Joe Grows a Family

 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...

Our volleyball team won...One game! Alright!  It’s been a long time friends!   Here's a quick update with some very exciting announcements. I wrote to you guys last time over two months ago.  Many of y’all have come up to me saying “So what’s going on?  I haven’t read your blog recently.”   And I’m like “I haven’t written a blog recently.”  Bwahaha.  Ding Dang. Jakey has become a little man in less than a year! There were some pretty significant things happening behind the scenes but I’ve been busy.  I just published my second novel available for purchase on Amazon HERE .  Thanks to all that have got themselves the book.  You’re all awesome! The new book! My surrogate, after completing a Parentage Agreement with her and her lawyers and ours, suddenly brought up the fact that she had a trip to Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii planned for next summer.  If she went on the trip, she would’ve been possibly 6-8 months pregnant...