Introduction Time :)

Hello to all and welcome to my ttc journey!

This is my official intro to my new blog and for you to meet me. I am Kayla and I am married to a wonderful man, Clayton. We live in Louisiana... about 30 miles north of New Orleans. We are both in the fire service, dh is in suppression(firefighter/operator) and I am in communications(dispatcher) for the same dept, FD12.

DH and I are the poster children for "high school sweethearts" and I would not want it any other way. Clayton and I met the summer before I entered my freshman year of high school. We started dating the day after his 16th birthday, Aug 13, 2001. I was only 14 and he was only my second boyfriend. We did go to different(rival) high schools and he was a junior already. We dated and then fell in love, and in those four short years I was hooked and knew he was my soul mate. As my graduation day in May '05 approached my uncle who is in MN called and offered me a full ride scholarship to Bethel University in St. Paul, MN. With much sadness I did except... the worst part is I had to leave almost immediately the following Aug. '05. Clayton and I decided to stay together and just do the long distance relationship. As many of you know Hurricane Katrina hit in Sept '05. I went 5 LONG days without talking to the love of my life or friends and family. It was in those moments of sadness and being scared for the safety of my family that I decided that living thousands of miles of way was not worth free college. I didn't leave right away I finished out the semester.

In November I went home for Thanksgiving break, and was surprised by Clayton with the engagement. It was so sweet and well thought out. Clayton is Catholic and we had talked about me going through the program to be baptized since I have never been baptized. So while I was in on vacation we were going to talk to Father Bo(dh's priest from childhood) at St. Anselm Catholic Church in dh's home town Madisonville. When we arrive to meet Father Bo he was not there yet, so dh says lets go in and look around while we wait, of course I say yes! While we are inside I was up at the front of the church reading a bible while waiting for Father Bo, after a while Clayton says "Maybe he forgot lets go ahead and go and we can call him tomorrow or something" when I looked up from the bible Clayton was kneeling down to propose ::tears pour down my face:: as I am saying "YES OF COURSE".... We hug and kiss and just hold each other tight. He then tells me Father Bo was never coming he just called to ask if he could use the church to propose to me. We had plans for dinner so we left to go and eat, while driving there I call my parents and tell them. They were happy for us but of course already knew because Clayton brought them out to eat to ask their permission. We called dh's dad and then his mom and they were so happy too!

I then had to go back to MN to finish out the semester (and start planning a wedding). I swear by the end of November I had everything I wanted picked out and I was ready to start buying(with the help of the knot and my fellow Aug and N.O. knotties). Clayton and I talked about setting the date and we chose to wait until '07. We knew we wanted to get married in Aug. we were hoping Aug 13, the day we started dating. We didn't want to get married on a Mon. so we chose Saturday Aug 11th, 2007 the happiest day of our lives. The wedding was magical just like it could have came out of a fairy tale story. We had 1 maid of honor, 1 best man, 7 bridesmaids, 7 groomsmen, 1 flower girl, and 2 ring bearers. With around 250-300 guest we were married in the very church Clayton proposed in, St. Anselm Catholic Church. Our reception was at the city hall next door to the fire station that my FIL is the Chief of. We purchased our home and moved in after our amazing honeymoon to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.

Know we are a year and a half into our marriage and we are ready to add a baby or two to our family. I have been diagnosed with PCOS, poly cystic ovary syndrome. We tried starting in Aug '08 but there was no O. At the end of Aug we went to the dr and she put me on a month of BCP to jump start my body, so we start Sept. 50mg of clomid .... didn't work. Nov. 100mg of clomid... didn't work. Dec. 150mg of clomid... didn't work. Jan. tried on our own... didn't work. Feb.... we are going to the Fertility Institute. This is a Dr.s office of fertility specialist that specialize on different infertility's. Clayton and I are both really hopeful that we can get pregnant and a have our lil bundle of joy by the end of '09::crossing our fingers for a BFP real soon::

~steinbaby