Shortly after Lily turned two, Matt and Julie decided to expand their family and have a second child. They knew, though, that it wouldn't be easy. Matt was infertile following his testicular cancer treatment.

When they decided to have a second child, they looked up different treatment options to see what would have the best chances of success, deciding on IVF/ICSI (in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection) with Matt's frozen sperm. Matt and Julie chose to start the first cycle in early June. If it worked, the baby would be born in March and wouldn't interfere with football season. Matt had said, "We need to plan the arrival of the baby so the birth won't be during the season. Who knew there was an upside to this?"

Julie joked, "Just think-the only part of the baby we can plan-the timing of the birth."

They would need their senses of humor during the process, as it was physically and mentally taxing.

The first step was hormone shots for Julie for two weeks to develop her eggs for harvesting.

Once her eggs were ripe, the doctor removed them and injected a sperm into each one.

They ended up with nine potential embryos. Matt and Julie decided to transfer three of the embryos into Julie for that cycle and freeze the other six. Matt wondered aloud, "What if all three take?" Julie didn't even want to bring up the possibility.

After the three embryos were transferred in early July, they had to wait two weeks to find out if it had worked.

Two weeks after the transfer, the doctor called. Matt picked up the phone, listened, smiled, hung up and told Julie, "You're pregnant!"

The whole family rejoiced, even though Lily was only two and didn't know what they were talking about.

A few weeks later, Julie had a sonogram to determine how many embryos had taken. The image showed that there was one baby. They were both relieved.

Julie joked, "This kid has a strong heartbeat. He or she is already taking after Daddy!"

Matt finally felt like he had made it all the way back.

Julie told him, "Play well this year. You have two kids to be proud of you now."