Nothing Holding us Back Now
We thought we
wanted to move in March 2015- but God had other plans. For our first 3
children we were only able to conceive while taking Clomid. <insert long story about infertility, nervousness to take medication in fear of multiples, leading to foster to adopt children that ironically started with twins, then to respite care for other foster parents to willingness to risk multiple births and give medicine a try> We wanted a
fourth so planned it all out that we would move and have our fourth
baby sometime in Fall 2015. We knew the drill and were all ready to
take the medicine. As a precaution I have to take a pregnancy test
prior to the prescription- so I did and it came back negative- no surprise there. Then I take another test
prior to the first dosage of a medication to start a clean feminine cycle- which I did about a week later but this time the test came back... you guessed it - POSITIVE. To
top it off we were due right around our goal of moving- Spring 2015. I just knew we were suppose to stay put until after this baby arrived. It was such a clear message from God to "wait" on his timing- I felt it was a true miracle considering our long road to having children. I
kept the news to myself for a whole week- even from my husband. I just wanted to be sure and those dollar store pregnancy tests weren't making me very confident. I went to the doc even and once confirmed I came home to tell everyone at the same time. I decided to "take" everyone picture but instead have my camera on video mode and capture their reaction as I systematically said "Savannah smile- say I'm a great big sister"- which she is and this wouldn't cause any surprise. I did the same to Charlotte. But when I got to Levi- then the baby. I told him to say cheese and say "Im a big brother". My mom immediately understood what I was trying to say- took Josh a minute to get it. Want to see for yourself. Here is a link to the video:
We were
thrilled- but that meant we were to put our move plans on hold. We
continued to research areas and moving costs etc. Cheyenne was born
April 28th 2015. Now that she is here there is nothing really holding us back except- work and transportation.
Here are some pictures of our family and Cheyenne on her birthday! She fits right in and looks near exactly like her sisters with a little less hair then they had.
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In between contractions walking in the Mall parking lot about 4 hours from her arrival. |
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Her stats! Our smallest babe yet. |
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They all ADORED her- so thanksful! |
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Meeting the siblings |
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Officially a family of 6 |
She looks so much like Charlotte and Savannah did at this age- here is
proof- I promise these are actually pictures of DIFFERENT babies!
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Cheyenne |
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Charlotte |
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Savannah |
See the gloves in the bath pictures- all different colors- 3 different babies, 3 different nurses
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Cheyenne |
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Charlotte |
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Savannah |
CONGRATULATIONS!
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