Savy's New Kitty

 We found this kitten outside the house one morning. Isn't it cute. Savannah named it Crispy, not sure why. She loves this kitty but it is a little wild, she is working on taming it down.

We had two bucks hanging out at our house this spring. This one was standing in my flower bed before I got the camera out. They have since left.

Moving on

Well I guess it has been long enough since my last post. Despite our efforts the procedure didn't work. After many emotions we have decided that we are done trying to have more children. There is nothing more we can do so we are moving on. What ever that entails. I suppose first I should get through getting rid of the tons of baby things that I have been saving for years. Hopefully I can hold it together long enough to figure out what I want to sale and what to give away.

Our Fertility Journey

As many of you know I have a difficult time getting pregnant. It took six years to get pregnant with miss Savannah who is now 4, and we have been trying to have another child for awhile now.

Finally in April we decided to try something new. We made a trip down to Pleasant Grove Utah to talk to Dr. Faulk who is supposed to be one of the best infertility doctors around. After looking at my charts he decided that the problem was in my tubes so hopefully if we tried IVF it would bypass the problem and result in a pregnancy. After a very very long appointment we decided to give it a try.

Starting May 1st 2012 I started taking shots and more shots to grow some follicles. I had to have several ultrasounds to watch them grow. Finally it was time to head down to Utah again to retrieve them. We had to be there at 8:30 in the morning on Friday the 25th. The day of the retrieval they put me under anesthesia and when I woke up the doctor came in and let us know how things went. He said that I had 41 follicles and that was a large amount, that I was a good egg producing chicken. (Thanks) Out of the 41 they expected 60% to fertilize and them half of those to mature properly. So we where hoping for about ten or so.

On Saturday the lab called me and said that only 2 had fertilized on their own. And they did another procedure to fertilize 17 others. Those only have a 10% chance of growing enough to freeze, we are still waiting to hear about them.

The doctor decided to implant the two embryos that we had on Monday. He said they were beautiful 8 and 9 cell embryos so hopefully they will implant properly. And we will have one or two babies. I have to be on bed rest for two and a half days, and then take it easy until we know if it worked. If it does this is our first baby picture. 

 We also found out that the reason it is so hard for me to get pregnant is because my eggs don't mature properly. Only once in two years I have one that will work.

Camera

Savannah got a camera for Christmas. She is constantly taking pictures of everything. Here are some samples of her picture taking. She is actually pretty good most of the time.

She takes a lot of pictures of her babies.

Her train track she got for Christmas.

Random Happenings

In the beginning of October we went over to Autumn's house to have a break from canning. We had a relaxing week. We went out to lunch and went shopping one day, but mostly just hung out. Sunday the Banks family was getting ready for round up the next week so we went with them to take the horses and other stuff over to cow camp. Savannah really wanted to ride one of the horses. (riding with Chris's cousins)

Kitty Black disappeared for two months.
We were sure he wasn't coming home but he finally did.

Savannah was on a drawing in the dark kick for awhile this summer. Of coarse the outside light was on.

Bell pepper or apple? Crazy kid loves the garden.

Just before we left to go to Autumns house Savannah got stung by a wasp on her finger. Her poor hand got so swollen.

Not sure why she was outside in her underwear but I thought it was funny..

Jump Creek

One Saturday morning Grandma Tschida called to see if Savannah and I wanted to go for a road trip and a hike. Her and Debbie had never been to jump creek and wanted to go check it out. So we went with them. We saw some wild life along the way, one dragon fly and several little bitty lizards.

Savannah showing me how big the cave is.

This waterfall is tucked away in a small canyon surrounded by dry desert.

Canning

This summer I thought I wasn't going to do as much canning, but somehow I ended up doing just as much. I canned peaches, pears, V8 juice, pear sauce, nectarines, pickles and a bunch of jams. Savannah was my big helper tasting the pear sauce for me. I think she likes it.

Brendon liked the nectarines.

Savannah started preschool in September. We are doing a teaching co-op. We take turns teaching, so far Savannah loves it even though there are only three kids.

Her first day of preschool