Abby says...

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I guess there really IS a baby in my belly!!!

Seriously...

One of these days I will be back. July was just too busy for blogging, but I have a lot to talk about so soon, I will be back.

Sunday playtime

Happy 4th of July!

Well, we took the bikes up to the parade and stopped at a couple of bbqs along the way. I took my good camera in hopes of getting some fun pictures of Abby on this, her first 4th of July. Instead, she decided to do this...



Oh well. There's always next year.

One Family, TWO Miracles

Yes, it appears as though our little family has been graced with yet another miracle. And as if Abby wasn't more than we could have ever hoped for! It is the most welcome surprise ever, being pregnant naturally, especially after what we had to go through to conceive Abby and Madison. Although I must admit, I am discovering that we certainly are not the first family to conceive naturally after IVF. As a matter of fact, it is apparently quite common! Who knew pregnancy could be the cure for infertility? At least in some cases anyways.

So I am just about 7 weeks along and I imagine you are wondering why I would dare announce this pregnancy to the entire blog world so early on. Well, here's my take on the subject...

You see, I used to be one of those wait-until-you're-safely-out-of-the-first- trimester-until-you-tell-anyone-you-are-pregnant kind of people. That is, until I was finally pregnant for the first time. The minute I found out, I wanted to shout it from the rooftops...and I basically did, mind you. But once it finally happened to me, and because we had to go through so much to get there, I just felt like we should celebrate it...Every. Single. Day. No matter if it lasted 6 weeks, 16 weeks or 36 weeks (or in my case, 28). And so, that's what we did.

I've been thinking long and hard for a couple of weeks now about when and how I would post our news on my blog. And again, I am feeling that I want to shout it from the rooftops. And so, again, I am! I mean seriously, when I think about it, what if I didn't talk about it, and then something awful happened? Would I never talk about? Would I just go on pretending that it never happened? Probably not. So, why not let the world in on our little secret and celebrate this new miracle for as long as we possibly can!

I am not trying to justify telling you all so early, but if you've read our story, certainly you know the last pregnancy wasn't exactly what a first-time pregnant mommy would hope for. So this one? Well, this one will be different. This one will be long. 37 weeks long, hopefully. And this one will be boring. Yes, I said boring.

A long and boring pregnancy. That's not to much to ask for now, is it?

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