One year down.

Not a whole lot has changed lately, but no news is good news, right? Well, not necessarily...you see, Brandon and I have wanted a baby for more than a year now, and it hasn't happened for us. I've had a difficult year, hearing about more than a few family members and friends expecting babies and in a lot of cases, their second or third. (For reference, when I saw "more than a few", I'm talking about 40-50.) Hopefully you can see why I'm slightly discouraged. I know I shouldn't compare myself to others, but it's very hard not to in today's world of Facebook and blogging. I clearly haven't learned the lesson I'm supposed to learn from this specific trial, but perhaps it's something like patience or not comparing myself to others. I'll do my best to fix that. In the meantime, I've seen a doctor to see what he can do to diagnose the problem and help me fix it. Apparently I'm not ovulating, which evidently is important to the whole conception process. Who knew? So those 10 years of only having periods once in a blue moon are catching up with me. So the fact that we've been "trying" for over a year hasn't done a lick of good since I'm not releasing eggs. Talk about frustrating! So we're trying to have a positive outlook and remember that God has a purpose and a timeline for us that we need to respect and have faith in. I know it will happen for us (standard response from anyone who hears of our struggle.) It's just a matter of when.