Thursday, December 31, 2009

End of 2009

Such a sad way to end the year of 2009.  On the 29th I had surgery for the IVF egg retrieval.  On the 30th we got the call from the doctor that stated that all of the eggs harvested are poor quality.  From the sounds of things it looks like chances are pretty bleak for us to have another child.  I don't have the follow-up appointment until the 7th of January so I will know more then.

We have been in limbo in a lot of ways this year.  We still have our house on the market, I have been on the wait list for a hearing dog for quite some time and we have been trying to conceive for over a year.  Hopefully the year 2010 will be kinder to us. 

Fortunately, we have wonderful friends and family that have been supporting us tremendously this week.  This too shall pass.

It was our friend Aylene's 27th birthday on December 29th.
The birthday girl.


Birthday drums





Genevieve and Chad playing posing for the camera.












Our friend Kymberlee joined us for Karaoke on the 30th.


Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Christmas

On Christmas Eve we went to Woodland Park Zoo.  I was sunny, but cold.










Eating Mac and Cheese at the Zoo...and getting it everywhere!

Want a kiss?


How about Peek-a-boo?




Christmas Eve with the Tremblays (and Francis').



Genevieve and her new baby doll.


Genevieve and Sebi





Christmas morning


Genevieve was so funny.  She would tear off a small piece of wrapping paper, hand it to you and say,
"Thank you", repeating this until the entire present was open.  It took a while.



Chad loves his Avenue Q Karaoke Disc.


The first time on her rocking horse, Genevieve wasn't so sure.  She loves it now!


Daddy signing horse.



Of course, she'll always love...the box.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

November / Beginning of December

So much has happened in the past month, it will be hard to catch up.  Early November Genevieve was diagnosed with Influenza A which was most likely Swine flu.  I caught it too.  I took a long time to get to the point where energy levels were normal again.  Because I had swine flu the IVF cycle was postponed.  It was postponed a second time when they discovered a cyst and that my follicle reserve count was low.  We are finally back on board with the IVF process.  We took Genevieve to her follow up appointment with her allergy specialist and we are now able to give Genevieve foods that contain corn every third day. Providing she continues to do we we will increase that until she is eating corn everyday.  If, not we will take a step back and go back to every third day until the congestion clears.  Genevieve has started swimming classes again.  My mother has been battling Kidney Stones and has been in a lot of pain since November.  She finally had surgery mid-December and had her stints removed lthe 4th week of December but she is definitely still not at 100%.  Our house is still on the market and we just lowered the price again.  We are hoping that will draw some more potential buyers.



Genevieve loves her hat and mittens.


Thanksgiving pics. 
Genevieve and Sebi.



Bottle openers?  Yep, in storage. 





Genevieve prancing around in her coat and diaper.



Just before the santa pictures.  Running around in her jammies.




Genevive's first picture with Santa Claus.  She went catatonic.  Wasn't sure what to make of it.


Santa Claus kept saying her name....she finally looked at him. 







Kids denifinitely imitate their parents.


Rocking out on the microphone.






Puppets Please!  Puppet show at the library.





Zoolights with Travis, Sarah, Thierry, TJ, Adam and Hayden










Chad took Genevieve to an open gym time at Roach Gymnastics. She went for three days in a row.
She had a blast.







Genevieve on day two at the gym.