CocoaMasala: Blessings

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Sequined Saree Dreams

A long overdue update! - Well here we are in 2025! It’s been a while.. The blogger community has all but disappeared but I’m sure everyone is living their bes...
10 months ago
Surrogacy Centre India, Egg Donation & IVF India, Dr Shivani Sachdev Gour, Delhi, Mumbai

From Australia Our IVF Babies - From Australia Our IVF Babies Amy and Lara now 13 years old came to visit with parents Jane Noden Brett. Dandiya welcome huge huge celebrations and beaut...
1 year ago
The Journey of Life...

Snow's arrival - "Snow" is now 11 weeks old...better late than never, right? :\ 40 weeks and OVER IT!! He was born September 3, 2016. Stats: 12:29am 7lbs1oz 19in I was hop...
9 years ago
Story of our child, born in India, raised with love in Canada!

A small photo catch up! - It has been so long since I have had two moments to sit an update the blog. I want to keep memories here for Cailyn to look back on. This is the sole pur...
10 years ago
Our Family Miracle

Bombay Velvet (2015) - Full Streaming Bombay Velvet in High Quality VideoNow you can see Bombay Velvet in HD video with duration 149 Min and has been aired on 2015-05-15 with MP...
10 years ago
Amani and Bob's Indian Surrogacy

Legal changes soon in Nepal for surrogacy? - We are very hopeful surrogacy may continues soon in Nepal. Many good people are waiting for same. If you wish share knowledge here of matters.
10 years ago
Made in India

Six - Happy birthday you two, today you turn six. You're as excited as if it were xmas, but this is way better as it's all about you. You're both pumped and hav...
10 years ago
OREA ZOI

Birthday dinner. -
11 years ago
HOPE FROM THE ASHES

Easter 2015 -
11 years ago
Growing a Baby in India

Two Years - Two years old - Still feels like a wonderful dream sometimes when I'm sitting here watching them play and I remember the journey that brought them into our...
11 years ago
Spawn of Mike And Mike

Thank You and Goodbye - In 2008, Mike and I set upon journey that would change our lives. It began on a whim with an interview on the Today show. It ended in 2009 with our homec...
11 years ago
From little things, Big things grow.....

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) - Free Streaming The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in Top Video FormatNow you can enjoy The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in HD format with duration 142 Min and has been aire...
11 years ago
Rasta Less Traveled

Test -
11 years ago
Tandoori baby

3 years! - Amazing how time flies. It is 3 years ago since we got this wonderful gift of a new family member. Our little miracle is getting big and still, not a day ...
11 years ago
Starting our Family

Annual Update - 28 Months! - As 2014 is coming to an end and I started thinking of all the things I had been putting off, I suddenly remembered our blog! It turns out our last post wa...
11 years ago
Just One Out Of Seven Billion

Happy New Year! - Hello everyone and Happy New Year!
11 years ago
Chai Baby

Three and a half and full of beans! - Lily and Max continue to grow and thrive; in between Kindy Gym, Dance. family, friends and Play group, life is very busy for our two little people. (This w...
11 years ago
My Body. Their Baby.

Love at First Read - Where it all began. January 3, 2013. The day I read this open letter that ultimately started the beginning of surrogacy #2 for me. Less than 5 years ago I...
11 years ago
Life with Two Little Khans

August 2014 - almost 3 - We've had a busy few months since the last post, but we thought some pics might be nice to add. Without further ado...
11 years ago
theroadlesstraveled

All out? - All out of embryos now with another BFN.....we are in limbo at the moment. I would dearly like another child, a little playmate for Kai but hubby is not so...
11 years ago
Welcome to the Road

A New Kind of Waiting... - Dear Friends, I am very excited to share the news that we have recently been approved by the State to become foster parents. In October of last year, Har...
11 years ago
Jacaranda

Breaker! Breaker! Is there anybody out there? - A quiet Sunday afternoon has drawn me to my computer and (rather surprisingly) Blogland - after all this time!! I would love to know who is still out ther...
12 years ago
Triple The Fun

Three x three..... our triplets celebrated their third birthday... and what a year we have had! - Back again and so grown up! It has been an amazing year and as one would expect the development of our delightful trio was phenomenal. I won't detail all t...
12 years ago
Crystal's International Family.....

Surrogacy & Al Jazeera Interviews - http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/articles/2014/5/12/going-global-forafamilywhyinternationalsurrogacyisbooming.html We will post both...
12 years ago
dreams in delhi

Florence & Freya - Florence & Freya on the swing in the garden just a beautiful photos of the girls taken by their big sister.
12 years ago
Our Surrogacy Story!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!!! - Sorry its a bit late. Harry & Louie are just perfect in every way!!! Michael & I are so very lucky to have such wonderful boys. We hope you all have a happy...
12 years ago
Taj Ma Baby

525,600 minutes - One year. It's been one entire year. And this song couldn't be more appropriate... How do you measure, measure a year? In daylights (our daytime adventu...
12 years ago
Dreams Come True in India

2 Years Old - We have a lot of catching up to do! We left off at 18 months. *Here we are back in June at 19 months. * June was an eventful month for Nevaeh, she saw ...
12 years ago
Love Makes A Family

Happy 2nd Birthday! - 2 years ago today these cuties were born, forever changing the lives of all who love them, myself included. I have an overwhelming sense of pride that I w...
12 years ago
Jeff and Kevin DC

Stop! Thief! - Happy Halloween! K
12 years ago
Two Dad Family

A Story of Hope and Overcoming the Impossible - There are so many stories these days of how people are becoming parents in ways that were previously not possible. These are the people who stand on the sh...
12 years ago
Baby Masala

Four! - Dear Micah, Four years ago on this night, we were collapsed in a hotel room in a strange city half way around the world, exhausted from a day of heat and ...
12 years ago
Our Journey to Parenthood via India

Chemical - Well last night it was confirmed a chemical pregnancy, we want to thank Dr Shivani and the SCI team and of course to our surrogate Sarita.
12 years ago
Dreaming Baby..ies

OMG - Die Mode aus 'Pretty Little Liars' direkt nach Hause... - Es ist zwar Sommer, aber trotzdem kann man sich ja auch Dinge gönnen, die man erst wieder an kälteren Tagen tragen kann. Obwohl man einen Pulli auch super ...
12 years ago
North Star

Happiness is... - We interrupt this program to bring you these messages: Happiness is... spending the day with my son, walking home from the splash pad and park, just enjoy...
12 years ago
2 AFRO DADS - OUR JOURNEY TO PARENTHOOD via SURROGACY

Happy Father's Day!! - Whilst we roam about in the background, we're jumping out for a minute to say a HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to all those father's who shared our journey!!
12 years ago
Life. Love. Surrogacy.

Back and BETTER than ever - Hello Sweet blogosphere, I hope this post (5 months in the making) finds you all very well. I have decided to return to this page and pick up where I las...
13 years ago
Operation Little Everist

Quick pics - Here are a couple of photos of the twinlets. ...huge thanks to G&A for taking these for us! ! Both bubs are feeding well and we will give them our first bo...
13 years ago
BOMBAY BABY

Long overdue update - to make a long story short - Alcides and I took some time off from our pursuit of "babyness", but in the fall of 2011 I received a call from my neice who told me of a friend of hers w...
13 years ago
Mumbai Beginnings

Life with MJ - Sorry I haven't blogged lately. I'm still suffering from months of lack of sleep but fortunately, last night, for the first time EVER...MJ slept all night...
13 years ago
Stalking the Stork

Arrivals and Departures - Cati "After your parents go, what's left?" Adrián asked me an hour into our four-hour trek down the Autovía del Este, the Madrid-Alicante freeway. Clara a...
13 years ago
+ 1 (make that 2) will make us a family

Worlds Worst Blogger - I had all intentions on keeping everyone up to date with our Surrogacy journey this time round but I have failed big time. Who new keeping up with a toddl...
13 years ago
Hope In India

- It's been a while since we updated our blog, how time flies!! Ela is a complete delight to us. She is bright, eager to learn, and always, always happy. S...
13 years ago
Our Magical Journey

Heaven just got a BFF - *~Forever in our Hearts Hayden~* *To the Hunton Family: * *No heart hasn't been touched by this little guy * *and your beautiful courage and strength as a F...
13 years ago
Praying for Baby

Eight Months - The twins turned 8 months old on March 3. They are spending a lot of time on their tummies getting ready to crawl. Jack has even started using an army craw...
13 years ago
Ethical Surrogacy

Our latest 60 Minutes update -
13 years ago
Suzie and Ben - Our Indian Odyssey

11 Months and time is flying!! - Here we are at the 11 month mark today. Emmeline & Vivian are growing and developing so fast now we are continually amazed by their daily antics! They ar...
13 years ago
A Distant Miracle

Happy 2013! - Just want to say Happy New Year to everyone! Although we are no longer blogging, we are still keeping up with other blogs and we are continuously contacte...
13 years ago
Leap of Faith

December - What a wonderful Christmas we had with our families! This was the first year we spent Christmas at our house and woke up to presents under our tree. The...
13 years ago
El camino de los sueños...

¡FELIZ NAVIDAD! - Sin duda alguna, estas van a ser unas Navidades especiales en mi familia. La vida nos ha dado en 2012 el mejor regalo que se puede pedir, y cada minuto...
13 years ago
Out of India

Week One - Teagan is an excellent baby just like her big sister. Other than having a few gassy, fussy nights, she's been a dream. And by that, I mean she sleeps and d...
13 years ago
A Delhi Ashi

Our amazing surrogate - We are just blown away by our first look at our gorgeous surrogate. We feel so blessed to have Mrs M carrying our babies for us, she has done such an a...
13 years ago
We are living our dream

Our princess turns two... - As you probably know, time flies. Today we celebrate our oldest princess turning two years old. She is everything we ever dreamt of and she lights up ever...
13 years ago
DOUBLY BLESSED IN INDIA

For those who might still need a reminder... - Family updates
13 years ago
The Allton-Nee Three

Extremes of Happiness and Sadness on a Special Day - Beau's 1st Birthday on the 17th July was of course a wonderful and very special day. We updated our blog to wish our beautiful boy a very happy birthday ...
13 years ago
Delhi Baby II: The Return of the Newborn(s)

- Life in Melbourne Well I guess that you can guess by my lack of recent posts that we have really gotten into our new life here in Melbourne, Australia. W...
14 years ago
Christmas Eve Boys

21 Months - Is it really possible that the last time I posted here was 9 months ago? Is it also possible that since I last logged into Blogger there have been so man...
14 years ago
Daddy`s Heart ...

Happy ending part 1 - Hi Everybody! First I must apologize for being such a lazy blogger lately but I do have some really good reasons for my absence. On the 27t of march I was ...
14 years ago
karma born

Back to reality with a thump... - Well it's been a hectic couple of months. I'm finally back home, after 3 weeks of working away for my busiest month of the year. Yesterday was my first ...
14 years ago
flight of the humble bee

You've all been so busy! - So busy raising beautiful children, planning more, getting pregnant, preparing for Delhi, contemplating important life decisions. It makes me feel like I'v...
14 years ago
Chasing the Stork to India

Been Awhile.....And Very Busy!!! - Hi All! Greetings from our very busy (and not good at blogging family)! I wanted to post updates and pictures of our beautiful babies! I really intended...
14 years ago
Sam and Phil Blog

Little ones Growing up... Life is good! -
14 years ago
Our Stars of India

Recap: Babies' First Year -- Part I - It's been over a year since we got back from India and over six months since our last posting. All is well (knock wood): the kids are great (woo hoo!) and...
14 years ago
Small Steps

Back to the Hospital - So I know I should be careful, I know the signs to watch for in case something is going wrong. I know when to go to the hospital and when to wait. Or so I ...
14 years ago
From Mandurah to Mumbai

8 - 14 weeks - We will receive a follow up scan in a week. I am feeling so confident and not nervous like I expected I would be. I am just having so much fun lunching, ha...
14 years ago
Our Journey So Far

Welcome to Delhi - 22nd September 2011 We are departing Perth at 355pm and it was a great surprise to have my sister and my mum come to drop us off at the airport, our flight...
14 years ago
Happily Ever After with Cooper and Jackson!

Happy Birthday to Jackson and Cooper - Jackson and Cooper had an exciting weekend celebrating their new age of 2! It is hard to believe they are two years old. It has been an in...
14 years ago
Our Journey To Parenthood

Our 2WW!!! - From last week saturday egg pick up, we got 12 MII mature eggs out of 16 collected. ICSI to all, and got 9 top quality embryos (6 to 8 cells). Transfered 3...
14 years ago
Chuck & Andrea's Journey

Timing for pick up - Had a couple people had questions on how long it took to pick up the baby. We were in Delhi from April 30th to May 11th. 11 days! I think that is record ti...
15 years ago
Million Rupee Baby

See ya' later seizures! - Woo-hoo! Lila is officially seizure free! Last week we had a repeat EEG to determine if Lila was still experiencing seizure activity. The results came ba...
15 years ago
Fatherhood: Life with Addison

Addy is Walking!! - Hello All! It has been a while since we posted. We wanted to share the big news that Addison has taken her first steps 1 week before her 1st Birthday!! We ...
15 years ago
Our Twinnies From India

Home Sweet Home! - We've been home now for a day and a half and loving it! The 24-hour journey home was amazingly smooth with our bassinet seats (they were so cute snuggled u...
15 years ago
Procreated in India

One-and -a-Half - My little girl turns 18 months today! Several people in my day-to-day life (my parents the main vocal contingent) have mentioned to me lately that I haven'...
15 years ago
our surrogacy adventure

Picture! - So blissed out over this little guy!!!!
15 years ago
Baby Dreams ... From India with Love!

The Clock is Ticking..... - (August 10, 2008)Well, the clock is ticking sweet child, and time is moving swiftly as we await your arrival! I received a letter from a couple who we've b...
15 years ago
Journey to Our Spirit Baby

They are Born!! - A couple of hours ago, I received this email from Dr.Patel: Congratulations!! Panna delivered a baby Boy and baby Girl. C-section done on Saturday night ....
15 years ago
Our Indian Baby Journey

Journey update - Where to begin? We commenced another cycle at the end of March 2010. We received the initial pregnancy results, positive, and then the wait began. In late ...
15 years ago
Niels and Alexander's dream

growing and growing - Last Thursday A went with the babes to the 'consultatie-bureau', its a baby check up place. Once a month we have an appointment there with the peaditrician...
16 years ago
From India With Love...

Week 32 Update - The past seven days have passed by in much of a non event as the previous seven. Both Darren and I are putting the finishing touches on Noddy's room. We ha...
16 years ago
Our Journey to Indian Surrogacy

One Day More - Only one more day before we board the plane to India for the second time! Lots of details to attend to. Shopping, packing, money issues (traveler's checks?...
17 years ago
Having a baby by email

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When Irish Eyes are Dreaming (of Delhi)

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Our dream to have a family through India Surrogacy

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FAMILIA+2

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Avey and Vinay's Blog

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Can you get all you want?

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Faith to Vishwas

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Indian field of dreams

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Meanderings of an Addled Mind

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my african/indian surrogacy journey

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The Greatest Gift

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Sunday, January 1, 2012

Happy New Year From New York City!