What we've been up to

We officially became 'parents' to our embryos last spring.  But we haven't transferred embryos just yet due to the craziness of life.  Since I'm playing catchup, I figured I might as well throw this little recap of 2014 in here:

-We got to meet K & T in person, along with their kids!  This actually happened last January, before everything was set legally.  They happened to come to town to attend the circus, and were open to meeting us for dinner.  I was humbled that they trusted us to meet their kids, and loved every minute of it!  We met for dinner at a casual restaurant near their hotel, and wound up sitting their for hours chatting.  Matt and I couldn't believe the similarities between us and them.  And the kids were champs, entertaining themselves the whole time and chatting with Matt and I like we were old buddies.  They even gave us each a hug when the family was leaving.  I melted!  If there had been any doubts about EA/ED, I think they left this evening!

- We sadly lost Matt's Grandma W. and my Grandpa P. within 2 weeks.  We like to think we have 2 more people up their supporting us and putting in a good word!  But they sure are missed...

With Matt's Grandma at our wedding

My favorite picture of my Grandma and Grandpa

The bright spot: Getting to see all 22 P. cousins!

-Snowmaggedon in the South= 8 inches of snow

We're prepared!

-My parents and youngest sister visited in June for my cousin's high school graduation

Shared sense of humor

-Maddie (my sister) was able to stay for a full week after the graduation party, and we had a great time showing her around town!

Mini-me

-Had a lot of fun around town, going to baseball games, fireworks, etc.

July 4th fireworks uptown

-We traded in our SUV for a Jeep and had TONS of fun offroading, taking the top off, driving around without doors

No, we won't do this with kids in the car ;)

-Matt's birthday= seafood delight

Lobster Mac n Cheese... drool!

-Boat day with friends!

Boat selfie!

-We celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary!

Best day ever!

-I got to head home to NY for Labor Day weekend for a wedding.  Got to spend lots of time with my sisters, parents, Matt's fam and friends.  The weekend went too quick!

Me and my sisters

-Matt and I took a quick weekend trip to Charleston, SC and Folly Beach.  Cloudy days, but beautiful city and beach!

King St, Charleston

Folly Beach, highly recommended!

-Continued our pets' "love" of Halloween!

Don't let that face fool you; she loved it!

-Continued sitting on the floor because our furbabies were too comfortable on the couch (ha)

Too cute too move.

-Rocked an Ugly Christmas Sweater party

Matt will be thrilled I posted this!

-Had a great Christmas visit back in NY.  Got to see my family, Matt's family, extended family, dear friends and their kids.. it was great!

The only picture I've uploaded to my computer from Christmas, oops!

-And in very exciting EA/ED news, found out that fellow recipient couples S&A and L&P are each pregnant!  It is SO exciting know that our little EA/ED family is growing.  You can't imagine how tough it is to wait on our embies knowing that S and L are each expecting now.

Why have we been waiting?  We live 10 hours from 'home.'  We love it here in our current city... but also want to be close to family when we have kids.  Do we move first (including selling a home, buying a new one and finding new jobs), then transfer?  Or do we transfer now and potentially stay here for another year or two?  (Do I have to go on job interviews back home already pregnant?  Will they hire me?)

It is honestly overwhelming to think about.  

But, on to the next steps.  I've been told that if you try to wait until the timing is perfect, it will never happen.  So the process is in motion.  (I'm finally catching up to the present in this blog!)

I have an appointment on Monday, January 26th to get a consult with my fertility doctor!  The practice here does offer embryo donation/ embryo adoption.  But it is typically from couples who have gone through IVF here, with the embryologists here who oversaw everything.  They are open to embryos from outside their clinic, but each situation has to be approved by the doctor and embryologist.  Therefore, I'll bring all of the information I have about our embryos (grading, FDA panel from our donors, etc) and we'll hopefully get approval.  Our embryos are complete rockstars, so we are very confident that it will work out to do the transfer here.  I just can't believe the ball is finally rolling!

(queue happy dance!)

My best friend and my rock :)

End barrage of photos.