Backyard Fun in the Sun

I was ready for one of the them to dunk the other one! Luckily, they are well behaved in the pool.

Dominic and Luke LOVE sliding on their tummies - I told them they look like baby penguins.

Swinging Silly!

We are all set

Our RE appoiontment was great today. Everything is still looking good. So tonight I lower the Lupron and get to start the stims on Saturday.

Pregnancy Guilt

I read an interesting topic today on an infertility blog - pregnancy guilt. At first I thought this topic was a strange one. However after reading the first few sentences, I realized that I had this - and still do to an extent - just now it is "mommy guilt". I still find myself not wanting to attend baby showers and feel a pang of sadness if I run into a pregnant teen or a woman with several children at her feet already. Meanwhile, I feel guilty being a mother since I still have friends and family that are struggling with becoming parents. I suppose once you are a casualty of infertility, those feelings never truly go away - you just become a survivor. So I will say a prayer tonight for those like me that have ART children and long for more, and for those who still have empty arms. We are not alone in our quiet suffering.

Luke cannot be outdone!

Luke worked up the courage 3 weeks ago to trust the life jacket. He is now unstoppable in the water. He has learned to "kick and reach" in order to move around. He is doing so well, that he follows his big kid cousins out to the swim dock. As of yet, he won't jump off - kind of slides in - but I don't think it will take him long.

The boys at the Lake

Here is Dominic enjoying a swim in the lake. The water finally warmed up enough for Mom and Dad to join him! Dominic had a recent BIG accomplishment....He jumped off the swim dock in the middle of cove! Of course he loved it once he realized his life jacket would bring him right back up!

It is time.....

My appointment went really well. My ovaries are at rest - no cysts - just the way they should be. I started the first of many injections last night - gotta love the lupron headaches! I will go back in a week to make sure my estrogen is nearly zero so I can then sky rocket my hormones after that! Here's to a bountiful harvest!