Explanations, Promotions, Vacations & Other -tions! A recap since my last post...

Wow! I can't believe my last post was May 4th! A LOT has happened since then. Unfortunately, none of it is a pregnancy. That's right, our 2nd IUI didn't work. It wasn't too upsetting, since I didn't really expect it to work anyway. What stunk was I found out by getting my monthly (unwanted) visitor on May 17th--our 3 year anniversary! At my last visit, Dr. Taavon told me something that about made me fall out of my chair. He told me that what we've been told for the last two and a half years (going on 3) was a total lie. We've been told this whole time that we are having unexplained infertility. So that's why no one has given us a real solution to help us get preggers. Well, Dr. Taavon told me that we aren't unexplained at all!! He said that I don't have regular ovulating cycles and that John has low sperm count. There...infertility EXPLAINED!! He said that since I ovulate perfectly with the Clomid and Ovidrel shot, then my end is taken care of. He said that Dr. Yalcinkaya should be able to work with John and either find a medicinal or procedural fix for him or we will just have to go with IV-F if we want to get pregnant. It sounds weird to say this, but I felt so much better being told that we have an explanation now!

John and I are going over our options as in do we want to go for the IV-F if that's our only way to get pregnant, or do we want to go the adoption route. In the meantime we are taking a break from non-stop baby thoughts and giving ourselves a rest. We figure after almost 3 years of trying to get pregnant and countless fertility treatments, we need a rest from the stress and disappointment month after month. We have postponed our appointment with Dr. Yalcinkaya until October 17th. We desperately want a baby, but we know our limits and feel this break will do us both a lot of good.

The reason we decided to wait until October 17th for our specialist appointment is because we wanted to go after we get back from MEXICO!!! That's right, the Griffin's are headed to the Moon Palace Resort in Cancun at the beginning of October! I earned a free trip through my Thirty-One business. It's only for Directors and above and it's for 6 days all expenses paid by the company! PLUS we get extra "Cancun Bucks" once we get there for massages, souvenirs, etc. And Thirty-One provides so many extra gifts and amenities above and beyond the free all-inclusive trip--John and I are so excited to get SPOILED!!!!! See some of the fabulous pics below!

Another amazing perk of being a part of Thirty-One is the amazing Dream Rewards that we can earn! I was able to earn the top level which is a $2000 gift card to either Best Buy, Carnival Cruise or Disney! Since we earned the trip to Mexico, John and I decided to take the Best Buy card! I am getting an iPad 2 with some accessories (PINK COVER!!) and getting an Xbox 360 with Kinect for John. He helped me SO much this last year with my business, so I wanted him to be able to get something rewarding too! He's been wanting an Xbox for a while now and I'm so happy to get it for him for FREE!! We also think we will get a nice 32" flat screen TV with a built in DVD/Blu Ray player for our bedroom. We have the 13" that I have had since the 7th grade in our bedroom right now! It is still a GREAT TV and we will probably move it into one of our offices if we get a new one.

Something else exciting happened in May! I promoted to Senior Director with Thirty-One Gifts!! This was SO awesome because my goal once I promoted to Director in September was to be able to promote to Senior Director by my 1 year anniversary with the company--May 1! I promoted to Senior Director on April 30th!! I am so excited to be able to attend my first National Conference as a Senior Director! God has totally blessed my business!