What is "Project Baby Rhodesbud"?

I'm on a mission. Mission: Impregnable. Here is the history:

I have 4 sisters and 2 brothers. I love them all so much I can't even describe it. We all married just the most perfectly perfect spouses and made plans for our future families. Time has passed and just as you might expect, not all of our plans have worked out exactly as we had imagined. It has been almost 12 years since the first of us married and started a family. Children began to arrive in most of our new little family units. As time goes on it has become apparent that it is easier for some of us to get pregnant than others. There is no medical rhyme of reason. All the "parts" are working. But one of my dear sisters has not been able to have children. She and her husband have been working with doctors and trying to be patient for their children to arrive for 7 years. They have undergone many tests and procedures, the most recent and drastic (not to mention expensive!) of which was In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). We all prayed our hearts out. We fasted. We hoped. And then we all wept with her when it did not result in a prenancy. What do you do when your resources are spent, but your desire to have children still burns in your heart?

As brothers and sisters we are determined to help our sister and her husband continue this journey to parenthood. We are smart, creative people who will find a way to get something done if it is worth doing. And this is most assuradly worth every ounce of our efforts! We have a goal to raise $20,000 to help finance 3 more rounds of IVF for our sister. Based on her medical history, the doctors believe she is a good candidate for IVF success. Hopefully it won't take 3 rounds. But if for some reason they are not able to become pregnant after 3 rounds, the clinic will refund the money and it may then be used to fund the expenses involved with adoption. With such odds for success, how could we not help them raise this money, and fast?

There are several ways we plan on raising money, the first of which I will tell you today. This may only happen little by little. But between the seven of us siblings, we believe we can rally the support of friends and family and reach our goal of $20,000 in 6 months: March 1. We can do this!

Today my husband and I finally listed all of the things in our house on Craigs List that we have been intending to get rid of for months. It was like some kind of miracle! Within 12 hours we sold all but two of the items and raised $200! We are already 1% of the way to our goal of $20,ooo! Do YOU have anything you would like to get rid of? Once you sell that old chair that you've never really liked we'd be happy to accept those few dollars as a donation to the Baby Rhodesbud Fund. You can click on the "Baby Rhodesbud" logo at the top right of my blog and it will take you to a PayPal account. An official bank account is currently being set up to house the funds until it is time to pay for the procedures. We'll keep you updated on our fund-raising progress here on my blog. Together we can do this!

Check out the post below for toys I am selling to raising money for "Project Baby Rhodesbud".