Family fun time!

Nathan at Mitch's game. He had fun running up and down the rows.
My Uncle Tommy and my brother Ben
My brother Thomas and Nathan
Mitch and the Greensburg Pirates got to play at Lucas Oil Stadium (The Colts) in their first game of the season! Mitch was the quaterback! He did so good and it was amazing to see him up on the big screen and on TV!
My nephew Will

Nathan and Grandma (my Mama)
Awww...Nathan loves grandma!
Has so much fun with her!
Not letting go!!

The team
My Uncle Tommy and Uncle Dan watching the game. We all got shirts that said "Tuttle" on the back. It was cool! I wish we would have thought to take a big group picture!
My mama

My Uncle Tommy and Nathan at my brother's game
Nathan watching his Uncle Tommy!
Thomas and Nathan

Couldn't decide which sport to play!
So cute!
He choose well! We are a football family! Just like his uncles!
Uncle Tommy and Nathan playing ball.
Uncle Tommy and Nathan

We had such a nice family weekend! It was so nice to see my Uncles! They came from California and Georgia. It was really fun!

Happy Conception Day!

2 years ago today, Brandon and I were in the IVF OR and Nathan's life began in a petri dish. Here is my darling son with our embryo that didn't make it. IVF is a miracle. Still brings tears to my eyes to see this picture. It was actually taken on the 24th of August. Right before Nathan was placed back into my womb. So amazing...

Happy 3rd Anniversary!!

Three years ago today, I married my sweetheart! Happy Anniversary Brandon! I love you so much!

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We have moved on to cycle #7. I am pretty sad about it. I really just want this to be easy and it just plain isn't. I hate the fact that we have to go through this to have a family. It just isn't fair sometimes.

Anyway, we will be trying this month and the month of September using my fertility monitor. In September, we will be meeting with Dr. B to dicuss our IUI cycle. Hopefully we can do that in October.

I really hope that cycle #7 is lucky for us.

Pity party over...

Letter to my 15 month old boy...

Dear Nathan,

Today you are 15 months old! Time is just racing by. Before we know it, fall will be here! I can't believe that you are already 15 months old. You are getting to be so big!

This past month has been so exciting for us all. The biggest thing has been our move. Mama and Daddy bought a house! And we moved from the house where we brought you home. :( It was such a bittersweet day. On one hand, we knew that we were moving toward a bright future. We were going to a place where you could grow up and run and play. But it was hard to say goodbye to the house where you spent the first year of your life. Your Daddy painted that nursery a week before you were born. We brought you home from the hospital and fell in love with our sweet baby boy in that house. We paced the floor with a fussy newborn. You and I cuddled and nursed for hours on end in our comfy bed. You learned to crawl and took your first steps in that house. So it was hard for us to leave. But we know that our future is in this house. You have made the transition so well. And I really think that you like it here. This past month you have learned some new things! You love to climb on things now! You are always climbing on furniture and in the shower. You are especially fond of our new fireplace. You like to scare Mama by climbing on the bricks. You have learned how to give people things. You are all the time bringing Mama things and you get so excited when I say "Thank you!". You try to bring everyone something. It is really cute. This past month we also went on your first plane ride! We went to Baltimore, Maryland to Zach and Sara's Wedding. We had a great time and you were such a good boy! We also went to visit Grandma Kay and Grandpa John and went to Holiday World with Grandma and Uncles Ben and Tommy! It was so much fun! You did great and really loved it! You love water. You like to pour it and splash around. It is so much fun to watch you enjoy yourself. You just laugh and laugh.

15 months has gone by in the blink of an eye. You are such a toddler now. It is amazing to watch you learn and grow every day. We love you Nathan Cole. You are our world. And we look forward to watching you grow up in our home. We are so proud of you.

Love,

Mama

Vacation! Our trip to Holiday World!

Mama and Nathan on the Ohio River

Weeeeeeeeee
He is so cute!

Just hanging out.
So pretty!

Mama and Nathan on the merry-go-round
The grandmas!

He had so much fun running around the play area at Holiday World
Nathan and Grandma

Hmm...what's up here?
This looks fun.

It IS fun!

He loves pouring water. The grandmas are in the background.


My mom, my brothers, Nathan and I went down to Tell City to visit Brandon's parents. We went to Holiday World. We had a great time!!! My favorite part was swimming in the neighbor's pool. So relaxing. It was such a blast!

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It's my birthday today!!! YAY! :)

Brandon and I are going on a date tonight! I'm excited!

It is time.

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It is done!!

We are now homeowners!!!!!

Closing went perfectly today! Everything went as planned and we are so elated to move in this weekend! I can't wait!!

Thanks for all the support throughout this trying process. It was all worth it for this feeling!

Pictures from the wedding...

Nathan and Daddy in the airport. This is how we have to put his shoes on. Busy boy!
Nathan flirting in the airport.
So cute!
Nathan's first airplane ride! He did really well!
Mama and Daddy

My hubby is so handsome! :)
The ledge of doom. The wedding was outside at this beautiful mansion, but the garden drops off right here and this is what I had to keep Nathan away from. It was a long day.
Our family! Nathan won't look at the camera to save his life. LOL!

Nathan being a cutie.
Playing outside.
He also spent half of his time trying to eat the rocks.

Here he is trying to eat the Goldfish I brought. Better than rocks.
Here he is eating plastic. Still better than rocks. LOL!
Nathan and Daddy!
Nathan and Mama!

We had a really nice time in Baltimore. I only wish that we had more time to explore the area a little better. Thankfully we did get a chance to see my good friend Emily. It was so nice to see you Smalls!!

Busy July is never ending...

We have been so busy. It is crazy around here!!

We made it safely to Baltimore and back for the wedding. We had a nice time, but were very happy to get back. I will upload some pictures tomorrow.

Our poor house is in shambles! Literally, there is nothing put away. Which is driving me crazy!!! We are in the middle of packing up the house and there are boxes every where. And I am normally a person that likes everything in its place. So needless to say, I am stressed out just looking at the place. Thankfully it won't be like this for very long, we close next Monday on our house!!! We are VERY excited!!!

In TTC news, we have moved on to cycle 6. :( I am actually too busy to be too disappointed right now. I am sure that it will hit me when everything is more settled.

Nathan is doing really well. He has fun "helping" me pack. By helping, I mean taking every item out of the box right after I put it in. He is been doing something really cute the past couple of days. He tries to put the leash on the dog and leads her around the house. It cracks us up!

Anyway, I have been a bad blogger lately. Hopefully things will improve once we are moved.

Letter to my 14 month old boy...

Dear Nathan,

July has arrived and it is HOT! I can't believe that you are 14 months old! You get so much bigger every day it seems. You seem so much like a toddler now.

This month has been pretty eventful. Unfortunately, you have been very sick for the past week or so. Your poor belly has been upset. Mama and Daddy felt so bad for you. You haven't wanted to do anything but cuddle with Mama and nurse. Thank heaven you are nursing though. Mama knows that you can stay hydrated this way. This past month we have been so busy. We have been traveling back and forth a lot. We went to visit Grandma and Grandpa. You had so much fun! They watched for you while we went to a wedding. It was their first time watching you and you (and them) had a great time. You were a good boy. That was the longest that Mama had been away from you. We also went to the Pride parade! It was a blast and you really enjoyed seeing all the people and floats. We have been traveling back and forth to Shelbyville to look at houses. Thankfully, we found one that we like. We will be moving soon. I hope that you handle the change ok. You also got to see your first fireworks show on the Fourth of July this past month! You loved it! You weren't able to go last year because you were too little. But this year, we kept you awake so that you could see it. It was fun! You had your first dentist appointment this month, it went well and we brush your teeth every night. You don't like that! You have done a lot this month. You walk perfectly now. You say "bye-bye". You shake your head "no".

Thank you so much for being such an amazing boy. You are the light of our lives sweet baby. And even though you are a toddler, you will always be my baby. I love you so much.

Always,

Mama

Sicky McSickerson

My poor baby. He is so sick. He has a horrid case of diarrhea and some vomiting. Poor little guy. Thankfully the cloth diapers are making this easy on his bum. And I am even more thankful for nursing! Breastmilk is the only thing that he can keep down. My supply is going crazy with all this nursing. :)

In house news, dear Lord, I hate paperwork. We have been signing things left and right. Brandon is attending our home inspection today. So hopefully we get good news from that.

That is pretty much it for us right now. Taking care of Mr. Sickerson and trying to jump through a bazillion hoops for our house.