Some of the highlights:
07/05 – Joy and C meet
01/08 – Move in with C
06/06 – C finishes school
07/06 – Kai joins our family
10/06 – Officially engaged and wedding planning begins
06/07 – Joy becomes a birth dou.la
07/07/07 – Wedding!!!
11/07 – Joy becomes a post.partum dou.la
01/08-03/08 – Joy studies abroad in South Africa
03/08 – Honeymoon in London and Dublin
03/08-06/08 – Thesis time
06/08 – Launch dou.la business
07/08 – Our 3/1 Anniversary and we begin saving for “baby fund”
08/08 – New Ob/Gyn and complete all cryo.bank requirements
09/08 – Joy officially finishes her dual bachelors (with a minor) degrees
09/08 – Joy starts two-year graduate program
10/08 – Establish care with Dr. Right
12/08 – Joy finishes first quarter of grad school (A)
12/31/08 – Bought 12 vials of “premium” sperm and 5 years storage
02/09 – Joy trains to be a child.birth educator
03/09 – Joy offered quarter-long TA-ship for undergrad class
3/09 – Spring Break trip to L.A.
03/09-06/09 – Joy’s 3rd quarter of grad school and teaching assistantship
05/09 – C gets a new camera
06/09 – Joy finishes first year of grad school
06/29/09 – Begin seeing LNL for acupuncture and herbs
06/09 – 07/09 – Co-teach CBE series
08/10/09 – 09/28/09 – Teach evaluated CBE series
06/14/09 – 09/14/09 – Summer Vacation!!!
09/14/09 – Start grad staff position
09/18/09-09/20/09 – Oregon Coast Trip!
10/09 – Trip to OK to visit family and attend CBE conference
10/09 – Certified as a CBE
11/20/09 – Close on new house and moving day
