Krystal and I have spent a lot of time soul searching on what the best pathway was for us when creating our family. For awhile we choose IUI, mostly for financial reasons. After many conversations, tears, and budget spreadsheets we have decided to begin the process of Reciprocal IVF. (If you need a reminder of…
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One Year of Happily Ever After
The day of our actual anniversary was spent brunching, watching our wedding video, exchanging our anniversary presents, and paddle boating. We stayed with the traditional anniversary gift; paper. Our coordination for gifts is impeccable! There is always a little piece of me that is scared when we exchange gifts that we got each other the same…
“united by love and some very expensive semen”
Quite a catchy title huh? I read that in “Confessions of the Other Mother” a book I recommended a couple of posts back. Although it is humorous it also rings really true. Unfortunately for us, all the love in the world isn’t going to create a child. Science has not gotten that far. So we need…
ICI, IUI, IVF: What does it all mean?
I can’t tell you how many people have asked, “So you’re just going to use a turkey baster right?” If only it was that simple! There are a few options that are available to us and all vary in price and medical impact. I hope to give a brief (and not too detailed) overview of…
Beginning Our Journey to a Family
We are officially settled in Corpus Christi, both loving our jobs and being so close to the majority of Krystal’s family. Our lives finally seem to be out of this holding pattern of long distance, discontent in jobs, planning for a wedding, and the general chaos life brings your way. We finally feel some stability;…
Our Wedding Video
We are so happy to share our wedding video with you. Lately it has been my little way of reliving the day and all those special moments that were crammed into such a short amount of time. A huge thank you to Josh from JWayne Productions for all his hard and beautiful work.
nevertheless, we persisted
We have managed to keep this blog as un-political as possible. (Well as un-political as a lesbian wedding website can be). However I read a quote today that inspired me to speak up and hopefully to educate. “If you are neutral in situations of injustice. You have chosen the side of the oppressor.” – Desmond…
She Put a Ring on it: Madi’s Proposal
Krystal proposed to me at sunset on March 16, 2015 at Inks Lake State Park at 7:35-ish. Yes, I do remember the exact time because I had been hearing about this sunset the ENTIRE trip. Krystal had stressed to me from the get-go that she wanted to see at least one sunset on our camping…
2 Moms Are Better Than 1 