History PART I

I decieded to write our history because I want to write it down before i forget and because its been on my heart for the past couple weeks.. Im not sure how long it will be, but i will do it in multiple posts.
Well I guess I'll give just a little history before i start the history. Bobby and I were married in 2002. im not sure exactly when this picture was taken probably 2004 or 05. But this is my only picture I have of us that is on the computer and that I know was before the babies were born. Bobby and I had initally decieded when we were engaged that we would for 5 years before trying to get pregnant. But in June of 2004 while we were away to the coast for our Anniversary we started to talk about babies. I was ready! and to my surprise so was he (maybe not as ready as I was, but talking about it sure didnt scare him). We talked about names that we liked. What we wanted first, boy or girl? Mostly i just wrote names in the sand and he said yes or no. So we decieded that when we got back from our trip we would start trying to get pregnant. I had been on a birth control and after we had our talk on the beach i stopped taking them.
When we got back from the coast I heard of an open position at a OB-GYN's office. An Ob-Gyn whom, i knew. Well I got an interview and within three weeks I started to work for him. Dr. Rath. I have posted a picture of him with the babies before. He did know that we were trying and he and the Office manager took a big risk in hiring me, Im SO thankful they did. I loved working for him. I learned so many things working in that office. This was in July of 2004.
Move ahead a few months to October. Nothing happening and then October, I cant remember now, but for some reason I had thought i was pregnant.. I got so excited. I didnt tell Bobby because i wanted to surprise him with a test. Well when i found out i in fact wasnt, i was heartbroken. I then told Bobby everything. I told him how i thought i was and how excited i had gotten and so we decieded we would take trying more "seriously".
I started to moniter my cycles more carefully. Take careful notice of what time of the month it was and just be more observant.
November 2004.. a week late! not pregnant. ugh!
December 2004.. a Christmas present?? no....
January 2005.. a new year, a new adventure.. no but I really started to be more aware of my cycles and when was the right time. But still no baby.. (at this point yes im disappointed, but not really concerned)... i found out that one of my really good friends was pregnant..yay.. it was during this year that i became with one of my closest friends to this day.. my loving and supportive husband would encourage me to talk to her.. poor Bobby, he didnt know what to tell me..
February.. nothing.. Although during this month was one my sister-in-laws baby shower...
March.. i mention to Dr. Rath that I still (apparently) have not gotten pregnant.. He tells me to keep track of my cycles on a calender for several months and then talk to him again.. okay..
April.. my nephew is born... yay...
May.. another one of closest friends finds out she is pregnant.. yay.. but me.. still not..
June 2005.. one year after decieding we will try to get pregnant.. we arent.. (although not really overly concerned) i did start to temperature chart... thats a test in itself..
and then JULY 2005.. ahhh... our first inital feriltity test.. i will NOT go into detail... but this test was NOT fun.... and i had decieded that I did not want to do this test EVER again... it was horrible.. (sidenote: although i never wanted to do this test again, during my infertility trying with FC i had to do this test FOUR more times, but each time it got easier)... we were able to get the results the next day and all was well... Praise the Lord!!!
skip to September... my next fertility test.. agh... this one was called a Hysterosalpingogram... wow.. and although i had worked in my Ob-Gyn's office and had heard of this test from a friend of mine.. i was SO not prepared.. let me just say if you ever have to do this test take something.. tylenol, advil.. something... it HURT... the results to this test were not colclusive.. my mom thankfully went with me, and i am so grateful that she did...
October... my friends baby is born...
November.. two more nephews born..
NOW im starting to get concerned.... whats going on.. why is everyone pregnant but me....
December 18,2005: the elders of our church pray over us..
January 9, 2006: Dr. Rath said to stop... it was bittersweet, because the day before i had told my friend Becky that I didnt want to continue on this way, but if i did need help than that meant there was something wrong...

and this concludes PART I... I know this might be boring for you but i just wanted to write it down before i forgot... as past of my babies book...

me~

hey..

hey guys just thought id let you know that the next few posts will probably be my history.. i will do it in multiple posts.. not sure how long it will be... trying to be thorough though.. i wish i would have written it down at the time for future reference but didnt so as this is my babies E book... i want it to be down... i will also post regular posts too, just thought id let you know that the history will be starting.. anyway just thought id let you know...

me~

How does your garden grow????

Well obviously not with my help... I have the most brown and plant killing thumb ever... although the idea of this garden is hopefully bringing my thumb to life. Im pretty excited about the garden but nevertheless this is bobby's baby...

Here they all are planting the garden... Austin absolutely loved it.. Evan not so much.. and Bekah and Seth well they liked it, but Austin may be a future botanist... He loved getting dirty and "helping" daddy get the veggie plants into the ground..

Here is Austin helping hoe the garden.. Bekahs thinking "I dont think thats right..?"

Seth and Beks looking at the cucumber that just went into the ground... at one point i found the leaf of the plant on the ground... i dont know who did it though...

Still admiring the cucumber plant...

Austin still hard at work hoeing the garden... He saw both bobby and i doing this so i guess he thought he needed to do it as well... such a good helper...

Bekah: "i still dont think thats right, Austin..."

They LOVED these little crates we got from the nursery... Each of them played with them and with the sticks that say what the plants are... We saved them for when we are outside working in the garden so they can "help"...

Austin showing Bekah what you do with the plant labels... and Yes he got that muddy pretty much as soon as we got to the garden...

Can you find his right foot?? Do you see it??




Here is Bekah she wanted her picture taken... so of course i took one..

Austin and Maddie... Yes we had the WHOLE family out at the garden.. Even our big dogs Trigger and Astro were out there, but since they scare the quads, they were at a distance..

Seth and Austin... they had so much fun...

Austin's foot....

Austin playing with the label and crates...

Seth in the garden...

Austin at the "end" of the work day... he was covered in mud... he had fun and so did i and bekah and seth and Bobby...

but Evan... he so far does not like to get dirty... he has always been kinda a neat guy.. doesnt like to get food on his fingers... but he really did not enjoy getting dirty in the garden... i guess im gonna have to get him used to it... here he is when we are fixing to go inside and he is finally playing with one of the labels,

Here is Seth now working the hoe... Such a good helper too..

When i was taking all these pictures of the other babies evan stood by my side holding my hand... he did NOT want to get dirty..

Well we just put the garden in this past weekend so we have not seen any fruits to our labor, but seeing Austin and Bekah and Seth really enjoying playing in the mud and with the crates was fun for me... I think Evan will get more used to it especially when he sees how FUN it can be to get dirty...

me~