We had a great time with our friends in Lloydminister! It was so good to be able to spend time with them. It was hard leaving though because they are going to Training College in September (Well, they haven't been accepted just yet... but I know they're going!) and we don't know when we will see them again. We will have to figure something out.
So the trip was great and our ride back to High River was pretty uneventful... until we got home! When I got out of the car in the drive way I heard a cat meowing loudly and I thought one of the neighbours cats was trying to get in their house. I realised though that the meowing was coming from our back yard! Wondering if one of our cats had gotten out I went looking only to discover a grey and white cat sitting on our garbage box! And what a friendly cat! She couldn't get enough of us petting her. Worried that she was lost we gave her some food and water (Which she devoured quite quickly) and I put out a little padded cat house for shelter. I have never seen her around here before, so I don't know if she is a neighbours cat or not. All night of course I kept checking on her making sure that she was okay. Well, I woke up this morning and she is still there! So I guess we need to put up some "Found" posters around town this morning! I have a feeling she isn't leaving any time soon. Hmmm.... Maybe she can be my outdoor cat!
So that was all very exciting. I am not excited however to be back into the swing of things. I was quite enjoying my holiday. But that's life and there is a ton of work to be done.
Well that's it for right now. I need to go check on the cat!
Have a great day everyone!
Shannon
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About Me
- Shannon
- Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
Our Journey So Far...
Jeff and I met in 1999 at Bible College in Winnipeg. We were married there in April 2002. We didn't start trying to have a baby until 2004. After a couple years of trying on our own we went to our Family Doctor to see what our problem was. After much testing it was discovered that we were dealing with male factor infertility. In November 2007 we were told we had a 1% chance of conceiving on our own and that IVF would be our only solution. We weren't able to afford IVF at the time and so did one round of IUI in April 2009 which was not successful. In the midst of this we decided that Adoption was something God was calling us to and we began looking into what that would be like. in July 2009 we met for the first time with our social worker and began our homestudy to be approved for adoption through social services. In May 2010 we decided we would pursue an adoption of a little boy in Zimbabwe. This eventually fell through due to complications with immigration. While this was going on however we were also hopeful about adopting another little boy from Alberta. In August 2010 we received word that we had been chosen as the adoptive parents. We were ecstatic! In September however, a couple weeks before we were to get him the adoption fell through leaving us heartbroken. Because of this adoption heartbreak, in February 2011 we decided we would pursue IVF again. In June 2012 we traveled to Vancouver for our first (and probably last) IVF treatment. We were able to transfer two day 3 embryos and freeze five day 5 blastocysts. On June 26th for the first time in 8 years of TTC I saw my first positive pregnancy test! We were so happy! Unfortunately a couple weeks later on July 12th we miscarried our precious little ones whom we named Esme (meaning Loved) and Zane (meaning God is Gracious). We were heartbroken but thankful that God saw fit to bless us with their lives even for a few short weeks. In October 2012 we traveled to Vancouver again for a FET. We transferred one sweet little Blast and were blessed to find out we had conceived again. All too soon though little Gabriel (meaning God is my Strength) went to be with Jesus and his Brothers and Sisters on November 15th. We miss our children and look forward to the day that we are reunited with them in Heaven.
And the journey continues...
And the journey continues...
List Of Abbreviations
BFP - Big Fat Positive
BFN - Big Fat Negative
TTC - Trying To Concieve
AF - Aunt Flow (aka Period)
DPO - Days Past Ovulation
BD - Baby Dancing (aka Sex)
POAS - Pee On A Stick (Pregnancy or ovulation testing)
2WW - 2 Week Wait (From ovulation to expected period)
CD - Cycle Day
LP - Luteal Phase (time between ovulation and period)
LPD - Luteal Phase Defect
DH - Dear husband
SA - Semen Analysis
IVF - In Vitro Fertilization
FET - Frozen Embryo Transfer
OHSS - Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
HPT - Home Pregnancy Test
BFN - Big Fat Negative
TTC - Trying To Concieve
AF - Aunt Flow (aka Period)
DPO - Days Past Ovulation
BD - Baby Dancing (aka Sex)
POAS - Pee On A Stick (Pregnancy or ovulation testing)
2WW - 2 Week Wait (From ovulation to expected period)
CD - Cycle Day
LP - Luteal Phase (time between ovulation and period)
LPD - Luteal Phase Defect
DH - Dear husband
SA - Semen Analysis
IVF - In Vitro Fertilization
FET - Frozen Embryo Transfer
OHSS - Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
HPT - Home Pregnancy Test
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6 comments:
You sound calmer. I am glad that you had a great time!
It's glad to know that you guys had a wonderful trip. Brittany's 1st communion went well, I'll email you some pictures. I think we are coming out the weekend of the rodeo. Will you guys be around? Do you know which day the parade is?
I would love some pics! As for the rodeo, the parade is on Monday morning at 10:00am I believe. I don't know the times of the rest of the events.
We (The Salvation Army) are having a concert though on Saturday May 19th. It's called "Live at the River". It's $10.00 a ticket and it includes dessert and refreshments. Its being held at the Highwood High School at 7:30pm
Hope to see you soon!
Shannon
You're going to miss having Mike and Melissa so close! I'm sorry we're leaving you too! Thank goodness for emails, blogs, the telephone... there's really no excuse these days for not keeping in touch, although I'll warn you now I'm dreadful at it!
I'm glad you had a great weekend. there's nothing like getting away to bring a little perspective to life. I hope you found the answer you were looking for. We've been praying for you.
Aaron was dedicated on the weekend. I put extra pics in my photobucket just for you.
Allison
We can't afford to put the girls in the rodeo this year, and I think the deadline for entries is tomorrow. But we still might come out for the parade and wave to you guys when you drive by. I will see about the dinner, but again the whole cash flow thing is a big problem right now. Jason is still injured, he goes to see the WCB doctor and physiotherapist's for assessment tomorrow. And since they cut off his physio 2 weeks ago until he saw one of their doc's his injury isn't healing properly. Anyways we will see what we can do about the long weekend. Talk to you soon.
Breian
PS The pics from the communion are posted on my facebook photo albums.
Hey, I am glad that you are home safe and sound. I am NOT glad you are home tho! It was super hard saying goodbye. I talked to Mike about the camping idea and he thought it was a great idea! It wasn't tough to convince him at all actually!!! I was delightfully surprised!
Too funny about the cat! HA! Like you need another kid hanging around. Keep me posted about her tho. Now I am interested to hear what happens with her. Anyhow, I SHOULD be writting my essay but I just don't want too! Love you and I will chat with you later. XOXO!
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