Wow, what fun! Check out the giveaway that Moutain Babes and Kamsnaps is having!!!
http://kamsnaps.blogspot.com/2011/03/montana-mountain-babes-spotlight.html
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Kamsnaps give away
Check out the awesome giveaway Kamsnaps & Bumkie Bottoms is having!!!!! http://kamsnaps.blogspot.com/2011/03/bumpkie-bottoms-spotlight-giveaway-ends.html
Kamsnaps are the best product for made by mamma diapers, clothes. Very easy to use and LOTS of colors. Their shipping is always fast. The hardest part is deciding what colors to buy!
Kamsnaps are the best product for made by mamma diapers, clothes. Very easy to use and LOTS of colors. Their shipping is always fast. The hardest part is deciding what colors to buy!
Friday, January 7, 2011
What a "new" year this is going to be!
Wow, what a year this is going to be.........
K & G's baby is due soon, they are 27 weeks or so now. It's a boy. What? A boy in our family? Mck & J are trudging along. M & I went to see them for a few days in Dec. Was so good seeing them. Too much social, family time for M, followed by Christmas & New Year's with C's parents here. But I have to say, she's much more social than years past!
Our little one is growing, our wonderful surrogate (surro) has had a great pregnancy so far. We are 14weeks, 1 day today! It still seems so surreal. We have a Dr appt in 2 weeks & C can come with us. He has not gotten to hear a heartbeat or see an actual sono. Will be a huge day for him. So far he's been the deposit maker, deposit some of his contribution, deposit a check, credit card for a deposit. I hate that for him. The words "intended parents" (IP) are coming true. Other surrogacy related terms intended mother (IM), intended father etc. Makes me wonder should there be intended sisters, grandparents etc. Nope, they are sister, grandparents. Just find the terminology to be odd.
Mck is struggling. Knowing their time to have babies won't come without a lot of work, stress etc. They aren't ready but many around her are having babies. A few she is excited about, a few she has reservations. Ours is one of the ones she is not happy about. I see how she is hurting & can feel her pain. I can imagine what a confusing, mind boggling thought this is for her. To quote her, "it should be her time". Yes it should even though they have said many times, even outside of J's leukemia, they had wanted to wait.
Hopefully I will write more often & soon add pics!
K & G's baby is due soon, they are 27 weeks or so now. It's a boy. What? A boy in our family? Mck & J are trudging along. M & I went to see them for a few days in Dec. Was so good seeing them. Too much social, family time for M, followed by Christmas & New Year's with C's parents here. But I have to say, she's much more social than years past!
Our little one is growing, our wonderful surrogate (surro) has had a great pregnancy so far. We are 14weeks, 1 day today! It still seems so surreal. We have a Dr appt in 2 weeks & C can come with us. He has not gotten to hear a heartbeat or see an actual sono. Will be a huge day for him. So far he's been the deposit maker, deposit some of his contribution, deposit a check, credit card for a deposit. I hate that for him. The words "intended parents" (IP) are coming true. Other surrogacy related terms intended mother (IM), intended father etc. Makes me wonder should there be intended sisters, grandparents etc. Nope, they are sister, grandparents. Just find the terminology to be odd.
Mck is struggling. Knowing their time to have babies won't come without a lot of work, stress etc. They aren't ready but many around her are having babies. A few she is excited about, a few she has reservations. Ours is one of the ones she is not happy about. I see how she is hurting & can feel her pain. I can imagine what a confusing, mind boggling thought this is for her. To quote her, "it should be her time". Yes it should even though they have said many times, even outside of J's leukemia, they had wanted to wait.
Hopefully I will write more often & soon add pics!
Saturday, November 20, 2010
How to grow a family......
Just after G got his orders to be transferred to VA, K discovered they were expecting baby #3! Wow, could we be more blessed? E was 3 1/2 yrs & A had just turned 2yr. What a great space.
During this time J had received orders to go to Afghanistan, Mck was devastated. Shortly, and I mean just very shortly after arriving there, J became ill & was flown back to Landstul Germany. This was the beginning of a very terrifying time for our family as J has since gone back to CA and diagnosed with AML, a form of Leukemia. He has now completed his induction chemo and has acquired remission and started consolidation chemo a week ago. This is difficult for us all, Mck is a strong woman but I am sure her mind often goes back to when we told her Dad had cancer. I pray everyday for their lives to be blessed.
C always has wanted a family and we have long talked of how we could make our dreams come true to expand our family further. Fast forwarding again, we have began a journey, a wonderful journey with Ch. She is a fantastic altruistic woman who will be our gestational surrogate. We fell in love with her the moment we met. I never imagined I could feel this way about another woman, I guess throughout our discussions and investigating I thought I would look at this relationship as more clinical. It is truely amazing.
Why go to such extremes for a baby? It will appear selfish to some. I have 3 fantastic daughters, each unique & special. C loves "his" girls deeply. So deeply that he wants more, I wanted to share the joy of a new life with him and surrogacy is our chosen route. My heart aches for Mck & J as we travel through our journey. Their lives are so unsure. Mck was in VA yesterday with K for her ultrasound that showed our reign of girls is going to be lessened. K & G are having a BOY! But on this joyous day, J needed a transfusion of platelets in CA. They are so strong and I deeply admire their strength. Mck is unhappy with me over our decision to expand our family but I can only pray that God placed us all here for a reason & guides our decisions.
During this time J had received orders to go to Afghanistan, Mck was devastated. Shortly, and I mean just very shortly after arriving there, J became ill & was flown back to Landstul Germany. This was the beginning of a very terrifying time for our family as J has since gone back to CA and diagnosed with AML, a form of Leukemia. He has now completed his induction chemo and has acquired remission and started consolidation chemo a week ago. This is difficult for us all, Mck is a strong woman but I am sure her mind often goes back to when we told her Dad had cancer. I pray everyday for their lives to be blessed.
C always has wanted a family and we have long talked of how we could make our dreams come true to expand our family further. Fast forwarding again, we have began a journey, a wonderful journey with Ch. She is a fantastic altruistic woman who will be our gestational surrogate. We fell in love with her the moment we met. I never imagined I could feel this way about another woman, I guess throughout our discussions and investigating I thought I would look at this relationship as more clinical. It is truely amazing.
Why go to such extremes for a baby? It will appear selfish to some. I have 3 fantastic daughters, each unique & special. C loves "his" girls deeply. So deeply that he wants more, I wanted to share the joy of a new life with him and surrogacy is our chosen route. My heart aches for Mck & J as we travel through our journey. Their lives are so unsure. Mck was in VA yesterday with K for her ultrasound that showed our reign of girls is going to be lessened. K & G are having a BOY! But on this joyous day, J needed a transfusion of platelets in CA. They are so strong and I deeply admire their strength. Mck is unhappy with me over our decision to expand our family but I can only pray that God placed us all here for a reason & guides our decisions.
Wow, where do I start? Or should it be how did we start?
We are a wonderfully blessed blended family that is growing everyday. I am married to C, who dove into our crazy life with both feet first and at times still appears shocked. After years of being single and growing up without siblings, he took on all of my wonderful girls just over a year ago. We bought a fantastic big house with room for all. A little short on bathrooms for this many girls, but we make it work.
I have 3 daughters. K is married to G & they have 2 daughters of their own E & A. Mck is married to J and M is a freshman in high school. The men in our lives take our craziness in stride. They are all 3 wonderful strong husbands and I feel blessed by each of their places in our lives.
Life hasn't always been this easy. A few years ago we said good bye to Mck & M's dad when he was 38 from a very rare form of colon cancer. Our lives were changed forever. E had been born just a year previous and K had just found out she was pregnant with A. I'm not sure we ever told him K was expecting again. He loved babies so very much. A few months later Mck graduated high school and began cosmetology school just as she had dreamed & told her daddy she would. A came into our lives that summer & our lives continued. Throughout this time,our sides were never left by C, our wonderful friend. Fast forward, C & I married with our girls and G at our sides. Mck had met J by this time and met us during our crazy weekend of a wedding at our home. Soon after Mck spread her wings, moved to CA to be near her sister, nieces & J. Fast forward again, Mck & J are married and still living in CA as K&G are transferred to VA. Oh my, now I have children on both coasts & one in between!
That's us, a crazy family of girls with our wonderful husbands thrown in the mix. A house with too few bathrooms and more love than imaginable
I have 3 daughters. K is married to G & they have 2 daughters of their own E & A. Mck is married to J and M is a freshman in high school. The men in our lives take our craziness in stride. They are all 3 wonderful strong husbands and I feel blessed by each of their places in our lives.
Life hasn't always been this easy. A few years ago we said good bye to Mck & M's dad when he was 38 from a very rare form of colon cancer. Our lives were changed forever. E had been born just a year previous and K had just found out she was pregnant with A. I'm not sure we ever told him K was expecting again. He loved babies so very much. A few months later Mck graduated high school and began cosmetology school just as she had dreamed & told her daddy she would. A came into our lives that summer & our lives continued. Throughout this time,our sides were never left by C, our wonderful friend. Fast forward, C & I married with our girls and G at our sides. Mck had met J by this time and met us during our crazy weekend of a wedding at our home. Soon after Mck spread her wings, moved to CA to be near her sister, nieces & J. Fast forward again, Mck & J are married and still living in CA as K&G are transferred to VA. Oh my, now I have children on both coasts & one in between!
That's us, a crazy family of girls with our wonderful husbands thrown in the mix. A house with too few bathrooms and more love than imaginable
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