Lisa had been contacting the clinic to find out when I would hear from them. On a Monday they told her they would be contacting me later that week. Well the worst part about this journey is the WAITING!! Especially for two extremely patient people like Lisa and myself (insert sarcastic voice and a laugh here)!! So I didn't hear from them until the afternoon on Friday. She told me that I would need to visit Chicago for a visit with the psychologist, to meet the doctor, sign some paperwork, and a saline ultrasound. We planned a trip to Chicago for just Ryan and me. We decided to take the train. Just FYI the train is amazing!!!! Round trip to chicago cost me $26 and only took 4.5 hours to get there. Lisa and Joe were kind enough to let us stay with them. Lisa picked us up from Union Station at around midnight. Oh my Lisa driving.....well we made it safely back to their place and called it a night. We woke up and were greeted with bagels from Lisa's dad and then we were off to the clinic.
The appointment was very quick. We met with the doctor and he explained the process and gave us all the information we needed. He answered all of the questions we had and we were off to the ultrasound. I was slightly nervous about this part, because online they mention that it can be uncomfortable and that it can cause cramping. Thankfully neither of them were true for me. It wasn't uncomfortable at all. He told me that everything looked great and we would be fine to move forward. I finished with bloodwork and signing all the paperwork. We were there for less than an hour. It was very quick.
While we were in the office it had begun to snow. We left and went to lunch at a mexican restaurant. We had the pleasure of meeting Joe's sister Ab and her sweet little girl Evie. We enjoyed some fresh guac and good conversation. We were going to try to hang out together somewhere, but decided the best thing to do in he weather would be go just get back to their place to hang out. First we had to stop at the market for Joe to run in an pick up something special. Lisa and Joe had to introduce us to freeze dried ice cream. Had never even heard of it before, but now we have finally tried some. It was very interesting to eat dry warm ice cream, but yummy at the same time.
We spent the afternoon playing with the kiddos. Ice cream play-doh was a ton of fun. Then we were able to meet Lisa's mom. She brought over some amazing cookies. Not that we ate the whole time we were there or anything.....ok well actually we did!! It was great to meet some of the family. It felt very comfortable, like we have known each other for ever. They made us feel very at home. We had to start talking about what the plan was to get us back to Union Station though. On a friday during rush hour and in 8 inches of snow in Chicago. We decided taking the train to the train would be best. We stopped for some quick pizza first (yeah I know....more food) and then hopped on the train. After a quick walk to Union Station we were on our way home........
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