Trust

Wow, what a whirlwind week it's been for our family.

First of all, we started full swing with all of our IVF meds on Father's Day weekend and started my shots last Tuesday in preparation for the embryo transfer TODAY. I went in this morning and transferred THREE little embryos - which I got to watch going in my uterus on the screen...COOL! Totally a complete EMOTIONAL moment for me. I was shaking and crying - I know Dr. Duffy thought I was a nutcase. Then again, he probably sees that all the time!! Now, I'm on bedrest for the rest of the day and resting the rest of the weekend. I'll go in for bloodwork in about 2 weeks to get the results. Let's all pray for HIGH numbers! My motto for now is "Pregnant with triplets until proven otherwise". Kind of scary when I really sit and analyze that. Clay and I have already been giving these babies a good pep-talkin', making sure they're making themselves VERY comfortable in there. We are praying for a successful IVF cycle and praying for these sweet babies as they grow.

Let's rewind about to about a week ago when our world came crashing down...
After several events at AT&T, that I will not go into, Clay was let-go from his job as manager at AT&T. It all started a week ago and became official as of yesterday. His 12 years of experience, the only job he's ever really known, started at the bottom and worked his way up to manager, it's done. Over. Never going back. They really lost a TOP-NOTCH employee - and no, I'm not just saying that because he's my husband, he really gave 110% to his job and his employees. Anyways, we are completely trusting in the Lord to comfort us in this loss, provide for us during this time of unemployment, and find Clay the PERFECT job for him. I think I've cried enough this week for the rest of the year (yeah, put a woman on LOTS of hormones in this situation and you get LOTS of crying). I'm scared, I'm nervous, I'm unsure, but trusting in the Lord. As my sweet friend Hollie said, this did NOT come as a surprise to God, His plan is completely perfect for us and He has proven time and time again through MANY situations that He will take care of us.

A verse I have claimed through this IVF process and then again this week claimed through this whole job-loss thing is..
"You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you: because he trusts in you." Isaiah 26:3.
I pray that our eyes stay on our Lord and that He would give us a peace about our future: children and jobs.

Please continue to pray for us. Clay has applied at several jobs and has heard from one and has an interview on Wednesday. I can only imagine being let-go from your job does a number to your confidence so please pray for Clay. He has such a great outlook and encourages me with his faith in our Lord to provide for us.

And let me just clarify - we were already too far into the IVF process and meds to stop when we found out about Clay's job. We would've lost all of our money we had already paid if we wouldve stopped the cycle. And like I said before, God's timing is perfect and HE knows what He's doing in our lives. We are praying and sitting back to see how all of this is going to be used for HIS glory :) Thank you for the support, love and prayers we've received from our family and our friends!

And I can't have a post without a picture of our first miracle (who might I add, has been totally curious about all of mommy's medicine and shots and has already told me she wants a "brutta and a sissa"...hilarious!)