Joe Grows a Family

I'm having an avocado for my baby? Hello, Friends! It has been almost two months since my last post.  Although a lot of "choices" and "emotions" have occurred during this time, there hasn't been that many significant events to describe.   Okay.  Fine.  Lets be honest...A lot of things I don't feel comfortable talking about in a public blog has happened.  There's been difficult decisions made and there's been frustrations.  Like I said, I won't explain them here.  But it hasn't totally been easy.  However, everything is great with the baby as of now and our surrogate is still pregnant and due August 8th!  I guess that's all that truly matters! The girls enjoying some laughs in a greenhouse. Our surrogate and I have been texting a bit.  I usually text her on Sundays to get an update on how everything's going.  She's been having some morning sickness and an extremely strong sense of smell.  In fact, she said she had her worst...

 Hello, friends! Everything in life is a Disney metaphor. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving.  As difficult as 2020 has been, I do believe it’s made us re-evaluate our lives and realize what we’re truly thankful for.  At least it has for me.  Thanksgiving with the Kids and their mom (my little sis)   Anyways, quick, brief update:   As many of you know, our transfer occurred on November 20 th .   (A little later than the original date of November 16th because of a minor hiccup).   This procedure is where the doctors at Wisconsin Fertility Institute takes one of our embryos and inserts it into our surrogate (more or less).   Our doctors said it all went beautifully.   We have been waiting the last ten days to see if the embryo “has stuck” (more or less) and if a viable pregnancy has sprouted.   The waiting has been nerve-racking.   But we finally got word this past Monday the news… Great news!   Drum r...