Looking Forward to this New Year

I’ve been going back and forth with wanting to write more posts for our blog. I’ve decided that I should keep writing posts because it helps to write out my thoughts and feelings. I know that through reading other blogs, I’ve found support and friendship and I want to offer that to others.

There are many things that have happened since I last posted. So here are the main things that have happened:

Anthony and I celebrated one year in our new house! We love our house and look forward to all the improvements we plan on making this year; Especially with our garden and landscaping.

We got a puppy for Christmas! Anthony surprised me with a puppy for Christmas.

I was up in Idaho celebrating my brother-in-law’s graduation in December, and we skyped to do a gift exchange with all my siblings. Anthony said that he got my Christmas present and wanted to show me right then over Skype. Then he picked up our puppy, and I was completely shocked and excited. She is a miniature Australian Shepherd and we named her Mazie. She is such a cute and smart puppy. We’ve been having fun getting to know her personality and training her to do some cool tricks.

It is so nice to have a dog to take care of, another someone to take care of and love unconditionally. It is so hard to go month after month dealing with our infertility, hoping that this month would be our month, but having a puppy helps heal that missing piece in our hearts. It’s amazing how Mazie has come into our lives and has brought so much joy in such a short amount of time.

We have gone through 5 ½ years of infertility.

This past year we have received many answers and are headed in the right direction. It’s nice to have more answers and know that we are closer to having our dreams come true, but it still is the hardest thing we’ve ever had to go through. I’m thankful that we haven’t had other more challenging trials that others deal with every day, but to us this is so so hard. Through all of these years, I have to say, Anthony and I have grown so much. Our relationship is so much stronger than ever. I look back at the almost 6 years we’ve been married, and see that if we had children come to us earlier in our marriage, I would be a totally different mother then, than I would be today. I know that I will be more loving, patient, kind, and thoughtful mother now because of what I’ve been through these last 5 years. There are many reasons why I’ve come to this realization, and that’s for another post altogether, but through this trial we have received many blessings that I am truly thankful.

These are the three biggest things that have happened this last year. We are looking forward to this year being the best year ever.