Progress

So things have been going pretty well around here.  Last weekend we traveled to VT to hang out with L’s family, which was really great.  We took up a whole load of stuff that we will need when we live there this summer, so that felt good.  This included a regular crib and a folding crib that we will take to L’s dad’s house.  We aren’t sure if we will be able to travel there again before Sprout is born so we really wanted things pretty much set.  We set up the crib and in general set up the room we will be using (which is L’s sister’s room, but she is letting us stay in it since L’s room is up a very treacherous stairway and not near a bathroom/source of water).  Here is a picture of the room.

 

These are the views from the two windows.  Notice the lack of city.  Can’t you almost smell the fresh air?

We had received a bunch of white shirts and onsies so we decided to dye some of them and L’s mom’s house is a much better place to do this than our apartment so we did that while we were there too.  Here is  a sample of the finished products.

L has been feeling Sprout moving all the time.  I am now able to feel Sprout move too, which is amazing.  I am so excited and love Sprout so much, and last week was struck by a feeling that L is so lucky that she gets to be with Sprout all the time.  It was sort of strange.  I am not jealous, just realize how amazing it is that she gets to always feel and be with Sprout.  Our plan has always been to have more than one, and for a while I wasn’t sure if I would want to carry or not, but now I really feel like I want to.    

From the beginning of this process we have gone back and forth about whether we would want to use the same donor for each child.  For a long time we thought we would use different donors, but then we decided we would try to use the same one, for a variety of reasons.  Of course, because we do not have a ready supply of sperm, our to-do list has included “Buy sperm” for a few months now.  It is hard because it is so expensive and we actually need that money in our current lives.  It is weird to have to plan so far in advance and drop so much money for future events.  Anyway, we bit the bullet, and bought a bunch of sperm yesterday.  Our donor is leaving the program and we bought almost all that they had left.  Hopefully it will be enough, but if not we will deal with it when we get there.  I feel relieved that we got that done though.  To be honest, L and I are not always the most responsible people; sometimes things slip through the cracks a bit.  I had a fear that we  wouldn’t get our act together and we would call to find out it was too late and there was no more left.  Luckily, we got it together just before that happened.  Phew.  

Our birth class stats in two weeks!  I am really excited about it.  I am also excited because I just learned that we have chosen the same method (Bradley) as the Duggars.  Excellent.