)
Friday, March 18, 2011
ALMOST . . . .debt free
I just spoke with Nissan and they received our payoff check and have mailed a whopping $3.00 refund of an overpayment and the car title!!
How exciting!!! We are big Dave Ramsey fans, especially after his LIVE event we attended in March!! Of course, I'm the nerd and love spreadsheets, and Cody is not a spender; but more of a laid back dude who doesn't get involved in finances. ;)
Together we are working towards a goal. Being DEBT FREE!!!! We are almost on Baby Step 3; we are cash flowing his school tuition and another round of IVF (hopefully with grant money)!
How exciting!!! We are big Dave Ramsey fans, especially after his LIVE event we attended in March!! Of course, I'm the nerd and love spreadsheets, and Cody is not a spender; but more of a laid back dude who doesn't get involved in finances. ;)
Together we are working towards a goal. Being DEBT FREE!!!! We are almost on Baby Step 3; we are cash flowing his school tuition and another round of IVF (hopefully with grant money)!
Decisions Decisions Decisions
So, I have been pretty at peace the last 5 months (hence the non-blogging) with the fertility drama. However, I could not turn my brain off on Wednesday night and finally fell asleep at 3am to only be wide awake by 6am. Why you ask?! Fertility!!!
In my wee hours of research I found three fertility grants that we are now applying for as well as made an appointment with a new fertility clinic for another "take" on things. So, April 22 we will be heading to St Louis for a consultation, and a long weekend ;)
We are looking forward to talking to the new doctor and setting out a plan of action. And I hope I leave with "HOPE". I am praying that in December or early January the funds will be there to finance another round of IVF.
In my wee hours of research I found three fertility grants that we are now applying for as well as made an appointment with a new fertility clinic for another "take" on things. So, April 22 we will be heading to St Louis for a consultation, and a long weekend ;)
We are looking forward to talking to the new doctor and setting out a plan of action. And I hope I leave with "HOPE". I am praying that in December or early January the funds will be there to finance another round of IVF.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Great Article
I got this from a friends blog...and I just loved this analogy... which reflects many of our feelings through this infertility/adoption journey on which we are on.
By Diane Armitage printed in the April 21, 1995 "Dear Abby" column:
Deciding to have a baby is like planning a trip to Australia. You've heard it's a wonderful place, you've read many guidebooks and feel certain you're ready to go. Everyone you know has traveled there by plane. They say it can be a turbulent flight with occasional rough landings, but you can look forward to being pampered on the trip.
So you go to the airport and ask the ticket agent for a ticket to Australia. All around you, excited people are boarding planes for Australia. It seems there is no seat for you; you'll have to wait for the next flight. Impatient, but anticipating a wonderful trip, you wait--and wait--and wait.
Flights to Australia continue to come and go. People say silly things like, "Relax. You'll get on a flight soon." Other people actually get on a plane and then cancel their trip, to which you cry, "It's not fair!"
After a long time the ticket agent tells you, "I'm sorry, we're not going to be able to get you on a plane to Australia. Perhaps you should think about going by boat."
"By BOAT!" you say. "Going by boat will take a very long time and it costs a great deal of money. I really had my heart set on going by plane." So you go home and think about not going to Australia at all. You wonder if Australia will be as beautiful if you approach it by sea rather than air. But you have long dreamed of this wonderful place, and finally you decide to travel by boat.
It is a long trip, many months over many rough seas. No one pampers you. (Isn't that the truth!) You wonder if you will ever see Australia. Meanwhile, your friends have flown back and forth to Australia two or three more times, marveling about each trip.
Then one glorious day, the boat docks in Australia. It is more exquisite than you ever imagined, and the beauty is magnified by your long days at sea. You have made many wonderful friends during your voyage, and you find yourself comparing stories with others who also traveled by sea rather than by air.
People continue to fly to Australia as often as they like, but you are about to travel only once, perhaps twice. Some say things like, "Oh, be glad you didn't fly. My flight was horrible; traveling by sea is so easy."
You will always wonder what it would have been like to fly to Australia. Still, you know God blessed you with a special appreciation of Australia, and the beauty of Australia is not in the way you get there, but in the place itself.
By Diane Armitage printed in the April 21, 1995 "Dear Abby" column:
Deciding to have a baby is like planning a trip to Australia. You've heard it's a wonderful place, you've read many guidebooks and feel certain you're ready to go. Everyone you know has traveled there by plane. They say it can be a turbulent flight with occasional rough landings, but you can look forward to being pampered on the trip.
So you go to the airport and ask the ticket agent for a ticket to Australia. All around you, excited people are boarding planes for Australia. It seems there is no seat for you; you'll have to wait for the next flight. Impatient, but anticipating a wonderful trip, you wait--and wait--and wait.
Flights to Australia continue to come and go. People say silly things like, "Relax. You'll get on a flight soon." Other people actually get on a plane and then cancel their trip, to which you cry, "It's not fair!"
After a long time the ticket agent tells you, "I'm sorry, we're not going to be able to get you on a plane to Australia. Perhaps you should think about going by boat."
"By BOAT!" you say. "Going by boat will take a very long time and it costs a great deal of money. I really had my heart set on going by plane." So you go home and think about not going to Australia at all. You wonder if Australia will be as beautiful if you approach it by sea rather than air. But you have long dreamed of this wonderful place, and finally you decide to travel by boat.
It is a long trip, many months over many rough seas. No one pampers you. (Isn't that the truth!) You wonder if you will ever see Australia. Meanwhile, your friends have flown back and forth to Australia two or three more times, marveling about each trip.
Then one glorious day, the boat docks in Australia. It is more exquisite than you ever imagined, and the beauty is magnified by your long days at sea. You have made many wonderful friends during your voyage, and you find yourself comparing stories with others who also traveled by sea rather than by air.
People continue to fly to Australia as often as they like, but you are about to travel only once, perhaps twice. Some say things like, "Oh, be glad you didn't fly. My flight was horrible; traveling by sea is so easy."
You will always wonder what it would have been like to fly to Australia. Still, you know God blessed you with a special appreciation of Australia, and the beauty of Australia is not in the way you get there, but in the place itself.
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