We started trying to have children in May 2002. After pursuing fertility treatments, domestic, and international adoption, our daughter Nadia Renee was born on 6-24-08 (at 36w4d). IVF #2 resulted in Ian Alexander, who was born on 12-12-09 (at 34w3d). Oliver Elliot (IVF #3) was born on 8-7-12 (at 31w6d)! Three other pregnancies (in 2005, 2007, and 2013) ended in miscarriage. Our family is complete! We are so thankful for our three miracles!
Today we had our third trip to Knoebels (as far as 2011 goes anyhow). Next week I'm planning to take the kids there on Thursday to meet a friend I met online on a ttc discussion board in 2003. She lives in New Jersey. Thus far I've met two women from that site in person - one it turned out only lived about 5 minutes away from me, lol! If all goes as planned next week then I'll have met 3 women in person that I got to know online first. Today I took Gabby (our neighbor who babysits the kids sometimes) as well as one of Gabby's friends. The weather was gorgeous. It wasn't a good day to be at the swimming pool (high about 70), but it was a perfect day to be at an amusement park. I paid $10.50 for a hand stamp for Nadia, and I used a few tickets for Ian and myself. My favorite moment of the day was riding a kiddie roller coaster with Nadia. It was the first time for her to ride that ride, and we both loved it. I will treasure that moment for years to come as I love roller coasters and it was so special to share that experience with her. You couldn't always tell when Ian was enjoying a ride, but then when he'd cry when it was over then I realized - oh he really did like it after all!
Right now Paul is in the backyard playing with Ian, and Nadia is at VBS. It's her first time attending a VBS as previously she was too young. I'm planning on sending her to 3 VBS programs this summer - two in our town and one at our church in August. I'll be helping out at that one. I can't wait to hear what she thought about VBS. I had to start calling it "Bible school" because she kept calling it "CVS" instead of "VBS." Yesterday she didn't sleep (although she was in bed for 2 hours) because she was so excited about the roller skating party. Today I never even put her down for a nap because of our trip to Knoebels, and she didn't fall asleep on the way home because #1 Gabby was in the backseat with her and #2 she was eating a Happy Meal as her dinner as I took her right to VBS on our way home from Knoebels. I can't ever recall her entirely missing a nap two days in a row. Tomorrow I will make SURE she gets a good nap. To make matters worse, she usually is in bed by 8pm and the VBS goes until 8:30 each night this week. Hopefully she'll sleep in a little bit later than usual tomorrow.
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