Husby and I made a VERY relaxing trip to Texas over this past week. We’re both fortunate to work for companies that shut down for the week of US Independence Day, so we stayed with some friends and spent the majority of the week floating around in their pool. Miracle Read more…
We’re closing in pretty quickly on the time when husby will officially announce that we’re pregnant. Yeah, I know. I’ve been talking about it on this blog for months. But most of my friends and family don’t know about this blog yet. So, now we’re trying to come up with Read more…
I love my husband. He balances me out in a lot of ways. He’s also such a planner that he makes me feel like I’m a wild-haired rebel as I carefully organize my closet by cut and color. He’s been buying parenting books lately and we’re both looking forward to Read more…
This morning, our baby apps told us that our little one is the size of a strawberry. Another said a date. Another said a walnut. Strawberry is obviously the best, but the walnut app also said baby weighs the same as a hummingbird. This appointment was also the last of Read more…
This post is procrastination. Since husby and I started down this path, we’ve been really open with our friends and family about the process. More open than a lot of people recommend, frankly. But we feel like it would be beneficial to lots of people if we shared our experience Read more…
On Monday, husby and I went down to Newport Beach for the embryo transfer to our surrogate! They said it thawed out just fine and still looked very strong. And the transfer went off without a hitch! It was actually a really smooth process and we even got to watch Read more…
We learned yesterday that we have SIX euploidic embryos to work with. The genetic testing isn’t complete, but this fact does clear the way for us to start planning the transfer, which should happen about three weeks after our surrogate starts her cycle. This is so incredible that I almost Read more…
Husby is very anxious about our kids trying to cut their own hair. Intellectually, my attitude is that it’s just hair. And kids will almost inevitably cut their own hair at some point and it will be fine. It will grow back. But also, it is hilarious. Also, it is Read more…
When I made the decision to start this blog, I thought I would have tons of ideas about things to post. I follow some parenting blogs and they’re full of stuff. But, honestly, it’s actually pretty tough to think about being a parent when you’re not even imminently going to Read more…
WOW. It’s going to be really tough to stay on topic here at this blog. There are SO many things happening in the world and — like basically everyone on the internet — I have a lot of thoughts and things I want to say. But I am REALLY going Read more…