Wow what a week.

Ok so much has been going on since I last posted. We have had a bump in the road that we are now pretty sure we are going to be able to work through. This week has been very stressful for all involved, but I feel that it has brought our bond even closer together. The road up till now has been so smooth and then came to bump about lost wages. All involved were making sure that there families were protected and trying to still make sure that it would work for the other family involved. The solution to the problem.... Short Term. Disability Coverage. Yesterday I spoke with a agent for Illinois Mutual who is going to be getting us a quote on what they have to offer. All of us involved feel that this will be the solution to this bump in the road.

I know that all journeys are going to have there set backs and I am so glad that we have all been able to talk and get through this one. Money is always the hardest thing to talk about. So with this almost being solved we are just that much closer to signing the contract. We should get the first draft of the contract today and then we can all review it and make changes if need, send it back to our attn. and then go down to her office for the signing. One thing that has really helped me through this week with the stress from trying to find the solution is that Rebekah and I have such a open relationship and we can talk about any and everything and I never feel uncomfortable talking to her. We both are active members on surromomsonline.com (she is more active than I am but I am starting to post on there more ofter) That website has really helped us out along this part of the journey we can ask other Surro moms and IP's (Intended parents) questions about there journey and see what way they have gone. We are not the first to go through this and I know that there are others that have been over the same bumps going down this road. There are some amazing people on there!! Without that website Rebekah and I would have never met!!

I want to say thanks to Rebekah for all the chats and emails that she has sent and replied to this week. Without those there would have been times where I felt that there was no solution to the problem and that we were going to have to unmatch but with the help of lots of long talks with Rebekah and suggestions from SMO members we are approaching the end of this bump in the road.

I will keep everyone updated.