Linking up with Conversion Diary.
1. We're at the in-laws' this weekend for several festivities. However, the first thing that occupied our time upon arrival was letting our Great Dane, Hank, meet their new dog, Dax, a Malamute. This turned into a several hour game of chase for the two dogs. In case you are curious, one Dane and one Malamute is a lot of dog. They're both passed out now which is good as we can all recover from their enthusiasm.
2. Tomorrow is my 11th wedding anniversary. As a special gift to my husband, I've lost my voice and am barely talking. ;-) I jest, but there are probably spouses everywhere who are envious of my husband's good fortune.
3. It seems ironic that after seeing a slate article talking about the potential health hazards of participating in mud runs, namely ingesting dirty mud, that I'll be doing just that tomorrow. A mud run. Not ingesting mud. No thanks, my mouth stays closed! This is sort of an anniversary treat for us, completing a land version of Wipeout accessorized with foam and mud. I know, I know, not what you might chose for an anniversary outting. What can I say? We're weird folks.
4. I am following a local homeschool consignment group on Facebook. Last week I bought my first purchase, our reading book for $6 in brand new condition (normally $22). I was inordinately pleased with my deal. On the other hand, every time someone lists Handwriting Without Tears for sale, it's gone in a flash and I miss it. Seriously, yesterday I viewed a listing that had been claimed two minutes after it was listed. Two minutes! I can't compete with that!
5. We finished our preschool coop this past Tuesday. It is truly amazing how that little group grew together through the year and how much we're going to miss everyone next year. Darn military lifestyle! (All four of us families have active duty husbands; at least two of the four are moving this summer and one is in limbo.). I tried to post a picture, but blogger and the iPad are not cooperating.
6. Sunday we will be celebrating my brother-in-law's college graduation and his military commissioning. Bryan got to commission him last weekend. Pretty sweet deal.
7. My sister is returning from Estonia where she put her National Guard skills to use covering a story on bomb disposal techniques. I'll just let you ponder that one for a moment. There aren't really words I can use to describe that...
And, on that note, have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. Obviously I have a special fondness for our service members, but I think most people will have at least one family member who has sworn to protect and defend our nation, either in the past or currently. Thank you.
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Friday, May 23, 2014
Monday, March 4, 2013
Dare I say we're picking up speed?!?
While I haven't yet received a final yay/nay from our clinic, I think we are now successfully matched with two separate families. Both families are described on the Snowflake Waiting Embryos page - "Sandy and Bryan" and "Kay and Fred". I'm already daydreaming away about what our future children/family will look like. ;-)
We've received word that our taxes are finally being processed by the IRS. Hooray! Our refund is financing the remaining costs of our adoption so I've been getting increasingly antsy. For some unknown reason, student loan interest caused delays in the processing of taxes. However, we're moving once again.
And, in other delightful news, Nightlight has gifted us with a scholarship from their Babushka Fund! So far our current snowflake adoption is shaping up to be about $6k cheaper than last time. Our homestudy was with a different agency this time and MUCH cheaper. We received a credit from Nightlight as a "returning family". And now we've received a scholarship. Yay!
If everything plays out as it is tentatively arranged in my head, then we'll be probably do the embryo transfer sometime the week of May 12. Our plans are to thaw and transfer all of "Sandy and Bryan's" embryos first, since those embryos are older (1998 vs 2003). Best case scenario, we'll have a successful transfer followed by a healthy pregnancy followed by an uneventful birth of one or more children. And then we'll do another transfer with "Kay and Fred's" embryos a few years down the road. Only God knows how things will actually unfold, but I'm praying hard for these little lives!
Random factoid number one: Cora and Mac are our first, and therefore oldest, children (born in 2010). However, since they were created in 2006 versus 1998 and 2003 of the embryos we're hoping to adopt, they'll actually be the youngest of our children. Weird, huh?
Random factoid number two: My tenth wedding anniversary approacheth. Due to events that are likely to take place in May and early June, our special anniversary getaway probably won't occur until late June. We're hoping to go "glamping" here.
Anyway, if you have a moment, look at the pictures. Gorgeous! Peaceful! Expensive, so we'll only be gone a short while. But hey, after a decade with each other, we both deserve a hearty pat on the back and a nice splurge. ;-)
We've received word that our taxes are finally being processed by the IRS. Hooray! Our refund is financing the remaining costs of our adoption so I've been getting increasingly antsy. For some unknown reason, student loan interest caused delays in the processing of taxes. However, we're moving once again.
And, in other delightful news, Nightlight has gifted us with a scholarship from their Babushka Fund! So far our current snowflake adoption is shaping up to be about $6k cheaper than last time. Our homestudy was with a different agency this time and MUCH cheaper. We received a credit from Nightlight as a "returning family". And now we've received a scholarship. Yay!
If everything plays out as it is tentatively arranged in my head, then we'll be probably do the embryo transfer sometime the week of May 12. Our plans are to thaw and transfer all of "Sandy and Bryan's" embryos first, since those embryos are older (1998 vs 2003). Best case scenario, we'll have a successful transfer followed by a healthy pregnancy followed by an uneventful birth of one or more children. And then we'll do another transfer with "Kay and Fred's" embryos a few years down the road. Only God knows how things will actually unfold, but I'm praying hard for these little lives!
Random factoid number one: Cora and Mac are our first, and therefore oldest, children (born in 2010). However, since they were created in 2006 versus 1998 and 2003 of the embryos we're hoping to adopt, they'll actually be the youngest of our children. Weird, huh?
Random factoid number two: My tenth wedding anniversary approacheth. Due to events that are likely to take place in May and early June, our special anniversary getaway probably won't occur until late June. We're hoping to go "glamping" here.
By the way, hubby HATES the word "glamping".
Anyway, if you have a moment, look at the pictures. Gorgeous! Peaceful! Expensive, so we'll only be gone a short while. But hey, after a decade with each other, we both deserve a hearty pat on the back and a nice splurge. ;-)
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