Welcome to my blog!
I was born and raised in Northern California (just outside of Sacramento), where I lived until 1999, when I married the love of my life, T., and moved to San Diego.
I taught Spanish to 7th and 8th graders until our first son (affectionately nicknamed the Shookie) was born in February of 2002. He was born 5 weeks prematurely when I developed HELLP Syndrome (Hemolysis, Elevated Liver Count, Low Platelet)
2004-present: In February 2004, we moved to the NYC area, after a 4-month stint on Long Island. I am totally in love with our neighborhood, and NYC in general. We were also part of a church planting team for a new local church, one of the most exciting and fulfilling things I've ever been involved with.
In the spring of 2004, we also started TTC LB#2. We were VERY excited when, after just a few months, we conceived in June. Unfortunately, I miscarried at just over 5 weeks.
I had hoped that that sad event would not repeat itself. Unfortunately, we miscarried again (sort of) at the end of February 2005, only to find out that I still had a blighted ovum. After a very long month of many ultrasounds confirming and re-confirming that there was indeed NO BABY, I finally started to finish miscarrying, only to end up needing a D&C. That miscarriage turned out to be much more difficult than the first time, emotionally, physically and spiritually.
After waiting a few months to start trying again, we got back on the TTC bandwagon, but after a spring and summer full of incredibly irregular cycles and no +HPTs, my DH, OB and I agreed it was time to move on to an RE.
Spending time with my family, reading blogs, reading books, singing/worshiping, our church, going out to eat, everything NYC (especially Broadway shows, Central Park and Times Square), movies ("The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, "The Godfather", and "When Harry Met Sally" being some of my favorites).
