A Prayer

Deeeaaaarrr JESUS! Thank you for my family ummmmmm thank you for my Easter eggs......(mommy whispering- thank him for our food) Thank you for all the food and Jesus please make it not rain so I can go fishing I NEED to catch me big ol' fish! AMEEEENN! ~ Carleigh's Easter prayer

Jesus heard her prayer and it didn't rain on Easter day for us even though it was forecasted! The simplicity of this prayer leaves me thinking about Jesus and His job, can you imagine all the prayers He hears all day long! What a job! and I know He is heartbroken with each one that breaks our hearts which could make for  a sad day on some days, which makes me  love the picture that formed in my mind as she was praying this, It was of Jesus looking down on her and smiling with a big ol' grin, I bet He laughed a deep ol' belly laugh and thought to himself, Ya know Carleigh catch a big one for me too!!

This is Caylee telling me "Me catch a fish too!!" Pa tried to help her but she got mad at him and said "me do

it" so we had to take the hook off her pole for safety of her and everyone around her!!LOL  

Myth Buster- Christian's shouldn't seek help with infertility

One of my hopes with this blog is to help other's who are on the infertility journey. This week is National Infertility Awareness Week (click here to learn more) and I am joining up with RESOLVE for their "myth buster" blog challenge. The myth that I have chosen is that people of the Christian faith shouldn't seek out the help of a Reproductive Endocrinologist and fertility treatments.  When I found out that I was infertile I was very conflicted about what people in my church would say if they found out we were going to seek out medical help to make our dream of being parents come true. It also tested my own faith because I felt like I was saying to God that I didn't trust Him enough to give me a baby without seeking intervention. I never doubted that I would choose to do the medical intervention but I did doubt that the people of the church would understand my reasoning for it. I remember thinking to myself that I couldn't believe that I would have to bear the burden of infertility and then be "stoned" for choosing the route of shots and treatments. It was then that I decided I would go public with our journey, to me not saying anything made me feel like I was ashamed about my choices and that I was hiding them. The reception I felt from the people in my church family when I  finally opened up was amazing. They were all very supportive, they offered up many prayers on our behalf and they continued to be a huge part of our support system. I remember feeling such a peace when  the pastor of my church prayed for us by name. But the one moment that made the most impact on me was when a mentor of mine, came to me and said, "DeAnna, never be ashamed of this journey, if you were diagnosed with cancer or diabetes you would seek the help of a physician, God has given Doctors the talents to be His hands while we are here, just as you would take the chemo or insulin they would prescribe you to fix those problems, it is okay to take the medicines to fix your fertility problem." That statement is so true! God doesn't ask us to bear our burdens alone, He doesn't see us seeking out treatments for medical conditions as not trusting Him, He sees it as us using the talents that He has given us to work with on this earth! There are many angles to fertility treatments and many reason's that some Christians are conflicted by them, to this I say, educate yourself, find out the methods of treatments that you can embark on that will not compromise your belief system. If freezing embryo's isn't something you agree with than have your RE only fertilize the ones you will be implanting, if you believe that your RE's collection room for semen analyse is filled with viewing material that you don't feel comfortable with, ask that your husband be able to use a different room, if you want your egg and sperm to meet up naturally ask for Intrauterine Insemination with your husbands sperm. So to all those who say Christians should trust God to have babies, I agree and I trusted Him by believing that He would give my Doctor's the knowledge to diagnosis and treat my problem. And He did and I am forever thankful  for that!

Please vist http://www.resolve.org/infertility101 for more information on battling infertility. I wish I would have had more resources while going through my treatments and Resolve offers many different resources to make sure you know your not alone on your journey!

Rainbows and a Persistent 5 year old

Last night we were driving home from my parents house and Carleigh saw a rainbow in the sky, It never ceases to surprise me how things I see as "normal" are still new to her!! She squeals "Look mom a beautiful rainbow!! Let's find the end of it! We need to find the leprechaun and the pot of gold!!" This made me giggle and then I decided this was a teachable moment and I went right into the bible story about Noah's Ark and the rainbow and God's promise, except I am not a teacher, and I am pretty sure I didn't get all the details right! LOL! But ya know I covered the basics, BIG Ark, rain for 40 days and nights, A dove sent out the window returning with an Olive Branch, and the whole reason for the lesson, God's Promise of never flooding the earth again which He showed us by putting a pretty rainbow in the sky, it was pretty basic and when asked she was able to tell the story back to me, and then she looked up at me from her seat exasperatedly and said "Now mommy can we go find the leprechaun and the pot of gold????" ..............

Welcome!!

Welcome to our blog! I am so excited to kick this off! It is something that I have been thinking about doing for a while and just now got around to setting it all up! I am hoping to use it as a journal that I can make into a book for our girls as they grow, anyone who knows me, knows that I am an avid baby book keeper and I love to write! I hope you will come back and visit us often as I share the many adventures of our family! Thanks for stopping by and we hope you will come back soon!!

First Blog Glitches!!!!!

Okay this starting a blog thing is not near as easy as I thought it would be!! I am becoming exteremly frustrated getting my templates, header and font all to look right!! It is making me want to scream and do away with blogging before I ever get my first post drafted!!!!