My boy

Some cute pics my sister Camille has taken since we have been visiting Utah.... we'll be here all week...yay! :)

TMI... i know.

So last week Grant and I met with an infertility doctor here in Chicago. Yes, we are trying to get the process going again, and aren't lucky ducks that just happen to get pregnant the good ol' fashioned way.... rather, we save, save, save, then hope that one of the many treatments we go through actually get us prego. I wish I could say our insurance covered the costs, but they don't cover a single penny!



We had a fabulous experience with our last doctor in Los Angeles that brought us little Noah. Now, that is a long way to fly to from Chicago, but after our experience last week, I'm thinking it may not be too bad of an idea afterall....we just have to gather the funds together!



So this doctor's office wanted me to go through all of these tests, pay $2500 (just for the tests), and wouldn't tell me the total price of what the IVF was going to cost me until after I paid the $2500. Um, hello? I am not paying that kind of money for tests before knowing what exactly the FINAL IVF pricing is going to be as well. Plus, their office was old, their scale was 15 pounds off (I made sure when I got home that I hadn't just been eating too much great food here in the last three weeks), and to top it all off, the doctor seemed totally annoyed that I had Noah there with me (I did call ahead and make sure it was okay to bring him). I finally went to the front desk and told them that I wanted to cancel everything with their office, and I told their receptionist that "honestly, I'm not too impressed with your doctor."



So my reasoning behind sharing all of this info on my blog is this: if anyone reading this has friends/family in the Chicago area with any doctor recommendations, please let me know. As much as I'd love an excuse to fly to L.A., we would love to do the IVF process a little closer to home. So if you know of anyone that has gone through the process out here, let us know! It's amazing to hear actually how many couples have problems getting pregnant, and is more common than most people think. And frankly.....

excuse the potty language....just sayin' it how it is! haha.

Chicago

Our new apartment. This is the street we live on. There is a park at the end of our street, and another one that's pretty close; there are so many parks in this city!!
View of the city from the ferris wheel at Navy Pier.

Mom came to visit - here with Noah at Navy Pier.

Here we are at the Lincoln Park zoo last weekend..... we went again today! It's free!

Noah looks like he's wearing goggles... they are actually sunglasses with velcro around his head. They are the only ones we can keep him from taking off.

Chicago life

I need to find my camera cord.... I will post and update recent pics of Chicago and our new pad. We are finally settled into our new aparment and are getting to know the area pretty well. Chicago is a great city, and we have had great weather since we've been here. I know it's just teasing me for what is right around the corner - the terribly cold and windy winter here that whips through your clothing. I've been here once before in February a few years back, so I know just what is to come.

Drivers here are absolutely insane, as is the traffic. It is a good thing we live so close to downtown (about 4 miles), so it doesn't take Grant long to get to work and back. The shopping here is fabulous, and there is any store you could possibly want - all within just a few miles. I love it! It's much different than Lehi/Traverse Mountain, where we had to drive forever to get to some shopping, gyms, civilization, etc (in my opinion, at least). :)

Other than that, we are missing our families, our great ward, and just the all around nice people in Utah.

My mom came to visit this last weekend and we had a lot of fun touring the city. I will post pictures soon.

Hope our Utah peeps are doing well! We are missing everyone.