seven years

a couple weeks ago e and i went camping for our seventh year anniversary. we drove to the mogollon rim for some cooler air and beautiful scenery {it was also our last weekend with rusty}.

we drove up on friday afternoon and set up camp. e and rusty went for a little mountain bike ride and then we had delicious tin foil dinners that night. early saturday morning e and rusty went on a 10 mile trail run in the mountains. after that we headed to willow springs lake. we hiked down to the lake and jumped in. it was so refreshing and fun {rusty even jumped in}.

after our time at the lake we went back to our site and then took off from there on a little hike to another lake {woods canyon lake} that we had been told had bald eagles nesting in the surrounding trees. when we got to the shore of the lake, the AZ game and fish department had high powered telescopes set up to check out the nest. there was a 12 week old bald eagle in the nest! and not 5 minutes later the mom bald eagle showed up too. we got to watch them together in the nest and it was one of the coolest things we have ever seen. to see those beautiful birds out in the wild was amazing. we stayed there for a good 30 minutes checking them out then headed back to camp. we had hot dogs and chili that night over the fire. sunday morning e went for a short mountain bike ride and then we headed home. it was another great anniversary spent camping.

bi-winning

we  had our first ultrasound this morning. i am seven weeks pregnant and we saw two little heartbeats. it was incredible. we are having twins. i am just hoping and praying that both stay healthy and it all continues to go smoothly. due date is approximately 11/12/11. but because of the twin factor they will most likely come early.

i think it's all beginning to sink in a lot more now that i've actually seen them. but sometimes i still can't believe this is happening for us. we are so excited and feel extremely blessed. it's a miracle. i can't stop smiling and crying.

here are the two day 5 blastocyst embryos we transferred on 2/24/11

here are the ultrasound pics from this morning 3/30/11 at 7 weeks pregnant. i scanned them in and the quality is not so great but it's just so exciting, i had to share.

where i'm at

hello. i'm here and doing rather well, thank you.

utah was good.
we had some really nice warm days and then a couple that were filled with snow.
i laid around a lot and E's family was/is so good to us.
we ate some fabulous food and had some wonderful company.
we saw and hung out with great friends.

drove to pleasant grove everyday.
dr. F retrieved 41 eggs.
started progesterone shots in my butt.
i was sick.
drank a ton of gatorade.
and therefore peed a lot.

got our embryo report everyday.
drove back to AZ on presidents day.
scheduled a day 5 transfer.
flew back to UT on thursday morning.
transferred two beautiful embryos.
flew back to AZ thursday night.
bed rest for 3 days

now i'm back at work.
i feel good physically.
emotionally is another story.
now we wait, wait, wait.

yesterday E planted an orange tree.
we also planted a garden with strawberries, carrots, lettuce and corn.
high for tomorrow 79.

I took this picture yesterday from the steps of the building I work in. This is also the view I see everyday from my desk.

We just had 4 days of non stop rain in Redlands and snow in the nearby mountains.

utah morning snow

snow caves and sunsets

The day Eric and I flew into Salt Lake we took the kids (niece and nephews) sledding and then built a sweet snow cave in his parents front yard. The kids loved it.

There was a gorgeous sunset that night