Rom stayed up all night last night putting in the floor....
to be short two tiles.
Meet my sister Alison.
Meet her darling little family whom I adore!
Anyone who really knows me- KNOWS I am a big fan of my sister.
People who know us, think we are a lot alike. They think we look alike, talk alike, and laugh alike.
All growing up I always wanted to be just like her.
....little did I know I'd get the opportunity...
Alison is infertile.
She has endometriosis!
The problem lies in her fallopian tubes.
I remember being in the hospital recovering from my colonless beginning thinking-
Heavenly Father sure knows what we can handle cause I couldn't handle going through what Alison is going through.
oops. lesson learned.
Alison has done invitro 5 times. Yep 5 times.
Her first three attempts were not successful.
She didn't give up.
She didn't loose hope.
She kept trying.
On her fourth attempt she got one baby. One sweet baby girl.
Her fifth attempt she got twins. Two more sweet little girls.
Yes she had three babies under the age of two....
Alison understands exactly what I am going through.
She understands my frustrations and my tears.
She is the first person I call with good and bad news.
She is the person that says the right thing to make me stop crying.
She is the person that makes me not want to give up.
I look at her family and have hope that one day we will have one too.
Her babies are miracles and there is room for miracles in everyones lives.
Thank you to Romneys brother for that reminder.
I never thought I would be experiencing this.
Didn't I say Heavenly Father knows what we can and cant handle?
Should have kept my mouth shut.
So here I am getting the opportunity to be my sister.
So hopefully our "alikeness" will hold true and
my fourth attempt will be a success too.
Christmas morning is just such a fun thing. It never gets old. Even as an adult you wonder what is in each box that is wrapped up and you think because it has a bow on it...its the "big" present this year. It's just a fun morning! Santa was good to me this year...as he is every year. He brought practical things that needed replacing and new fun gadgets that will make me a better cook and he brought thoughtful things one of which will allow me to talk with my sister in Chicago even more! Oh that Santa-he's a cute one! Now don't think Santa went home empty handed. He got a GPS which will hopefully direct him to the master bathroom to finish up that darn project! Of course he got new awesome tools to accomplish this minor remodeling task! See I'm thoughtful too...
Merry Christmas!
