Wolf Creek

My mom took a group of us to Wolf Creek this weekend so Clint could come down from Denver and see his kids.  It was way fun to all hang out for a couple days.  We stayed the night in Pagosa Springs and then headed to Wolf Creek the next day.

Left to right: Stevie, Barry Michael, Me, Tom, Natasha (Mom of Ian and Paige), Ian, Clint, Paige, London (This is Natasha's third son).  That's the whole gang, other than my mom of course.

Clint w/ his kiddos.

Beamer, Stevie, Mom, Clint before hitting the slopes.

I love this one of Stevie.  He loves when the family gets together.  We sure missed Ryan and Tyler on our adventure.

Ian and Paige while taking their lunch break.  Don't let Ians' innocent face fool you, he's the typical brother who can't keep from pestering his sister!

Our miracle...

After 7 years of trying, 84 months of heartbreaking results, a gajillion prayers, countless tests, about 12 gallons of fertility meds, 2 major surgeries, 4 proceedures of IUI and finally Invitro, Tom and I are so very thrilled to announce that we are PREGNANT!!!

Many of you already know but I've been waiting to make the BIG announcement until our scary time had past. It's been such a long road and those of you who are going through it or have been through it will understand, and just like everything else in life that's the only way to truly understand anothers' trials. But we have been so blessed with an amazing family and wonderful friends who have been there w/ us and for us through every step of the way.

We're officially 13 weeks along and everything has been smooth sailing up to this point. So we're just praying like crazy that things will continue on that path of health and safety. Since we did the IVF (Invitro) we've been going to Albuquerque to see a specialist there and they're very careful and watchful the first trimester. Tom and I feel so blessed because at 13 weeks we've already had 3 ultrasounds!

We had our first at 6 weeks when the baby was pretty much a dot w/ a heartbeat (so amazing!).

Then the next was at 8 weeks, we pretty much had an alien baby at that point.

Then our last was at 10 weeks and it finally looked like a little, tiny baby.

We won't get another u/s until we're 20 weeks along, so since we've been so spoiled up to this point we're having some major withdrawals. To combat this feeling Tom ordered an at home doppler device that allows us to listen to the heartbeat any time we want. It doesn't matter how many times we hear that sweet sound, it still makes me cry and thank my Father in Heaven for this miracle.

Looking back at the past years it all feels like a dream. The most memorable moments though are the spiritual moments that shine through all the heartbreak, the pain, the anger and the denial that I felt at times. Isn't it amazing that in the moments of our deepest trials the most powerful and spiritual memories stand out.

This is just a clip of the Heartbeat.