Our journey to 5

1998:  Cody and I go to the Homecoming dance.  October 7th we officially start dating. 

August 2003:  Cody joined the Army and heads to Basic, while I'm working on junior year of college at ISU working on my middle school education degree.

Christmas morning 2003:  Cody proposes, and I say yes.  (what was I thinking?  LOL!)

March 19, 2004:  Cody graduates AIT and get stationed at Fort Stewart, GA.  Cody and I get married at the courthouse with a big wedding still planned for a few months down the road.  We had to get all the paperwork started so that I could move down there in the summer.

June 2004:  I make the move to Georgia.

July 9, 2004:  Have our big church wedding  and both of us officially move down to Georgia for good.

August 2004:  Enroll at AASU, and see that it is going to take me 2.5 years, instead of the 1 year I had left at ISU (what we'll do for love).

January 19,2005:  Cody deploys to Iraq. 

End of June/early July 2005:  Cody is home on R&R.  We TTC.

July 3, 2005:  BFP.

July 4, 2005:  We celebrate by sharing with family.  A few days later Cody heads back to Iraq.

End of July 2005:  Miscarry

December 2005:  Cody comes home from Iraq. 

January 2006 - May 2005:  We TTC, even though I'm not getting my period.  I was so nieve. 

May 2006:  Finally after months of fighting with the Army hospital I get a referral to an RE.  See RE and find out that birth control warped my mind into thinking I was ovulating, but actually do not.  Attempt first clomid cycle at the end of the month.

June 2006: 1st cycle fails.  Go to Illinois for a visit home.

July 2006:  Attempt 2nd cycle of progesterone and 50 mg of clomid.

August 6 - 8 2006:  Travel home for the funeral of my grandma.  Student teaching at the same time as well. 

August 15th:  BFP (this time we do not share the news).

September 2006:  Released from RE, but start spotting at 8 weeks and head back in for another u/s and see that everything is still going great.  At this time, we share our news with immediate family only. 

End of November 2006:  Find out we are having a little girl, decide to name her Addyson Eva (Eva after my late grandmother).

December 2006:  Graduate from college!!!

January 2007:  Get hired on as a 7th grade math teacher.

End of March 2007:  Put on modified bedrest at home for pre-e.

April 10, 2007:  Induced because of pre-e.  24+ hours later....

April 11, 2007:  Addyson Eva born weighing 7lbs 8 ozs 21.5 inches long.

May 2007:  Cody deploys to Iraq, yet again. 

August 2007:  Buy our first house. 

October-November 2007:  We decide we want to TTC during R&R.  Call doctor and we plan it out to give it our best attempt.

December 2007:  Cody comes home for R&R.  Celebrate our first X-mas together as a family.  Start progesterone.

January 2008:  Finishing up clomid waiting to ovulate.  Cody's mother dies, we head home.  I ovulate, and we ttc.  BFP (keeping it a secret, yet again).  Cody heads back to Iraq.

February 2008:  U/S reveals one healthy baby. 

March 2008:  U/S now reveals TWINS!!! 

June 1, 2008:  My doctor sends a Redcross message to bring Cody home from Iraq so I can be on modified bedrest due to pre-e signs.  He arrives safely that evening.

September 10, 2008:  After many scares and lots of medications the twins arrive via c-section.  Kinsley Diane (Diane after Cody's later mother) weighing in at 6 lbs 5 ozs and 20.5 inches long.  Eligh Richard weighed in at 6 lbs 10 ozs and 21 inches long.