Review-- Chance for Love; Boxed Set of Dangerous Romance--

Disclosure: I got this product as part of an advertorial.

I had the chance to review a great box set of dangerous romance novels, but Author Rachelle Ayala.
I highly recommend this to any dangerous romance reader :)

 In over 900 pages, Rachelle has manged to build suspense and romance without having either overshadowed by the other. Descriptive wording and wonderful plot lines allowed me to settle in and enjoy the books.

To read my entire review, please check out The Full Blog Post, here.

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

I know it's only been 4 days...

... and I realize today is a holiday.... but...

I want things moving!

I still have to officially sign the papers to retain my lawyer, which means he needs to send them to me, and then we'll have to schedule a time to review the contract. That part shouldn't be very time consuming. I've read the contract already and reviewed different parts so I know what questions need asking.

As far as the house hunt goes...

It's not.

Again, we've only been looking for a few days but both places we found and liked were snatched before we could claim them.

Today, being a holiday, we've achieved absolutely zero, so we'll start again tomorrow.

Wish us luck,...

Moving, Contracts and Lawers

I've been in Arizona for the past two months. While there, my husband and I decided to move to a different part of the state we live in. This not only gets him closer to the University he attends, but also the Intended Parents, which will make things a lot easier for when THE time comes.

We moved officially on May 21st, and on the same day, I received my contract for review. As far as I can tell, I have no changes to make and MAYBE two questions. I'm anticipating a quick legal process.

Today, I retained the lawyer I will be using.

Pretty exciting stuff :)

On a side note, I'll be doing some reviews on some products on this blog as well as my Youtube channel. 

So watch out for those!

matching--again, and again...

By December of 2013, I'd put in applications with a few agencies, and I'd begun looking for independent couples as well.  Three couples stood out, and in the end, I chose couple number two.

Couple number two were sweet, and kind. We got along great together and by January, we'd made plans for me to fly to them and do our medical and psych screening.

I did.

To make a long, long story, shorter, the match ended. 

I was heartbroken, as I had been the one to officially call it quits.  I felt like I'd broken a dream and that was a horrible feeling.  With time, I knew I made the right decision... I'd been blinded by the newness of it all, and after several people pointed things out to me, and with changes in my own life, it was not meant to be.

When things quieted, I turned to my lawyer.  The same one who had represented me for the twins' pregnancy.  He had a few couples that were looking for a surrogate, and I was need of a couple.
I filled out a questionaire, and pretty soon was looking at a profile of a new couple.

There was something different about this couple.  It felt like when I'd looked at my FIPs profile.  I knew this was the couple I wanted to work with.  As fate would have it, they wanted to work with me as well.

So in March we were matched, and in its end days I met with the clinic's doctor and was given the okay.

In April my husband and I completed our blood work and psych evaluation.  Everything was cleared, it was a go.

And now you're current with me, waiting for all the legal to begin, then the meds...then the transfer... and then hopefully... two pink lines.

Choosing Surrogacy-- Again

Deciding to become a surrogate, again.  It both similar, and yet so different in comparison to your first time.

With the second time, you know the good.. you've experienced it. More than likely, you've probably experienced the "bad". 

I was lucky in that my FIPs
(former intended parents) were amazing. Regarding them, there were no "bad" things. 

I've known from almost the instant I was pregnant that I would do a surrogacy again.  the question was always "when". Now, it was "with who?"

The twins' parents were content with their new family. The agency I worked with no longer wanted to work with surros in my state....

What now?

I decided to wait and not decide.  I was only two months post partum, so it wasn't like I was planning on a pregnancy any time soon. 

In November of 2013, I received a call from my agency. Friends of my FIPs, were going to go with the agency, and had requested me. They would make an exception in this case.
I told them I'd think about it.

After talking with my husband, we decided to pursue it, and see where it would take us. We would still have to meet them and see if we "clicked". So, I told the agency "yes".

Long story short... the agency decided that it wasn't something they were going to do after all, and I was back where I started.

Did I want to try to do another surrogacy?  Did I want another child of my own? If I choose to be a surrogate again, would I want to find another agency or would I "risk" going independently?

So many things seemed up in the air.

I decided to casually explore all options of surrogacy.... to see where it led me.

It wasn't a definite decision like that first time.. it was different somehow...

A different thought process...