Today the hub and I are celebrating SIX years of marriage! Woo hoo! I cannot believe it's been six whole years... it just flies by. I know everyone says that, but it really does. We had an anniversary-day-o-fun-on-a-budget yesterday and had a blast. Well, until the part where Florida kicked our ass yesterday. Not pretty.
But even more amazing, today is also my parents' wedding anniversary and they are celebrating 40 years of marriage! Wow! What an amazing testament that is to us and I'm so proud. They are up in Asheville at a cabin all week for a little anniversary getaway. So happy anniversary wishes all around!
Hope everyone is enjoying this extra hour today... I am LOVING it. I really needed it. Last week was a total whirlwind.
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- I grew up (and still live) in Atlanta suburbia.
- I'm a Georgia Bulldog! I met my husband at UGA in Geology 110 and the rest is history.
- I'm a CPA, working as a tax professional at a local firm. But I'm also very creative and artistic. I use both sides of my brain.
- I'm a Christian and I like to talk about God stuff.
- My husband and I are smack dab in the middle of working our way out of debt. We drive old cars and brown bag it.
- I'm a huge Dave Ramsey fan, so if you don't like him, I'll probably annoy you.
- I love to talk about money and I love helping people with money problems. I'm working towards becoming a personal financial counselor/mentor through our church.
- We have two dogs, Belly - an 11yr old border collie mix, and Gertie - a 6yr old lab/pit mix. They're our little loves!
- We are members of Buckhead Church and volunteer as 2-to-1 mentors (the church's premarital program).
- My husband and I started TTC our first child in November 2005. After a long battle, we finally gave birth to our son, Samuel Nolen, in January 2012!
- I want to write a book on my struggles with infertility. And I talk a lot about our journey on this blog, but in no way do I let my infertility define me. This is not an infertility blog; I just want to be an encouragement to others fighting the good fight!
- I absolutely love life and wouldn't trade our journey for the world. The struggles we have faced have made me the person I am today.
I like to talk about...
Infertility ain't for wimps.
- Jan 12 - Samuel Nolen arrived! Now the journey really begins!
- May 11 - IVF Cycle #2 (FET) -- BFP!
- Apr 11 - Starting Lupron for first FET cycle in May
- Jan 11 - Surgery #3 - septum successfully removed! Residual deemed "clinically insignificant."
- Dec 10 - Enjoying the holidays while gearing up for a 3rd surgery in January. Planning to do a frozen IVF cycle in May.
- Nov 10 - IVF Cycle #1 (+ Moo Goo) - chemical pregnancy
- Sep 10 - IUI Cycle #4, on Femara (+ Moo Goo) - BFN
- May 10 - Trying acupuncture/herbs/diet for 3-6 months. I call it my Moo Goo plan.
- Aug 09 - IUI Cycle #3, on Femara - BFN
- Jul 09 - IUI Cycle #2, on Clomid - BFN
- May 09 - IUI Cycle #1, on Clomid - chemical pregnancy
- July 08 - Decided to cool our heels for a while on TTC. Not preventing anything, but not quite ready to move forward.
- May 08 - My OB/GYN recommended acupuncture. Definitely going to try this in conjunction with IUI/IVF when we're ready.
- Apr 08 - Still on doctor hiatus and TTC on our own. Trying to figure out which cycle we'll start our first IUI on... prob May or June.
- Jan 08 - For many reasons, we decided to wait on IUI and try on our own for a few months. On Clomid for this cycle...
- Dec 07 - The hub's boys are a bit low volume-wise, so RE wants to move forward with IUI.
- Nov 07 - RE set out a plan for us: Try on our own for 3 mos, then move to Clomid and IUI for 3 mos. If no luck, we move to IVF.
- Oct 07 - Had a follow-up HSG, which showed there is still a small, residual septum (so not quite all of it was removed).
- Sep 07 - Surgery #2 - Septum is successfully removed. Minimal traces of endo. were found and removed.
- Aug 07 - Depot shot #2. And the hot flashes insued...
- Jul 07 - RE started me on Depot Lupron shots for the purpose of softening the uterine tissue for surgery #2 (although the shots are typically given to treat endo.)
- Jun 07 - Surgery #1 - Stage III endometriosis discovered and removed, ovarian cyst removed; "weak area" discovered on my uterine wall - septum couldn't be safely removed
- May 07 - more and more bloodwork, a renal ultrasound (to make sure I have two kidneys - and yay, I do); surgery is scheduled
- Apr 07 - We meet with the fertility specialist (RE) for the first time
- Mar 07 - MRI confirms that I have a septate uterus
- Feb 07 - HSG shows uterine abnormality
- Feb 07 - My progesterone levels are reportedly low, I start taking supplements; the hub has his boys tested and they look fine
- Jan 07 - start initial infertility testing with my OB/GYN
- Nov 05 - Dec 06 - TTC with no luck
- Nov 05 - off BC
- Nov 02 - The hub and I get married!
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21 comments:
Happy Anniversary!
Happy anniversary!!! That's great that you get to share anniversaries with your parents. It's almost the same with us as well. We were married 9 years on 10/23...my parents celebrated 44 years of marriage one day later.
Congratulations to you and your parents, wishing you all many more years of healthy wedded bliss!!!
Congrats!!! I hope you have a wonderful anniversary!!
So sad about the dawgs :(
The extra hour was great.
Too bad we could not have sprinkled some magic fairy dust over Jacksonville yesterday - that one hurt. OUCH!
I forgot the whole reason I sent a comment and then did not post it.
Happy Anniversary Betty!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!
Happy, Happy, Happy 6th Wedding Anniversary to you and the Mr! And a Very Happy, Happy, Happy 40th to your P's!
We just celebrated our 10th a couple weeks ago.
As for the Gator / Bulldog game...I am sorry for your team's loss, but very happy for my team's win. It just broke my heart to see Tebow so sad after the loss earlier this year. Cannot have that boy sad again...
Happy Anniversary!
6 years, congrats! hope it's special!!
Happy "A" Day! You even got an extra hour of sleep for a present ;)
Congratulations to you and your parents! I wish you all many more years together!
i just found your blog and love it! happy anniversary...
Congrats on 6 years, here's to many, many more!
Happy anniversary too both you and your parents!!
Happy Anniversary! I appreciate you sharing this extra hour with the rest of us on your special day. How 'bout giving us an extra hour everyday (during the night time sleeping hours of course!)
Happy Anniversary (a day late) to you/hunny and your parents. May the year ahead be wonderfully blessed for you all.
Happiest Anniversary Wishes to you and your 'rents!! I can't believe it was six whole years ago! Feels like yesterday!
OMG that game was pathetic. Why even show up!
Congrats!!!!
Congrats!
Happy Anniversary to both you and your parents.
:)
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