What are we thankful for this year?

We have been asked to give our testimony as to why we are thankful this year. So I thought I would also fill you in.

We will recap last year....

After years of trying to grow our family DH and I turned to Fertility Treatments and went through IVF in April. We carried twins until Aug 24/25, 2007. At just over 20 wks, they came into the world and were with us for such a very short time. Through many months of grieving, we tried again only to find out the week of Thanksgiving last year, that we were not expecting. We scheduled to try again in December, and after quite a bit of anxiety and overwhelming grief for the Christmas Holiday, we cancelled our frozen transfer and decided that we could try on our own with the fertility meds we still had. And on December 30th, when I had all but given up on the idea of being pregnant, I took a home pregnancy test and it was a very very very light positive. I went the next day to confirm with a blood test - we were indeed pregnant.
Our year started out great and in the middle of this great year, we lost 2 beautiful boys, only to end this year on the same great note we started on. Within weeks of the new year, we found out that not only did we have 2 angels, we were expecting 2 babies again. We were overwhelmed with joy and fear.
It was Ash Wednesday - what would I give up this lenten season? God made that choice for me, one of the twins heartbeat had stopped. We would wait and watch over this pregnancy for the next 27 weeks. This was a long journey, but this year we are so thankful for the prayers, the doctors, and the gift that God gave us with Aedyn and 3 Angels to watch over her.

The first week of November

Okay - So it has been a while since we blogged about our days! Sorry, we have been busy :)

Halloween was as fun as halloween can be when you are 10 wks old. Aedyn was a little chili pepper which everyone thought was a strawberry :( she was cute nonetheless! We went to the church and showed her off while she slept and then came home, not much really occured.

Saturday and Sunday went by so fast - it is all a blur....Although Aedyn is an early morning baby, she is up by at least 6 or 7am and having fun on her mat looking at the lights and listening to the music.

This week has been busy with here and there and everywhere.

Be sure to scroll down to the new pictures we posted!

We just love our doodlebug!!!

More pictures!!! Including Halloween

Mommy is so comfy.

I just had a bath.

Angelina - look out you have competition for signature lips.

Ummm, mommy, daddy!

I am so gonna crash on this bouncy.

Hello Everyone!!!

Yes, mommy I am really sleeping!

I am so cute :)

Even cuter :)

Can't get enough of how cute I am?

Yes I look frumpy.

I am sleeping mom!

Geez, can you get that light out of my eyes.

Hello!!!

I like my bouncy!!

This weeks pictures

Lounging in my boppy

Okay this is getting boring

Ohh look at all the lights

I really like my play mat.

I am getting too long for my play mat!

I really like my bouncy!

10 Weeks

The week has been quite around here - I am more certain now than ever that Aedyn did not and does not have colic! I stopped breast milk on Friday of last week. And she began to completely settle down with gassy episodes on Sunday. She has not had bad gas since then. She has however now learned that by screaming all night gets mom to bring her to bed and hold her all night.
Well that ended last night - with mommy letting her cry until she fell asleep. I know it sounds really cruel and mean - but I promise you it is not as bad as it sounds. It was 11:18PM when I finally put her in the crib and left her to cry and it was 11:20PM when she was out like a light! If I knew it would only take 2 minutes, I would have done this a long time ago.
She did wake up at 1am for her feeding and than again at 4am.....but when she woke up for no reason at 5am - she got her way back into my bed and slept until 730! She had her breakfast and is now sleeping in the bouncy.
She hit the 10 week mark yesterday - 10 weeks, i cannot believe it has been 10 weeks. She is growing so fast.

Today is our play date with Jake!!! We can't wait to spend the afternoon playing!

Uh Oh - She found her thumb!

Daddy had to go and grab the camera as quick as possible - to catch her red handed!

Seems that she thinks it is quite tasty!

New sensation - it didnt last too long, but now we know she found it.

How long will it take before it is in her mouth all the time?

This weeks pictures.

Why am I in this big ole chair by myself?

Not so much today in the fun category.

Daddy's girl is having a blast in her play mat.

Mommy and Aedyn before bed last night.

Caught mid swing just about to wake up and scream!

This is just so cute, she did this suckin g on the back of her hand in the womb - our 3d pictures caught her doing this all the time.

Mommy and Aedyn chillin on the recliner tonight.

She is so tiny - weighed in yesterday at 9lbs and 3 oz, fully clothed and diapered.....so maybe 9lbs2oz is reasonable.

She was not liking the recliner by herself before chuch today.