Utah Surro options are opening up!!

This morning at 4 am I was informed Utah state law on gay marriage changed.

What does this have to do with Surrogacy ?? well  a WHOLE HECK OF ALOT!!
Utah state law states that surrogacy here must be:
Gestational surrogacy;
with a married couple;
who provide at least one gamete to the embryo...

Anyone notice a BIG PIECE that's changed?

THAT OPENS UP UTAH FOR GAY MARRIED COUPLES FOR SURROGACY!!

I am SO EXCITED!!!

On a personal note.. I'm still looking for a wonderful perfect match- in no rush.. so I'm taking my time... :)

I hate the roller coaster !!

 I am no longer Matched and carrying for Goldilocks and Papa Bear. Due to health problems Goldilocks cant continue with the journey. Its unfortunate but it happens...

So I am back to looking for IP's!!
I hate this Roller coaster!

But whomever I'm meant to carry for will come my way :)

Day 7: Birthing center Tour

SO today we went to Lowes to get Christmas lights cause she needed to get more for the side of the house.
then we went to the Birthing Center.. It was a very lovely Birthing center! Goldilocks is convinced she's having twins so doesn't feel we will be going there... but it would be great if we did.. she has LOVELY birthing tubs!!  I really hope I get to give birth there!!

Day 6: Haul out the HOLLLYYYY

Today we went to the clinic to sign some papers. I had to say it was ok that the IF went to Europe and another agreement for surrogacy.

Then she took me to her doctor, cause I have a persistent cough and was hoping her Dr would have a better Idea on how to make it better.. he said the same thing my dr did, still gave me a steroid shot and gave me cough meds and antibiotics.. so that's cool.

When we got home we decorated the front yard for Christmas.. It was a LONG day and a hard day...

I put all those little red lights on stakes and put them all in the ground, put the candy canes in, and helped attach the big candy canes.. I also fluffed and lighted 2 tress by the garage and put the snowflakes up over the garage :) It was alot of work.. but worth it cause it ended up really pretty 

You cant see in this pic but that boo boo I got putting the lights up is all swollen up :(( its all good.. for the love of CHRISTMAS!  

We have an OFFICIAL calendar!

We have an OFFICIAL calendar! I just got off the phone with our coordinator and transfer WILL BE Dec 16th!! and she's email the whole schedule right now!!

That makes the baby's new due date Sept 3rd :)
woo hoo!!

Days 4-5 in Texas

Yestrday was pretty uneventful, just church. It was pretty neat cause their church house is pretty identical to mine (same colors and couches even!) so it was nice being a familiar home like building :)

My first encounter was "interesting" .. but after that it was lovely, everyone in the bishoprick came up and shook my hand and introduced themselves. It was nice being a little more than a stranger. .. now I know how non-members feel when they come to services ha ha. Poor Goldilocks kept stumbling on who I was.. I heard "she's the surrogate person" "she's the lady that's gonna do the baby thing" poor thing.. So I just started introducing myself as her surrogate, or refer to me as her oven for her baby bun. I can totally see how in her church how she can feel even sadder about not having a baby EVERYONE is pregnant and has 3-5 kids!! I'm SERIOUSLY NOT exaggerating here!! The baby parent ratio is REALLY HIGH!! But soon enough she'll get her baby(ies) ..

We are currently in a "battle" about what gender and when she is getting them LOL its a fun thing to toss back and fourth LOL at least we both agree there are 2 boys and a girl... she's thinking a boy girl set of twins then a single boy .. I'm thinking a girl then twin boys ... so we SHALL see :P at least we agree on 3 kids-  2 boys and a girl :) then again its in gods hands right ?

OK so that was yesterday
TODAY:
Before we headed to Yoga, We called the clinic coordinator to get clarification on some things. Before my calendar was tentatively that if I start my BCP on the 18th then I will start meds on the 2nd and transfer the 18th.. well after seeing the Dr I started the BCP on the 15th , which bumped us ahead 3 days. SO that moved our transfer to the 16th (15th is a Sunday)  Then also we were checking on the eggs to see how many we had. The Dr said we only had 8 eggs, so Goldilocks was like Umm no we have more than that. So checking with the coordinator yep!! they not only have 18 eggs.. but 18 EMBRYOS!! woo hoo!!

So then we headed to go do some Bekram Hot yoga, Goldilocks is an instructor and wanted to show me what she does. OMG can we say HOT!! Can I just say when I normally workout I really dont sweat a whole lot, like a little but never to the point that its DRIPPING!! For the first time in my life I sweat like a pig walking through a desert!! :P I was proud of myself I made it through the whole 90 minute session in a room that was 106 degree's! I was sweating so bad I am sure I was shrink wrap steaming! LOL

Then we went to Lunch with my Niece Rachel. It was lovely seeing her, I haven't seen her since little Donna was 6 months old! so about 2 1/2 years!! We ate at the Galleria mall Cheesecake Factory. It was a fun lunch, I had Salmon and veggies, then Goldilocks and I shared a pumpkin cheesecake for dessert. During lunch the clinic called we had some adjustments to make to the calandar, that's when she told me the Dr moved our schedule back to the 20th and she said she'd reach him and find out why because if nothing he needed to move it forward.

After lunch she wanted to go "shopping" .. OMG I have never in my life been in a mall like this..  this next part may make me sound like a poor girl from the poor side of the tracks but OMG! there was every designer imaginable at this mall!! wen into Jimmy Choo.. they had $800 sneakers!!  I thought that was crazy till we went into another store where she tried on a rabbit fur coat, that was $1400 , I think I nearly fell over!  then as I walked around scared to SNEEZE on anything, there were these heals that had a bottom and legs as the heal... the guy told me they were an exact replica of Charlese Tharron's butt and legs, they were $3500!!! I nearly swallowed my tongue :P
Yeah so that was fun though ...

Then AFTER leaving the mall Goldilocks got called by the Dr, he went over the quality and egg info!! we have 9 of the 11 -  5 day embryo's are the highest ranking quality even possible! and the other 2 are right below that and all of the other 7- 6 day embryos are all great quality too! So they were thinking of doing the PGD testing, but the Dr said with ratings like that there is NO NEED!  woo hoo!!

Then like 5 mins later our coordinator called me to tell me she is still finding everything out with the calendar and that she just needs final approval from the Dr and if she has her cerrothers its gonna be on the 16th! and she also needed to send her a copy of the surrogacy contract agreement.

So we arrived  home both Goldilocks  and I both had a headache so we just vegged out the rest of the night.

Cant wait for an email or call from the coordinator in the AM :)

Day 3 in Texas

Today's post doesn't have nearly the emotional pulls of the last 2 days..I'm grateful the trip has been wonderful and the "heavy" stuff happened already, now its just hanging out and being friends now :)

In the morning Goldilocks had a Lea Sophia party, then at around noon we went to Sam's club. It was pretty fun, they ran into a friend of theirs from church, they seemed confused by the surrogacy.. that's OK we will educate them :)

Their cat drinks out of the sink.. it cracks me up!! 

Breakfast and the Lea Sophia party 

Yep that's papa Bear shaving on the road hahaha 

Sam's club shopping haha

 I'm pretty sure Goldilocks is sick of me taking so many pictures LOL ... so I only took a few today. 

after sam's we picked up the car and went shopping as papa Bear "hit a bucket of balls" at the golf range. It was fun shopping with her :) then we met up with papa Bear to go see Thor in 3D.. that was pretty good. Not usually my style for movie, but it was really good!  

When we got home Papa Bear and I started playing scrabble .. until about midnight..  we are kinda making that a routine LOL 

He beat me again!! If it kills me I will win ONE game to him!! 

Thoughts from pappa bear

Pappa bear weighing in. After several weeks of encountering Little Red Riding Hood's (LRRH or LRH) irrepressible enthusiasm, faith, and positive attitude Goldilocks and I have had an opportunity to meet LRH.  Goldilocks and LRH were chatting away quietly at the Temple creating such a happy spirit and aura.  We were able to go the temple where we had a great spiritual experience and a wonderful meal after.  We have all had pleasant times and GL and LRH have been able to hang out together to do some gestational activities while Pappa Bear goes off to work to gather enough honey to help support the rest of our journey together.  It's like we have all been friends for years and LRH's sweet spirit carries us forward with faith on this part of a rarely trodden path.  Very exciting. LRH's enthusiasm has also carried GL's spirit and given her new hope and excitement that at long last a bun will go in an oven and come out fully baked.  We can't wait.

Day 2 - Fertility clinic appt

Day 2 in Texas 

So today was very fun :) 

We hung out around the house in the morning and headed to the fertility clinic around 12- got to that end of town at around 1-ish so we decided to go to lunch. After loop-da-looping a few times, cause we couldn't get to the shopping center we were trying to go to , we stumbled on another one, that was very new, very pretty and swanky :P We wanted to go for sushi for lunch. thank goodness I Yelp'd the place we were going for cause it sounded awful!! and most importantly we wouldn't have found the BEST FRENCH FOOD IN THE WORLD!! 

OMG ya'll!! If your ever in Houston .. this is a MUST GO PLACE!! 

Im cheating on my dog Galina wih Saddie.. I pretty much love her :P 

Goldilocks trying to put her affirmations on the TV sound system 

Rascal at the door 

On our way to the clinic 

In the car

BEST resturaunt pretty much EVA!! 

Awww I lubbbb this woman !! cant wait to have her baby :) 

Ridiculously good food My meal : rotisserie chicken, Stuffed roasted tomatoes, and a salad.. YUMMY!! 

Goldilocks food: Rotisserie chicken Ratatouille and salad she said she could eat the ratatouille and be happy! 

Walking into the clinic.. She was nervous poor thing!! I was trying to reassure her it will all be Ok! 

At the clinic 

Just before going in 

I'm stoked, and Goldilocks is putting her makeup on :P 

We were giggling so much I'm pretty sure the chicken had to be drugged 

I had to get a hormone test? Had to make sure Im not prego or anything!! 

Bottoms up needle

Ultrasound machine 

Poor Goldilocks is very nervous.. we were giggling like little girls LOL 

Laying on the Ultrasound table... Sorry its blurry it was the only one I got 

me and the  Ultrasound machine...  

The tech doing the ultrasound... According to the Dr my lining is still a little thick, but fine :)  

Heals in stirups LOL

Ok so the Doctor came in and did a little exam OMG he's HOT !! Can I say that about the Dr.. oh well I DID!! ... He said lets go ahead and get started on the BCP today and then on the Dec. 2nd start the estrogen and then a week before the transfer I will start on the progesterone till transfer Dec 16-18th !! woo hoo!! I have official orders!! SWEET!! We talked a little about he PGE testing, Goldilocks and Papa Bear are very confident that she would like to do the PGE testing. 

First Birth control pill.. BTW that's the water left over from the restaurant we went to .. 

Dr's appt  day picture :) 

OK so that's the day... after coming home from the clinic GL and I were pretty emotionally drained. Its becoming VERY real.. to ALL of us!!  

I meet her neighbors which were both very sweet :) came back home and Papa Bear and I played scrabble till about midnight!! 

I miss my girls, but I do love being here!!  I really do feel as though these 2 are family and I cant wait to get to know them even more!! 

Fly fly away! Day 1 In texas

Getting gas before leaving town

Morning sunshine!! Time to go change a life! 

My trip actually started on the 13th. I live about an hour form the airport so I went to St. George the night before my flight cause it was a 6 AM flight :P so I had to be there by 5 and have to get there .. and I just basically wouldnt get any sleep if I was at home. I stayed with my friend Adri, who doesn't live far from the airport. She is pregnant and due next week so it makes it a very cool beginning to the experience :P I set my alarm for 4 am and I naturally woke up at 3:45.. so I spent the next 5 mins trying to decide if I wanted to wake up or go back to sleep for 10 mins. I decided to get up :) Previous to this My nervs were just so anxious to go to Texas. but funny enough I was calm.. I listened to my affirmations for the next 10 mins till my
alarm went off. Got up, got ready and headed out.

As the plane took off I was listening to Cherie Call's song "Delivered from Heaven" even though it is a song on adoption there were some great lyrics that apply to us.
The plane took off as these lines played:
"I delivered you from Heaven From God's gentle loving care
And you entrusted him to mortals who had wished and prayed him there
And when this life's laid out before us
I hope we all can say
That we delivered this child TOGETHER
When we meet again someday
We'll deliver him back to heaven
And we'll meet you there someday"

I know that it sounds funny to have a spiritual experience on a plane but it was AMAZING! the rest of the trip was actually pretty relaxing I got there without a hitch, got on the plane and everything was great ;) here is the Picture Diary of the travel:

Heading out from adri's house 

Darn it this wouldnt focus! 

At the airport all ready to go :P 

Getting on Plane #1 

EEeeeee.. so excited :) 

It was a very pretty sunrise from the plane! 

Sun rising :) 

Just about to land in Salt Lake 

On the Conveyor belt in SLC on the way to the next plane

OOOooo I see my plane! 

Getting on the second plane

Im in the back of the plane!! 

Landing in Texas

Ahhhhhh touch down! 

I have to wait forever to get off the plane! At least I got a row to myself! 

When I landed in Texas I got my baggage and went outside where Goldilocks was waiting for me.. funny enough she saw me, flagged me down, I came over and she said "I gotta pee!!" and ran to go potty :P lol it was funny.. I put put my luggage in the car, giggling to myself. Then 2 minutes later she opened my door of the car, scared the crap out of me, and gave me a big hug :)

I gave her the Necklace I bought her :) Its a Mysisterwifescloset Charm necklace that says Peaceful, strong and amazing. She liked it and put it on right away :)

The original plan was to go to the temple but by the time I got off the plane, got my luggage, and got in the car it was 3:45... we were NOT making the 4:00 temple session haha .. so we drove around and talked for about an hour. then got to the temple.. It was a very neat experience going to the temple with whom you know you will shortly change their lives!

She told me that Papa Bear would be meeting us at the Temple.

We went in, changed, talked on the couches and waiting for Papa Bear at the top of the stairs. We talked to the temple matron for a couple minutes. Then he came up the stairs, it was a very special moment to have all 3 of us standing in the temple together. Indescribable. Other very neat experiences happened in the temple, which I don't feel are appropriate to share here.. but It was very neat and confirmed to me yet again this is the RIGHT thing!

We went to a very cool little Mexican Restaurant after and then went home. I went up to my room, put my stuff away. and brought them down a little bag of gifts. I love giving presents and tend to shop when I'm nervous. Here are some pictures of the gifts I gave them :)

 We were all quite exhausted by then and went to bed.