Five

Five years ago today Michael and I became husband and wife.

January 2001:

We were brought together ("introduced") by these two sweet little dogs:

May 2002:

We took our first trip to Ocean Isle together for Memorial Day Weekend.

September 2002:

We got engaged!

October 2003:

We got married and honeymooned in Aruba!

July 2004:

We bought the house in which we planned to raise our future children.

October 2004:

We decided while on our 1st Anniversary trip to Ocean Isle that we were ready to begin trying for our first child:

October 2005:

We took a trip to Seattle and drove throughout the entire Olympic National Forest to "celebrate" one full year of testing, stress, heartache and tears with still no baby. We pondered the options our doctor had provided and decided to forge ahead with IVF.

September 2006:

After our devastating miscarriage in June 2006, we learn that we are pregnant again...and with QUADS (one set of fraternal twins and one set of identical twins)!

October 2006:

We learn that the identical twins hearts stopped beating at about 8 weeks and we are now 10 weeks pregnant with fraternal twins!

Baby A - Ella

Baby B - Aidan

May 2007:

Ella and Aidan are born!

October 2007:

Three years after we began our journey, we simply could not be happier with our little miracles!

October 2008:

Happy 5 Years!