Riley

When You don’t move the mountains I’m needing You to move, When You don’t part the waters I wish I could walk through, When You don’t give the answers

I won't give up on us Even if the skies get rough I'm giving you all my love I'm still looking up, I'm still looking up. I Won't Give Up by Jason Mraz

When Andrea gave us the Luke Isaiah Tree, she sent us with an assortment of small birds, so that we could add and update it. We've added a new tiny bird for our

So, I made a graph. Because, well, what else do you do when you have continuous data observed over time? And here's a view of the story of our Riley, told in numbers.

We chose to name both our first three babies that we lost through miscarriage, Avery Miracle, Hayden Promise, and Hadley Hope. It was important to us to cherish the lives God gave us,

My recovery was slow and with many bumps along the way. I developed several complications post-op: insomnia from the anesthesia, a thrush infection from the medications during surgery, and GI difficulties from the

I am not alone, I am not alone You will go before me You will never leave me I Am Not Alone by Kari Jobe Even during very difficult physical and emotional times,

The surgery went very well, but took longer than expected due to a surprising turn of events. The doctors found that the baby had implanted in my left fallopian tube - oh, you

On Saturday, I stayed strong until Jessi went in for the emergency surgery, then I walked out to the lawn outside the surgery center and cried. What else could I do but cry,

On Friday, February 26, I was six weeks and one day pregnant. We had just had amazing news from the doctor the day before, and I was still giddy. Friday is always "

Jessi just called me with fantastic news! Her HCG is all the way up to 350! That's a huge improvement over what we'd been seeing and a very good sign that this pregnancy

Today I stepped out from a meeting to received some good news from Jessi! Her HCG is continuing to rise and it caught up to the threshold they were looking for. They were

Evan and I have always chose to tell our friends and family very early. In a previous blog, I explained our views on telling our friends and family like this: Call me old-fashioned,

We had been counting down the days until we could find out if the embryo had implanted, and if we were officially pregnant. It was extra special that my parents and brother happened

Transfer day is the most magical day. It is the first opportunity that you get to see your little love, and you are seeing your baby so much earlier than you normally would

Today’s the day! It’s Transfer Day! Today’s the day we’ll go in and get that embryo transferred over from the waking station into Jessi. It’s a super fun

IVF starts with stimulating the ovaries to harvest eggs that will be used during fertilization. We had the harvesting done in July, 2015. We chose based on our beliefs about life to only