Thanksgiving Day!

We had a great Thanksgiving this year! Dustin and I were able to spend time with both sides of our families! Mallory had a great time playing and trying to escape her highchair! These are the only pictures I was able to get before my camera battery died!! :(

Brittany is 24!

This year I turned 24 years old! For my birthday Dustin gave me this Michael Kors bracelet and a sweet card!

I got Tom shoes from my parents, a massage gift card from my in-laws, a fun neckless from 2 of my friends, a TJMax gift card from a friend and a super cute watch from a friend! My sister, Stephanie, Lauren and Vanessa came over to visit for my birthday too! I had a great day!! Even tho I spent the whole day laying like this..on bedrest from the Invetro procedure the day before! It was totally worth it tho!!

Fall Pictures

Brooke & Shaun took pictures of Miss Mal again!! I know we take a lot, but how can you not?!! Mallory is just so fun to be around and shes such a cutie!! Heres the preview my sister sent me!! I am DYING to see the rest!

InVetro Day!

Today was InVetro Day! Dr. Sueldo said my eggs looked great, so we were ready to have them taken out! Dustin and I arrived at Community Hospital this morning, got all checked-in, got an IV put in and they took me back for the surgery! The Dr was able to get 15 "good" eggs out of the 27 they thought I had! So that's great! (Normal is between 10&20). Now we wait for the embryos to grow for 3 to 5 days! So either on Sunday or Tuesday, I will have them put back in to hopefully attach to my uterus! Then we will find out on December 1st if it worked!! We are so excited and are so grateful for everyone keeping us in your prayers!!! Here's a picture in case you wanted to see me with out my hair and makeup done!!

Invetro Week Update!

We wanted to thank everyone for keeping our family for your thoughts, prayers and your Sunday fast his last weekend! We have been having a great week and have felt so much love from everyone over the last couple weeks!! We wanted to give our family and friends an update on our Invetro status! We went to Dr Sueldo today and he said my eggs were at 17 (not quite big enough) and we need them at 20 so the egg retrieval we be Thursday forsure! Which also means that the embryos will be transferred back in Sunday or Tuesday!! We are very excited and can not wait to find out if we will be blessed with a baby!! Yay! Here's a picture of a few of the needles I've used over the last couple of weeks in case anyone wanted to feel bad for me!! Haha! 4 special injections, 20 regular needles for the PM, and 15 needles that were added to a pen for the AM!

16 Months Old!!

Miss Mal Pal is 16 months old!! I love to say she is getting so big, but thats not exactly whats happening! Mallory is tiny! She is hasn't gained much weight since her 1st birthday but the Dr said its normal for babies to slow down around this time! Mallory's best friend is 10 pounds heavier and hes 3 weeks younger!! Ha! Mals is changing and developing mentally everyday! Mals loves to say hi, bye, NO, and nice to meet you! She loves to read books (the same 3), play peek a bo, she loves to run and watch Super Why! She likes strawberries, watermelon, fruit snacks, rice, chicken nuggets and soup! Here's our cute girl!!

Getting Personal...Invetro

I don't share these kind of personal things on my blog but I'm pulling out all the stops for this one! I wrote the following letter to family and friends and wanted to share it with my friends in the blogging world! I would love to hear your comments or even better, your or someone you knows success story!

Dear Family and Friends,
As many of you know, Dustin and I have been trying to have a baby naturally for the last 5 years and have been unsuccessful. Fortunately, we were blessed with baby Mallory coming into our lives last year through the miracle of adoption!
Now we have the opportunity to have a baby through a different method. During the week of November 14Th, we will be participating in a round of Invetro-Fertilization also known as IVF. Invetro is the process of fertilization by manually combining an egg and sperm in a laboratory dish. When the IVF procedure is successful, the process is combined with a procedure known as embryo transfer, which is used to physically place the embryo in the uterus. (You can find more information at whatisivf.org)
During this special time in our lives, we need as much support as possible. Dustin and I would greatly appreciate if you and your families would fast and pray for us! Our family is going to be participating this Sunday, November the 6th if you would like to join us!
I know God will hear and answer our prayers! Thank you for all your love and support! We are very excited and we hope to share good news with everyone sometime during the week of December the 4Th!

Love you all,
Dustin and Brittany

Brushing Baby's Teeth

I have been brushing Mallory's teeth everyday for a little while now and she loves to take the toothbrush at the end and do it herself! Today she got her baby and started brushing baby's teeth! It was the cutest thing!