{"id":73730,"date":"2018-08-15T10:56:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T10:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/?p=73730"},"modified":"2018-08-15T12:53:10","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T12:53:10","slug":"were-having-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/were-having-a\/","title":{"rendered":"WE’RE HAVING A …"},"content":{"rendered":"

I say WE because I feel like it’s “my” baby a little bit too! Actually – I know a few others that might say WE too!<\/p>\n

I’m sure you’ve read about my best friend Missy! I met her because of this little page RIGHT HERE! She saw a blog I posted from someone on FACEBOOK and realized we both had great dane puppies!<\/p>\n

We got together for a few puppy dates and grew closer through our shared struggle – infertility.<\/p>\n

I took their family photos and we talked about how hard it was to be happy for other people that were expecting. Other people that got to hold their babies.<\/p>\n

How SO VERY HARD it was to hope.<\/p>\n

She would read my blog and call me and SOB! WHY DO I ALWAYS SOB WHEN I READ THIS!<\/p>\n

That’s how we became friends. Because I was open and honest and raw and vulnerable.<\/p>\n

Missy & Cody needed to use the amazing technical miracle of IVF to conceive. The day after Fitzy was born – Missy stopped in to see me on her way back from the fertility clinic. They were pregnant!<\/p>\n

They had several embryos fertilized in the early months of 2011 – and while more than one was implanted – only Aiden stayed. I was ending my miracle pregnancy and she was starting hers!<\/p>\n

About 4 years ago they had more embryos implanted – but those babies didn’t stay here on this earth.<\/p>\n

Missy & Cody have BEEN THROUGH IT. Not just with infertility and multiple losses but the “normal” stuff life throws at you and even some of the “not-so-normal” stuff.<\/p>\n

Missy prayed. I prayed. We prayed. So many people prayed. For their family – for their marriage – for their journey.<\/p>\n

Did you know that Jesus is RIGHT THERE? WITH YOU RIGHT NOW? You only have to reach out your hand and your heart and say – YES! PLEASE! HELP ME!<\/p>\n

Cody discovered that truth recently – and it TRANSFORMED HIS ENTIRE LIFE!!<\/p>\n

I have very rarely been able to WATCH someone be completely transformed because of asking Jesus into their life – AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!<\/p>\n

Grace. Upon grace. UPON SO MUCH GRACE.<\/p>\n

Missy & Cody had their last set of embryos in storage and they prayed. Was the time was right – do you stop freezing them? While they are only TINY TEENY little embryos – they are indeed very alive.<\/p>\n

So – no. They didn’t stop. They had three implanted earlier this spring.<\/p>\n

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Missy traveled to Syracuse several times over the course of a few months – and she asked me to come along on one of those trips!<\/p>\n

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SEVEN WEEKS PREGNANT – and you CAN SEE A HEARTBEAT! YOU CAN HEAR A HEARTBEAT!!<\/p>\n

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Grabbing a snack via IV! IVF is no walk in the park! Shots. Hormones. SO MANY SHOTS!! Hopes. Disappointment. More shots. Hormones. Exhaustion. Tears. Miles.<\/p>\n

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Three little babies were implanted and ONE stayed.<\/p>\n

This time – Missy has been SO VERY SICK!<\/p>\n

And she went and got herself a full-time job and we don’t get to spend nearly as much time together as we used to – but being involved in the details of this baby – MEANS SO MUCH TO ME!<\/p>\n

SO VERY VERY SICK – ending up in the ER for fluids. A little bit of a scare in losing this baby. It’s been a dramatic few months!<\/p>\n

YESTERDAY “we” found out whether this AMAZING little soul was a boy or a girl!<\/p>\n

I went with them to the ultrasound yesterday morning to take some photos!<\/p>\n

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It’s hard to make out – but that is a profile! 20 weeks old – not even a pound yet. And you can see the 4 chambers of the heart. You can see the arms. The fingers. The legs. The eyes. The little mouth yawning. ALL THE THINGS!<\/p>\n

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Aiden got his very own picture of his new baby! AND had to keep a secret – ALL DAY!!<\/p>\n

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LOOK AT THAT FACE! THAT SMILE!<\/p>\n

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THEY KNOW!! WE KNOW!!<\/p>\n

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CAN YOU TELL? DO YOU KNOW?<\/p>\n

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We stopped for brunch on the way home and Aiden helped me in a cute little picture of what his new baby will be!<\/p>\n

BUT – the four of us were sworn to secrecy until last night – WHEN EVERYONE WOULD FIND OUT!<\/p>\n

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SHHHHH!! AIDEN – you can’t tell anyone!! YOU ARE ALMOST DONE KEEPING YOUR SECRET!<\/p>\n

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IT’S A GIRL!!!<\/p>\n

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They MIGHT be a little excited!<\/p>\n

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Missy’s mom might be a little excited!<\/p>\n

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We ALL might be a little excited!<\/p>\n

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And we all know that this sweet little girl NEEDS a girl-friend in this group of boys!<\/p>\n

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SUCH A CELEBRATION OF LIFE & LOVE & SO MUCH GRACE!!<\/p>\n

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Find your tribe. Keep them close.<\/p>\n

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Jared snapped that one of Jose – SURPRISED MUCH!?<\/p>\n

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MISSY – I LOVE YOU SO VERY VERY MUCH! Thank you for asking me to come along on this journey with you! EVERY STEP OF THE WAY!<\/p>\n

GRACE UPON GRACE. SO MUCH GRACE UPON GRACE!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I say WE because I feel like it’s “my” baby a little bit too! Actually – I know a few others that might say WE too! I’m sure you’ve read about my best friend Missy! I met her because of this little page RIGHT HERE! She saw a blog I posted from someone on FACEBOOK […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,7,11,17,21,24,25,74,31,33],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73730"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73730"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73766,"href":"https:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73730\/revisions\/73766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}