And so the story begins...

with a blood test, an eighteen month wait, and a phone call that will change the rest of our lives.  Charlotte and I learned today that we will be parents!  WOW!! Mommies...after all the doctor apptiontments, surgeries, shots, sonograms, and negative pee on sticks, we found out, this one worked.  Our reactions, um....speechless, tears, laughing and a whole lot of Charlotte's "told ya so's".  You see, as I was depressed, feeling that the results of this round would be just like the others, Charlotte knew it was different.  She was able to keep the hopes alive with a whole lot of TLC and little pats to the belly telling the little babies to "hang in there".  The phone calls went out and joy was shared by all.  We shared all the tears, all the laughter and all the thanks for crossed fingers, crossed toes, prayers to God and shout outs to kokopelli and whatever it was that everyone did to support us in this journey.  So...the next step will be another blood test to ensure the "baby hormone" aka beta, is rising appropriatly.