I just wanted to give a quick update on the Rapp Family. We are busier than ever and it looks like a trend for the next few months. We finally received an offer on our house and as of yesterday we are under contract. I am a little worried that our home won't appraise for the amount of their loan. They are a young couple with no cash on hand. Therefore we added closing costs into the price of the house. Al and I officially made an offer on a place yesterday also and are waiting to hear back. Oh did I mention that my oldest is getting her own place within the next few weeks? I am not exactly sure how this will all work, but within the next month we will be moving her, packing up our place for storage, closing on the other house, closing on our house, working full time, trying to figure out a place for our dogs ( while we move and close ) and possibly living in our RV for two weeks.
Keep your fingers crossed that everything works out for us. I feel so thankful to be in this position right now.
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Friday, June 19, 2015
This & That
I haven't done a "this & that" post in a while. In fact, I haven't really posted much lately. It seems that my blog is being neglected. I spend so much of my time in my mommy after infertility group that I don't have much time for blogging anymore. I really hate that because I have found over the years that blogging helped me through so much. It helped through the years of infertility, a difficult pregnancy, preemies and NICU time, and Lilah having her open heart surgery. It has been here with me for so much.
Things going on in the Rapp household:
Yesterday the girls had their 9 month baby well check up. I was very pleased with their progress. Lilah is 12lbs and 26", Olivia is 13lbs 6 oz and 28". The doctor said both their heads are on the chart for normal term babies and that is the most important thing to have on the chart. With weight and height they are still below, but making their own curve and that is all that matters at this point. Both are developing great. Olivia is now sitting up and almost crawling. She has two bottom teeth that popped through. She is eating some table food like, avacado, sweet potatoes, bananas, and she loves these new organic teething biscuits: Healthy times organic maple teethers. Lilah has two teeth that are going to pop through on the top. She is sitting, but definitely is not steady. If she sneezes, she will fall over. She is also eating the same things are sister. Both are suffering with horrible runny noses, watery eyes etc., so the doctor put them on Zyrtec.
Our house is back on the market again and we have started painting the outside in hopes it will get us an offer. I am really starting to get discouraged on this. I think we've had over 30 viewings and not one offer yet. I guess worst case scenerio, we wait until next year and pay more off and then sell it really cheap. Here is our new yellow color. I really hope it is not too much, but the hunter green had to go.
And finally, with the girls birthday only a few months away, I have decided on a theme........
CANDYLAND!
I told Al the other day that I am going crazy overboard for their first birthday. We will never have anymore babies and I want to remember certain milestones. I already started planning and ordering decorations, found a lady to make the cake etc. I might need to take a second mortgage out on the house , LOL. Here are a few things I am doing for their party:
Gumball pit!
Things going on in the Rapp household:
Yesterday the girls had their 9 month baby well check up. I was very pleased with their progress. Lilah is 12lbs and 26", Olivia is 13lbs 6 oz and 28". The doctor said both their heads are on the chart for normal term babies and that is the most important thing to have on the chart. With weight and height they are still below, but making their own curve and that is all that matters at this point. Both are developing great. Olivia is now sitting up and almost crawling. She has two bottom teeth that popped through. She is eating some table food like, avacado, sweet potatoes, bananas, and she loves these new organic teething biscuits: Healthy times organic maple teethers. Lilah has two teeth that are going to pop through on the top. She is sitting, but definitely is not steady. If she sneezes, she will fall over. She is also eating the same things are sister. Both are suffering with horrible runny noses, watery eyes etc., so the doctor put them on Zyrtec.
Our house is back on the market again and we have started painting the outside in hopes it will get us an offer. I am really starting to get discouraged on this. I think we've had over 30 viewings and not one offer yet. I guess worst case scenerio, we wait until next year and pay more off and then sell it really cheap. Here is our new yellow color. I really hope it is not too much, but the hunter green had to go.
CANDYLAND!
I told Al the other day that I am going crazy overboard for their first birthday. We will never have anymore babies and I want to remember certain milestones. I already started planning and ordering decorations, found a lady to make the cake etc. I might need to take a second mortgage out on the house , LOL. Here are a few things I am doing for their party:
Gumball pit!
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Picture Post
Sorry I haven't really posted lately. Not much is going on besides work and babies. The girls have their 9 month check up next week and I will post about that. Lilah has her cardiology appointment on July 6th and hopefully will be taken off the remaining heart medication she is on. I will also update about that. Until then, I leave you will pictures:
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
8 1/2 Month Pics
We only have a few pictures back from the girls photo shoot:
We also had to end up taking our house off the market for a while because of all the flooding in Oklahoma. Our yard has been flooded for a few weeks now and it is obviously turning potential buyers away, saying we have a "obvious drainage issue" which really pisses me off. In one month we've had over 18 inches of rain, would wouldn't have a drainage issue? Hopefully we can put it back on the market in a month or so when things dry out some.
We also had to end up taking our house off the market for a while because of all the flooding in Oklahoma. Our yard has been flooded for a few weeks now and it is obviously turning potential buyers away, saying we have a "obvious drainage issue" which really pisses me off. In one month we've had over 18 inches of rain, would wouldn't have a drainage issue? Hopefully we can put it back on the market in a month or so when things dry out some.
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
This & That Post
The biggest pain in my @ss is coming from selling/buying a home. I never knew what the process consisted of and to be honest, it sucks big time. Our house has been on the market about 10 days. As of today we've had 12+ showings and 3 of them are second showings on the house. Mother nature decided to show us the freaking flood that Noah obviously experienced. Our yard has basically been under water for two weeks now. We were able to get the camper out from the side of shop last night for Memorial weekend because the yard had dried up enough. Then like clock work a huge rain storm is moving in now and our yard will be underwater for the 5:00 pm showing today. I know that I can't change anything and the right buyer will come along and love our house regardless of Lake Rapp, but its been stressful. We are constantly hiding cats in rv, cleaning house, hiding baby toys daily, cleaning off counter tops etc. only to come home and get it back out. People have shown up at our house unexpected because of miscommunication with realtor and we are not getting 24 hour notice like we asked for. I can't tell a potential buyer no they can't look at the house though. Please let this house sell quickly and please let us find a new home quickly.... Mother nature please take your damn flood to states that are in a drought and could use 14 inches of rain in less that three weeks.
The girls are doing fantastic! Olivia did get a double ear infection last week, but I consider us pretty fortunate that this was her first and they are almost 9 months old. She was so upset and not sleeping well for days leading up to her fever ( that should have been an indication), instead I thought she was teething. After being on antibiotics she is all better and back to her normal crazy self. I also took Lilah and had him check her so we didn't need to go back in a few days. I found out with twins, when one is sick, take the other also.
Olivia is weighing 13lbs 2 oz
Lilah is weighing 11lbs 4 oz
My little peanuts are growing!
We also had their 8 month pictures done and the girls did such an amazing job!
Cierra is graduating on Friday and starting college in the fall. What happened to my first born daughter, where did time go??
Miss Lilah:
Miss Olivia:
The girls are doing fantastic! Olivia did get a double ear infection last week, but I consider us pretty fortunate that this was her first and they are almost 9 months old. She was so upset and not sleeping well for days leading up to her fever ( that should have been an indication), instead I thought she was teething. After being on antibiotics she is all better and back to her normal crazy self. I also took Lilah and had him check her so we didn't need to go back in a few days. I found out with twins, when one is sick, take the other also.
Olivia is weighing 13lbs 2 oz
Lilah is weighing 11lbs 4 oz
My little peanuts are growing!
We also had their 8 month pictures done and the girls did such an amazing job!
Cierra is graduating on Friday and starting college in the fall. What happened to my first born daughter, where did time go??
Miss Lilah:
Thursday, May 7, 2015
It is official~
Our house is finally on the market~
Fingers crossed it sells quickly and we find a new place
Fingers crossed it sells quickly and we find a new place
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Loss
It was mentioned to me many times that when you have a miscarriage, at least you are getting pregnant and you should be happy about that. Today my heart hearts for someone I know who just found out she lost her pregnancy. I think the hurt cuts even deeper when you finally do get pregnant and lose your baby.
I was personally touched by 6 miscarriages. Only one of them did I ever see the baby and the heartbeat, but I do remember all of my losses.
I was personally touched by 6 miscarriages. Only one of them did I ever see the baby and the heartbeat, but I do remember all of my losses.
Thursday, April 23, 2015
What is?
I posted this question in my mommy group this morning. After all the amazing responses I thought I would post the question here also. I look forward to seeing your answers and hope everyone that follows me will participate.
What is one thing you want for your kids or want to do for your kids that you never had?
What is one thing you want for your kids or want to do for your kids that you never had?
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Reflections
It's not much, but I made a deal with myself on my personal facebook page that I wouldn't post any pictures of the girls all week and instead post something for infertility awareness daily. I know there is a huge misconception out there about infertility and if we help at least one person get the facts, we are helping with awareness and doing our job. It shouldn't all stop because some of us have went on to have children. Unfortunately I have seen so many woman that have a child and move on, forget their past, their journey and it makes me so sad. Yes I do post many pictures of the girls and our lives because it is part of who I am now, but I also went through a long journey to get them and learned so much. I met some pretty amazing woman, some crazy ones along the trip also. Within the past 5 years I have seen woman going through so many phases of their lives. I am happy to say that 90% of them have went on to have babies, whether through treatments, adoption, surrogacy, fostering, etc. I still think of the woman I know that are in the trenches wondering if it will ever be their turn. I can't say how things will turn out for them, but I truly hope with all my heart that every single woman fighting infertility will end up with a happy story regardless how it happens.
For us it took:
4 years
7 iui's
2 ivfs
6 miscarriages
2 surgeries
A reproductive endocrinologist
A reproductive immunologist
50+ IVIG infusions
Countless medications
Lots of hope and putting one foot in front of the other
A very hard pregnancy
Premmature babies
A daughter born with several heart issues
But now I look back and wouldn't change one single thing. All of this helped shaped me into the person I am today. It made me a better mother. I don't think I would have been as in tuned to my girls if we didn't have such a struggle and took having babies for granted. I know I wouldn't have.
We were 1 in 8.
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