I'll start with this, making a go fund me page has been one of the hardest things we've ever considered doing. We are not here to beg for money, we are not here because we are poor, we ARE here, because we simply need help bringing a beautiful child into this world. Clint and I met when we were just teenagers, we were from the same county, we had the same friends, heck, we dated each others best friends, that's how WE met. In high school, I wouldn't give Clint the time of day. It took him 7 years of convincing me to go on just one date with him. I have to give my friend credit where it's due, if it weren't for her, that's DATE would have never happened (yes the same friend that Clint dated in high school) weird right? Clint joined the Marine Corps and went away for a few years, when we first reconnected we knew from the very moment, that we would be together for eternity. Our families thought we were crazy, and our friends just laughed. Little did they know almost 4 years later, we would be at this very moment in our lives.   Clint and I knew from the very beginning that we wanted kids more than anything in this world. We would find ourselves playing with kids rather than hanging with the adults at any function. When we got married, we immediately started trying to expand our family. When you decide to have kids, in your mind your thinking, we have 9 months to prepare, because it's totally going to happen the first few tries. The first year of marriage passed and we found ourselves wondering what in the world we were doing wrong? We started to seek help from our specialist, blood draws monthly, ultrasounds weekly, and really, no answers. When you seek help from your doctor, they require you to have tried naturally for at least one year. Once we hit our one year, we made a second appointment with my doctor, after 12 tubes of blood, multiple test, and long night, we came to the conclsipn that I wasn't ovulating on my own. As a woman, you grow up with the mind set that you are put on this earth for two things, to carry a child, and to love a man. When I heard that I wasn't able to ovulate on my own I thought all chances were lost. I was then given a tiny little pill called Clomid. This pill, taught my body to ovulate on it own, with that came head aches, hot flashes, and serious mood swings. I was on that tiny pill for over a year and yet, we still had no answers other than NO. I was then given the option to start injections through the tummy, well of course, anything for a miracle baby. With a combination of clomid, G-Nol injections, and timed intercourse, we were yet still without answers. I was put on the IVF wait list about a year and a half after starting fertility meds( now it's 3 years later) I have since been on the wait list for over a year. Clint and I had prayed long and hard about our future, and our future children, rather it be through IVf, adoption, or surrogacy. We finally decided to give it all to God, and I came to peace with it all. I started researching adoption through foster care, and felt a huge calling to it. Clint and I enrolled in classes, here in San Bernardino county, and absolutely fell in love with the community and kids. On the day of our foster care orientation I received a phone call from Balboa fertility clinic, stating that we were next in line for IVF, let me remind you, we have been on the wait list for over a year. We went ahead and enrolled in the program, did the love scan, finger prints, and hours worth of paperwork.  I knew rather it be adoption, or IVF, that God had big plans for us, but getting that call really tugged on our hearts. We thought that maybe this was his way of saying, let's give this procedure a chance. When your put on the wait list, it's either, you have the procedure done when they are ready for you, or you don't, and you start completely over. When being military, you are very limited to insurance that supports fertility treatments. Although we have been very blessed thus far, our tricare HAS covered all medications, but sadly they have not worked. We went to Balboa, and had our first IVF consultation. Along with the 3 1/2 hour drive, medications, and stress, we were told that for one round of IVF we were looking at around 5,000.00. To some people, five thousand dollars  is nothing, but to us, it's so much more. Although Clint works full time, and I have two jobs, we just don't have 5-6 thousand dollars lying around right now. We have been very fortunate to have medical coverage through tricare, but that do not support IVF what's so ever. Some people may say, if they don't have 5,000.00 laying around for IVF then how in the world would they be able to afford a child? We have to pay the lab that will hold our precious embrios, and mature them for two weeks, that's what is costing us around 5,000.00. We are more than capable of raising a beautiful child, in a very comfortable, loving home. I say this to you, if you find it in your hearts to help, even if it's the smallest amount, it would be greatly appreciated. We know that God has huge plans for our lives, and if this treatment is possible, he will show us the way. We want to thank all of our wonderful friends and family for always supporting us through it all. 
Update: on August 23, 2016 we will go to Balboa to hopefully start our IVF cycle. Prayers are always needed, as this has been quiet the journey so far.