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Today Nicky got to meet Theresa. For Jeff and I, Theresa along with Dr. H will always hold a special place in our hearts. Our journey with them began over a year and a half ago but our story begins before that.

After three years of being married, Jeff and I decided, to our parents greatest pleasure, to start a family. During June of 2006, some of our friends had already started down the path of parenthood and we were ready to begin.

It was fun and exciting the first few months, with thoughts of am I pregnant. We were planning ahead our lives in nine month cycles. Months started going by with no plus sign, while the rest of our family and friends were growing with no problems. It became very difficult on Jeff and I life. The ups and downs of the 28 day cycle. We were too young to be really concerned but too old to want to wait any longer.

At the one year mark, when every couple is now referred to as infertile, I decided to talk to my family doctor. He referred me to his partner Dr. H, who had a pet project using the Creighton Model Fertility System. I sat on the referral for six months. It was extremely difficult for me to admit I had a problem and give up my fertility to someone else. I was being silly but wasn't ready for help until January 2008. I honestly didn't know if Jeff and I could take one more baby shower. Selfish, but this issue was consuming our life.

In January, I made the appointment and meet with Dr. H. He is a wonderful man and explained to me how the program worked. I would work with a Fertility Practitioner (Theresa) on the Creighton Model System side (charting my biological markers that show up during the 28 day cycle) and he would be working on the NaPro Technology side (medical). They would be working together along with Jeff and I to discover the problem. Jeff and I were wanting a more natural approach to solving the issue instead of jumping right into AI or IVF.

These two people are amazing. I left both of them feeling like I actually had people cheering and wanting to help us conceive. (Ok, we had lots of cheerleaders in our lives at the time but they couldn't really help.) It was the hope and warmth we needed to tackle the problem. I started in Feb. 2008 with Theresa. In March, I went on a high dose of B6, April we included the OTC drug Mucinex and May we achieved our pregnancy!!! We found out we were pregnant right at our two year trying to conceive mark.

Of course, they continued to be apart of life after conception. We see Dr. H all the time because he is our family doctor and I continue to chart with Theresa. Our family is proud to say that Nicky is the 33 Creighton Model Baby out of 36 here in the Fort!!!!

Shh, Baby Sleeping!

The cutest face in world besides his smiles and laughs, is Nick sleeping. Now that he has started to roll over, I no longer get to see his peaceful face. To honor his latest achievement, I am posting some of his best and only sleeping pictures. Ahh, the beautiful dreaming face. Nick has been an active dreamer since the day he was born. What does a newborn dream, you may ask? I have no idea, but he whimpers, smiles and makes a pout face. Cracks us up!

So tired! I love it when he yawns. Maybe it is because of all those chins!!!

Touchdown!! No swaddling for this child. He hated it when we tired because he could not move his arms.

Mommy wants those lips, but you can keep your chins!

Score, again! The kid may worship Peyton Manning someday.

Quiet moments. I took this picture as he slept on my shoulder. I am just amazed at my mommy skills, capturing the moment and not waking him up. Go ME!

The joys of parenthood: You may ask me about my new hair care product, Ah-La-Nicholi. As I was writing this post, the kid spit-up in my hair. Thanks, Cutie!!!

This Week

We have had a fun week here at The House.









Nick had his four month check up on Monday and now is 16lbs. 4ozs and 25in. long! Go big boy! We are off to the Neurologist on Tuesday to talk to the doctor about his head. No surprise, we knew it was coming. We started cereal this week and learned how to roll over onto our stomach. He is now a stomach sleeper with a red spot on his check from the sheets. We took everything out of his crib and now he is all over the place. I think he is inviting other babies over to party.





My favorite pic this week has to be this one.

Everyone tells us that Nick looks like Jeff but in this picture he is a carbon copy of my six month old picture. Maybe there is hope for us!!