Here we go!

As I sit here holding a sweet two week old baby girl in my arms, it seems remarkable to consider that we're only a short 3 days away from our transfer of two of our sweet embryos! Over the past two weeks our household grew by 4 feet, and we're praying will grow by two more little lives in the next 10 days!

In the past 3 weeks I've gone to two different appointments, where they did blood draws and sonograms to check my "status" and see how my body was reacting to the medication. As of a couple nights ago we started the progesterone shots, which are quite the trip since this lady isn't a big fan of needles. I was blessed with an amazing husband, who willing takes the burden of giving them to me every night.  If we get pregnant then these will continue to 12 weeks of pregnancy, so in my eyes I'm trying my best to get used to this!

For now we are waiting on a phone call from our doctor to assign the specific time for our transfer on Thursday. That's right, Thursday!  It seems remarkable to consider we're only a few days away, and also slightly terrify. The last two weeks have been a whirlwind of a new "normal" with the addition of two little girls though foster to adopt, starting meds, and husband going back to work.  When people ask how I'm responding to the meds, I cannot help but laugh because all and all its hard to tell what emotions are based on what situation.  Overall I have felt pretty good, and although tired, I'm trying desperately to trust that God is going to allow this to work. We feel confidant that he has called us to this, but it doesn't mean there aren't a few fears going forward.

With the incredible support of so many people, we were able to pay by check the first installment (which saved us the generous 3% fee for using a credit card).  The next large payment will be due at our next appointment, or the BIG day as I should be calling it!

We continue to crave your prayers and continue to thank you for walking alongside us in this journey.   Lord willing in a couple weeks we will have some BIG exciting news to share!

If you feel called to give towards our adoption here is the link: https://www.youcaring.com/the-houghtons-645260

Please continue to pray for my body to adjust to all the medicine, for our marriage to persevere despite all the busyness of life, and for these two sweet embryos to implant and HOLD ON TIGHT!