Everything 2 Me

“A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes.” - Mark Twain I’ve always taken the process of naming something very seriously… my childhood pet cat, our two dogs, our son… we even named our cars when I was a kid.  I think names ...

Making Our House a Home…

When we purchased our house in 2003, it was a crazy time in the housing market. Houses were selling in a day, multiple offers were being made on most houses, bidding wars were common place… there was no reasonable expectation of walking into a house (at least in our price ...

Catching a glimpse…

On January 16, 2009, the day after we returned home from Disney World, I went in for my 24 week check up.  The vacation had been exactly what John and I needed.  We enjoyed having some time together to just relax, celebrate the exciting change that was about to take ...

Breaking the news

The next morning, I woke up feeling a little better.  It was Christmas Eve and I wanted to focus on the day’s celebrations rather than the pain that I was feeling deep inside.  I was beginning to cope with the news that I had been wrong in my assumption that ...

Womb with a view

On December 23, 2008, John picked me up after work so that we could go to the ultrasound together.  We had time to have some dinner together before heading the appointment, so we decided to stop at Panera Bread.  As we tried to eat (though neither of us ate much ...

To know or not to know… that is the question…

All through the first trimester, I had felt like I was literally counting down the days until it was over.  The combination of fear, sickness and the difficulty of keeping the secret was a bit overwhelming.  I had heard so many people talk about how wonderful the second trimester of ...

And the new waiting began…

My first trimester was a bit challenging.  I really can’t complain too much because I know lots of moms who have gone through far more difficult pregnancies than what I did, however… it still wasn’t a walk in the park.  I was trying so hard to conceal my pregnancy, at ...

Could our dream come true?

We didn’t give up trying to have a baby of our own.  I had always said that whenever we decided we were ready to have kids, that we would likely be the couple that would just “let it happen” and that I couldn’t imagine actively “trying” to get pregnant.  Any ...

Should we travel a new road?

As we struggled to get pregnant, our earlier conversations about adoption began to resurface.  We talked about different treatment options for the infertility issue, and while we desperately wanted a biological child, we knew that invitro fertilization wasn’t going to be an option we would choose.  We have several friends ...

Beginning our journey towards parenthood

For as long as I can remember, John and I have known that we eventually wanted to have a family.  We never really knew when we’d be ready… we didn’t get married and have a “5 year plan” or anything like that.  We just figured that at some point, we’d ...