Melissa Mollet's NBC4 Interview!

Thank you to NBC4 and Melissa Mollet for a fantastic piece that was run about us and social media on tonight's Saturday evening news.
Click Here to See the Story

Leap Day!

I thought I'd take a moment to say hello on Leap Day since this opportunity only comes around every four years. Thank you to those of you who have sent positive comments to us after reading our story on AOL.com, one of the various other sites that picked up our story, and of course, seeing the piece on Good Morning America. The CBN even re-purposed the piece for an online video. Click Here for the Video.

We are hopeful that our journey to find a brother or sister for Noah will end soon as we are actively looking.

Thank You Good Morning America for A Great Piece

Thanks to Good Morning America for a wonderful piece about our search for baby #2. Good Morning America Spot about Melissa, Seth and Noah

Still Waiting for News from Good Morning America!

We're still waiting to find out when Good Morning America will run our spot. In the meantime, attached is the latest version of our adoption flyer. You're more than welcome to pass it along :)

Thank you Good Morning America!

We had a wonderful experience with the Good Morning America crew on Sunday 1/22/2012. Everyone showed up on time, were efficient, and great to work with. We were especially excited to meet Bianna Golodryga, who flew down from New York to interview us. It was a whirlwind experience from first being contacted by GMA two weeks ago to having a crew in our house! Thanks to Parenting Magazine for helping us spread the word that we are looking for a sibling for Noah! We're hoping Noah finds a sibling through this great source of getting the word out!

The Saga Continues

Normally, you'd think that the holidays would be a stress free time of year. I've tried to get into all of the decorations, music, and general spirit of the season. But, it's been really tough to be stress free at the moment. A couple of months ago, we decided to try the fertility process again. We were hopeful that the process would work, but knew there were no guarantees and that our chances were on the low end. Here's a time line of what we've been going through:

• November 28, 2011 - After transferring 2 healthy embryos and waiting 10 days, we were informed that Melissa was pregnant!
• November 28,2011 - December 5, 2011 - Through the next 10 days, the HCG numbers continued to increase, but did not progress at a level that made us think that the pregnancy was going well.  We assumed that the lowish numbers were not super positive, but were still hopeful.
• December 5th, 2011 - At about 1:20am, Melissa experienced severe cramps and heavy bleeding. We were sure that Melissa was having a miscarriage and that our concerns about the numbers were proven correct. We spent a long, horrible night dealing with the "loss".
• December 5th, 2011 - Later that morning, we went to the doctor. He saw lots of blood in the uterus and confirmed that Melissa most likely had a miscarriage. However, we were still told to continue the medication and go back to the doctor the following day.
• December 6th, 2011 - We met with our fertility doctor for an ultrasound to confirm the loss. To everyone's surprise, he saw two good looking yolk sacks. We were elated. Not only did Melissa NOT have a miscarriage, but she was pregnant with twins!
• December 6th, 2011 - December 13th, 2011 - We had a great week. It was fun thinking that Melissa was pregnant. Although in the back of our minds we knew that anything could happen, we were still having fun with everything. At the same time, Melissa's body showed all the signs of pregnancy.
• December 13th, 2011 - We saw our fertility doctor again and he said, "It's not good news." Apparently, the sacks weren't growing as expected. He told us to continue on the medicine for another week, but most likely, the outcome would not be positive.
• December 13th, 2011- December 20th, 2011 - We basically experienced the loss again. This week was terrible as we were both sad. Not only that, but every time we had to give Melissa a shot was a reminder of the fact that the process wasn't working.
• December 20th, 2011 - We saw the fertility doctor again for the final ultrasound and he confirmed that this cycle was not successful.

Although 2011 has been filled with stress, we are looking forward to 2012 and finding the baby that will complete our family. We know that Noah will make a great big brother and we, of course, are looking forward to sharing our love with another baby.

Just in Case You Are New to the Site

Hey Everyone,
Just in case you are new to the site, or perhaps you read about us in a recent article (Parenting Magazine), I thought I'd re-post some information about us. As you probably know, we continue to try to use the internet, Facebook and word of mouth to get the word out about our search. You might also want to ready our story that was featured on Oprah.com! Check it out by clicking on Waiting for A Baby. Feel free to email us at any time with your comments.

Whew - June Has Been A Tough One!

Over the last few months, we took a short break from actively networking and going through all of our adoption marketing options because it felt like we were running on a treadmill. Since we had the option to try another fertility cycle, Melissa decided that we should go for it. After all, even though the chances were slim that it would work, doing something was better than doing nothing.  So, we went through the process, the pre-testing, the shots (over 90), the embryo transplant, and the waiting, waiting, waiting. We were pleasantly surprised when we found out that Melissa was pregnant. What a great feeling! After the positive blood tests and great HCG levels, we were certain that Melissa was on her way. We were happy, nervous, scared, excited. . .But, of course, it wasn't to be. 6 weeks into the pregnancy, Melissa had a miscarriage. We often wonder why we are on this type of a journey when others seem to have it so easy. We don't dwell on it, but it is a bit curious. Did we do something in a previous life? Are we on this journey so that we can help others? This ongoing experience also makes me keenly aware that we never really know what's going on in other people's lives. Sure, folks may seem happy on the outside - may appear to have everything going for them. . .but, they may be struggling with difficult stuff at home. If you were to meet Melissa and me on the street, you'd never know our story (unless of course, you've read the blog or seen the NBC spots!).

In any event, I appear to be rambling now. . The culmination of our most recent loss happened in June. It's been a rough couple of weeks, and boy are we happy that June is over next week!

Life is Like The Lottery

It's a good thing we don't buy a lot of lottery tickets, because as it turns out, we are not very lucky. Of course, we were super lucky when it comes to how we came to adopt Noah. But, the rest of the time, our luck has not held out very well. Today, we found out that another option we pursued to complete our family did not come to fruition as we had hoped. We are both disappointed, but there's nothing we can do. . .the reality is that it feels like this whole process is like trying to win the lottery. Very few people win, and the rest keep trying and trying. . .

June 2011

If you're reading this post, then you probably know that we have been pursuing the adoption of a sibling for Noah for quite some time. I just wanted to let you know that we've decided to take a break from this process for a bit.  As a result, we've turned off our toll free number. Feel free to email us though at any time.
Thanks!