Pictures of the Tattoo

Here is the link to the blog post I wrote yesterday about the tattoo!

 

As for me, I will always have hope; I will praise You more and more.

Psalm 71:14

Alley Krista was my tattoo artist.  
Here is her website
She is on Facebook

She drew the words onto my skin

She free hand drew the tattoo onto my skin

Listening to a song while she was tattooing

Laura (one of my surrogate daughters) held my hand.  I love this picture

Erica- one of my bffs

Finished

B waiting

Another finished shot- It's a little puffy here

Happy to share the moment with friends

Sweet Laura- Isn't she beautiful!?!

Another finished

Seeing the tattoo for the first time

I'm now wearing my hope

He is such a great support to me

Our love grows stronger each day because of our love for the Father

Bandaging the new ink up

Hydrating- It's still pretty hot here in Bama

With Alley.  She did a GREAT job!

Love her- Erica

and LOVE her too!

My better half and the leader of the Boyington house

Pulling up my hair

Adjusting hair and making sure I'm ready

I'm as happy as a clam. =D  

All of these pictures belong to me!  BUT feel free to share them!

HOPE- Tattoo

I got a tattoo today. 

Here's the link to my Facebook album!  I thought it would be easier to direct you there, rather than upload a million pictures.  (I will at some point, but not tonight.)

The tattoo is symbolic of my/our healing process.  It comes from the scripture:

 "As for me, I will always have hope; I will praise You more and more" 

Psalm 71:14.  

God has been the only constant getting me through the past few days.  I am emotional.  My heart is still broken.  I am healing.  BUT I will never be the same again.  God has blessed me in so many ways and I will forever remember all that He has given me. 

Tomorrow would be our beta day.  For those of you who are fertility newbies--that means we would have found out if we were pregnant or not from our IVF attempt.  I "hope" to have a good day tomorrow.  My nerves will be on edge and I'm praying to remember what God has promised me.  It still hurts, and we are both grieving what might have been.  But we have our 6 embryos that we are grateful for.  Please continue to pray for my precious -embryo-frosty-freezer babies-embabies-!

Thank you to all who have supported us through this journey.  It's not easy, but we will never give up.   God will provide in His perfect timing.  God is good all of the time!

Anniversary

Well, our anniversary was fabulous! We went to our favorite restaurant on Saturday evening where Brandon surprised me with a beautiful peridot ring!

We went and looked at tattoos after dinner and put down a deposit. We go tonight to get inked! I'm a little nervous and excited all at the same time! I haven't been tattooed since I was 18!

On Sunday, we went to church, lunch, and to a movie. We also ate some one-year old wedding cake which was actually pretty good.

Brandon was off work yesterday, so we laid out at the pool for about 4 hours. Brandon got way too much sun, but it was a nice day. It was nice to have a fun day where he wasn't checking his phone every five minutes. Also, having two consecutive days together was enjoyable. I sometimes feel like we're slipping away from each other because he's always at work and I'm always grumpy when he's home.

Overall, our anniversary was good. I couldn't imagine being married to anyone else. I don't think anything could have made our one year anniversary better.