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Eight years ago, we said “I do”… Today, we get to say that “we are due!” 🤍 BABY MOODY COMING AUGUST 2023! This has been a long road for us, full of losses & heartaches. We’re so happy that we are finally se
Happy Birthday to my social-media-less hubby, Jonathan!!! 🥳 We’d love to be off exploring somewhere fun (like this adventure pictured here in Maui), but we’re ‘stuck at home’ while Jonathan recovers from his ACL Reconstructi
Not pregnant. 😔💔 Our FET (frozen embryo transfer) has failed… our embryo did not stick around. Our hearts are broken. We knew this was a possibility, but we had reallyyy hoped that our story was finally going to change this time.
✨ IVF UPDATE ✨ Our frozen embryo transfer (FET) is happening TOMORROW!! One of our embryos (that is currently frozen) from our last IVF cycle will be thawed & transferred. ❤️ We pray it will implant properly where it should & continue to g
Mom & I spent the afternoon at the Carolina Classic Fair! 🎡 No better way to “celebrate” what would have been my dad’s 62nd birthday. 🥳 It’s so crazy that it’s been 4 years since we last celebrated his birthday w
✨ IVF UPDATE ✨ Our egg retrieval is set for Friday morning (September 23)! 🥚 We have “pulled the trigger” tonight! Aka I have given myself the last 2 injections of our IVF stimulation protocol before our egg retrieval on Friday. We ha