Updates and Such

I haven't done a good ole update post in awhile and I wanted to bring everyone up to speed on where we are on our infertility journey.
The month of July we decided to take a break. We took a break from meds, procedures, shots, appointments, etc. It was good, but I resorted back to my PCOS ways which reminded me that I DO still have a problem. Although I do respond very well to the lowest dose of clomid, it still immediately went back to the old ways which means a really long cycle.
So this past month, about 2 weeks ago we did our 4th and final IUI. We felt we needed to give that one last shot. The Dr.'s say to do it 4-6 times, and we decided 4 would be our limit. We also sent out emails and texts to a lot of our family and friends to get them on our prayer train (which we really had not done before). We felt a tremendous amount of love and support from everyone. This time it didn't feel like it was just us battling, but that we had a team backing us. It felt really wonderful and I wanted more than anything to be able to share some good news with all of our prayer team. Unfortunately the inevitable happened. The evil aunt flow reared her ugly head again.
So with that concludes Chapter 2 of our journey. Chapter 1 was trying naturally.
On to chapter 3....
We have decided to move on to IVF. We have spent a lot of time praying through this decision. It definitely has not been an easy one to make, nor did I ever, ever think that I would have to. I do strongly feel that God has made this available for us and we have been blessed with great insurance, so we are doing it.
We don't know when we will actually do it, we just know we most likely will go through with it.

Since we have had so much going on lately, I haven't had much time to process what is actually happening or has happened. The past 3 days have been a whirlwind. Yesterday we went to a funeral in Piggott, drove 3 hours and visited my dad in the hospital (he had a knee replacement surgery), then we drove another 3 hours and got home around 12:30am. Needless to say we are tired, brokenhearted and a tad overwhelmed. 

Thanks for sticking with us and praying with us! We really appreciate it especially entering in this next chapter.
To Be Continued...

Pa

Yesterday the world lost a wonderful man, Marc's grandfather. Glynn Dale Yount. We were saddened to hear of this news, but we are rejoicing that he is now in heaven with his King and his wife that he hasn't
seen in 22 years! I mean I can't imagine how wonderful it was to see her.

I first met him on his 70th birthday 7 years ago. He was such a sweet man and always carried candy and would make jokes. At Christmas he would read the Christmas story to us all out of Luke each year. He was a man a few words, but definitely a man of the word.

I'm thankful I was able to meet such a wonderful person. Marc had an amazing grandfather and we will miss him dearly.

Anniversary

I know this is a week late, but I did want to document what we did for our 6 yr anniversary.
We ended up going to my parents lakehouse for the weekend. We were going to go have a nice dinner before, but I had a horrible head cold so we decided to go the next week.

We had a yummy dinner at our favorite restaurant in Fayetteville which is Theos!


It is the best, fancy food ever. If you know me, you know I love me some yummy, fancy food!

Our time at the lake was great, although I was still very congested and did not feel that great, we did still have a great time.

Aww look how romantic. Marc leaned back on the back of the boat to kiss me while I was surfing. We also attempted to surf together, which resulted in a fail. ha.
It was probably our last lake trip of the summer and we wanted to make sure and get one more trip in! I'm so glad we did, I just love it there.

We mainly considered our NYC trip our big anniversary present to each other, which it was wonderful and I'm so grateful we were able to go.

All in all it was a great anniversary!

Summer Book List

This is what I have been reading this summer...

 I know most of you have heard about "Heaven is for Real" but OH MY, it is wonderful. I loved, loved it. When I was at the beach, it seemed that everyone was reading it and talking about it. It is written really well and very easy to follow. I know some are skeptical, but I'm definitely a believer.



"Jesus Calling" is a daily devotional that I read daily. It has simple reminders that God wants us to find peace in his presence and a reminder to walk daily with Him. LOVE it! Get it, it will not disappoint. I go no where without it, and there is even an APP for it.

This book was written by one of my very best friends dad. He is very knowledgeable and a great writer. I'm only halfway done with this book and really enjoy it so far. It's encouraging and challenging all at the same time. I would highly recommend it to anyone.

This book was just given to me by a friend, I'm trying to finish the other one before I start it, but I'm really excited to start reading it. I've heard awesome things about it and can't wait to get into it. I would love to know if you read it and what you thought about it!

Anyways, just thought it would be fun to do another book list! There are just so many good ones out there! The funny thing is, I'm really not even a reader. Ha! Although, I feel like my brain will turn to mush if I don't do something that is semi-effective and productive. So I'm reading more. Maybe I like it now because I'm not being forced to or having to take a test over what I read. Anyone else feel like that?

Happy Tuesday!