It's a girl!!!

pause.... ask the doctor to look again.... confirm.... ok now we can get excited....it's official. this is one of those milestones that was hard for me to wait patiently for. not that we had a preference one way or the other....but now, knowing, we can discuss names...i can visualize what she might look like...we can stop saying things like "he or she" and "the baby" whenever refering to her... it just brings a new "reality" to the table. of course if the doctor is correct (can they be wrong at this point?) then this makes Mike's father's "boy" prediction the very first time he has been wrong. he's had a 5 for 5 record so far. what is up with me not being able to keep a secret???? hee hee.

Pizza is becoming synonymous with...

We're pregnant!!!! Lynn was the first one to invite the family over for pizza in order to spring the awesome news that LZ was on his way... and Mike and I are very excited to extend the same "invitation" to announce our own baby. ~Savanah actually made the announcement....calling herself a "big sister" and waiting for everyone to put it together. =-) ~ I can't explain how good it feels to share the news. I believe that some may have known that something was going on and certainly everyone knew that we wanted to be pregnant....but up until now it has been such a private matter. The hundreds of shots, the many many appointments, the nervous giggles and yes, the tears.... and all while keeping a poker face. I'm looking forward to the next chapter being much more fun... 10 weeks 2 days and our peanut is doing great!

Something incredible is waiting to be known.

Soon enough I hope to be able to share our wonderful news.

say blastocyst ... ok cheese may be easier

This picture to the right may not look like much to you ... but it represents an enormous amount of love and quite a bit of commitment to Mike and I. What you see are two beautiful 5 day old embryos. Our embryos. They are actually called "blastocysts" once they reach this point. (150 cells or so) You probably already know, to some degree, that due to complications (scar tissue) from previous surgeries i've had, that both of my fallopian tubes have been rendered "unpassable" and that IVF is/was our only reasonable option for having children. That is probably way too much information...i apologize...i just wanted to offer some background as to how we got booked on this voyage.

You have no idea....no wait...."I" have no idea

i can not even pretend to know what i am doing on here.... i know what i'd like for it to become...but i have a feeling it is going to be a long road to get there. stay tuned!