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.


