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Generally we have a real problem deciding what we're doing, but this year, my brother made it simple! We have very little of my family in town. (there's 8 of us) and we usually all eat together at my parents. This year my brother and his family are going to his BIL's for thanksgiving, so we'll be going to my In-laws. They even invited my parents, so that will be great. I love that they all get along so well!
Then on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, we're going to have another Turkey-day dinner at my parents. That way we have all the traditional foods that we like and all the yummy left overs!
Tuesday night DH will come home from work, pack up the truck and make the 6+ hour trek up to Texarkana, Arkansas. With dinner and AJ - it will actually take us closer to 8 probably. Thursday everyone will come over to the house DH's grandfather and father built when FIL was in college. There will be 10 of us living there for the week. This year it will be 16 or 17 people (kids included) for dinner. Should be fun - only one bathroom. Sometime after dinner we will all take a walk in the country and then come back and have dessert. We will be there till probably Saturday where we will make the trek back home.
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We are heading to MIL's house this weekend since she lives about 2 hours away and having thanksgiving with her.. On Thanksgiving day we are having lunch at my parent's house then dinner at DH's grandmother's house!
Well DH and I are working that day so maybe my mom will cook lunch because his mom is having her Thanksgiving on another day, the only set of grandparents I have are both in a nursing home, DH's father usually goes out of town to be with his wife's family, haven't heard anything from DH's grandparents and my family usually goes to my Aunt's but she is going to TN. If my mom doesn't cook I guess I might cook a very small dinner for DH and I to have for lunch. I'm off the Friday and weekend after and so is DH so I might even cook that weekend when we kick off our Christmas decorating!
I'll be eating with my family, and I think Jon will eat at his Mom's this year. It's the first year in 11 that we've eaten Thanksgiving dinner separately, but it's just how it has to be this year due to time conflicts! I will most likely be working for a few hours on Friday.
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Our TTC journey: 6 cycles Clomid, lap surgery/ D&C, IUI, 2 x IVF; 33 cycles- BFN.
IVF#1 (March 2010) Transferred two 8-cell grade A (perfect) embies- BFN and heartbroken.
IVF#2/FET#1 (Jan/Feb 2011):Transferred two (7&8 cell) grade A (PERFECT) embies- BFN again.
March 2011- February 2012: On BCP due to endometriosis.
March 2012- taking a few months off of BCP and we are TTC naturally.
We will re-evaluate another IVF w/FET try in 2013.
We're doing a thanksgiving collaboration with my neighbors. We're each bringing a bunch of stuff, and having a feast. My family is in ND, and DH's is in CA, and we're not traveling.... so this is kind of like a second family.
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After years of trying, 2 years of fertility meds, multiple surgeries, blood draws and needle sticks, some awful pre-IVF complications, and endometriosis and PCOS,
We are done TTC. Praying for peace as we accept this...
Hoping for some comfort after our most recent (and 3rd) surgery and starting Lupron!