Christmas Party

This past week, we got together with our close friends for a little Christmas party at 50th Street Caboose! Our kids all get along so well and we had a great evening! Little gifts were exchanged and we enjoyed a delicious meal. It was a fun evening and I absolutely feel blessed for our wonderful friends in Lubbock!

Only the best news ever...

We met with our fertility specialist this past week...and the news was GREAT!

We are NOT out of the loop on having another baby!!!! That is an early Christmas present in itself :)

I will have to have a couple of surgeries, be on a few antibiotics and get on some medication to get my thyroid functioning again, but in the end, our doctor feels as though we still might have a chance at birthing another baby! I can't help but cry even as I write this...

I will continue to update as we go through this process. I have complete hope I will get to post a "I am Pregnant" blog soon!

I cannot even explain what a relief Justin and I have felt since this appointment. When we got into one of the rooms we had to do testing in, our specialist had me look at a wall. It was a gigantic cork board filled with pictures of families. She looked me right in the eyes and said, "every single one of these families were told they couldn't have kids again, and they all have 2 or more." I had chills shoot through my entire body. I started to cry, and the only words I could mutter were, "God bless you." I was so overwhelmed I didn't know what else to say or do?! She told me I would need to "trust" her and do everything she asked of me and she would help us get there. I was impressed with how much knowledge she had. She knew everything about our past. Every miscarriage, surgery, hospital visit etc. She was literally on top of everything in our medical history.

In the mean time, we are enjoying our Christmas holidays! We just recently had a fun Christmas party for Luke & his friends. (Pics to come!) We are in NM now celebrating an early Christmas weekend with all of Justins family. Life is good this holiday season.

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and many blessings to come in 2012~

Puppy Love

This is DIRK!

My parents dog, Kandice, passed away this past year. My parents got her when I was in the 8th grade. She was a part of the family forever and it was very hard when she passed away. In our families, dogs are a part of our family unit. Even for us, Jeter & Jaclyn travel with us, even though they are huge, they are still house dogs. Their puppy beds are as big as our King bed (almost!). Needless to say, picking out a new family member is a pretty big decision.

One night while we were discussing family Christmas presents, Luke said, "I want Nanny and Poppi to have a puppy. It's to quiet there now." I had been thinking the same thing for a bit of time now and when he said that, it was the perfect idea, Nanny & Poppi are getting a puppy for Christmas!!!

We did a lot of looking, some house visits with breeders, looked at some local pet shops. Then, I found an ad for a half lab, half german shepard. I went to the families home and as soon as I saw this little guy, I was sold. I was probably there 15 minutes total. He was exactly what we had been looking for! He is funny, bouncy, full of puppy breath and on his way to being spoiled rotten! He is staying with us until we go to DFW for the holidays. Part of their present is we are training Dirk. So, its almost as if we have another baby in the house! My alarm wakes me up in the middle of night for potty breaks, we are working on sitting, speaking, house training etc. He is a SMART dog! Luke spilled the beans over a heytell message to Nanny. (Don't you just love 3 years old inability to keep a "secret"?!) But, its fun, we send pictures daily so they can see him!

I can't wait to give my parents this cute, sweet puppy for Christmas! I know he will bring them a lot of laughs and new puppy memories! Luke is being such a big boy about knowing he is going to Nanny's house. We keep reminding him every time he goes visits he will get to see his new friend. He says smart boy things like, "he can help Poppi in the big yard." I am so glad he seems to be okay with that transition. I am sure there will be a few tears shed...but luckily he has a great relationship w/our 2 dogs! He knows those are "his" pups!

Welcome to the family DIRK! You are already so loved :)