ITS A BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We went to the Dr. today for our sonogram and IT'S A BOY!!! The Dr was 100% sure with no questions asked! The scan was great and our little boy is healthy as ever and swimming around like a fish! I will post pics as soon as possible! Hope all is well with everybody and have a safe and fun holiday weekend! YAY for baby boys!

What to do? What to do?

My OB/Gyn I have had for 6 years decided to retire in the middle of my pregnancy. I'm incredibly sad, but happy for her that she gets to stay home and raise her two little girls. With that said, the last time I saw her she reminded me that I needed to schedule a sono at 18 weeks to check the sex of the baby. I saw my new Dr Monday and she said I needed to schedule a sono at 20 weeks! Which means I would need to wait 2 more weeks! I'm very anxious to find out as is Blake, but I would like to minimize the chance of "not seeing anything" and having to go back. One Dr said 18 weeks the other says 20. What to do, what to do?! So I'm praying about it and if anybody has experience with this...good or bad...please share any advice you may have. This seems like such a small issue, and it is, in the scheme of things....but I'd so love to "feel" pregnant and start picking names etc...

As I said, I met my new Dr on Monday. She seems very nice and I'm excited to continue my journey with her. Blake quickly became fond of her when he found out she drives an F250 diesel truck just like his. Go figure!
The baby heartbeat was normal, blood pressure good, my weight....not so great! Thats right, the Dr mentioned my weight. One of the most sensitive issues I've had my WHOLE life is now a nightmare come true. She was very sweet and approached it in a senstive way. She said I'm not over weight by any means and I'm still under as of NOW, but pretty much if I keep gaining at the rate I'm gaining...it won't be good. She encouraged me to workout and eat healthier which was exactly the kick in the bum I needed. At the end of the conversation she added that she gained 65lbs with her pregnancy and hates seeing other women do that as well. And as you can guess, my bum was in the gym the next day!

So, opening day of dove season starts Monday! And of course, we are going to the ranch this weekend and every weekend until the baby comes! Yes, I'm serious. So yay for cookouts and fun family time!

I hope everybody has a wonderful labor day weekend and I will post as soon as we get back!

Still Waiting!!!

I was so hoping this post would be titled "It's a boy" or "It's a girl." But I'm sad to inform you, that is not the case. I am officially 18 weeks and hope to find out what it is SOON! And when that day comes...you will know as well!

As I said in the last post, I have irrational fears ALL of the time. The most consistent worry is wondering if the baby's heart is still beating and what if it stops beating?...Would I know? Could I have prevented it?! etc... My sweet friend Jacci has officially erased that fear! She shipped me her fetal heart doppler she used during her pregnancy. Tonight when I got home from my parents house, Blake eagerly said, "The doppler is here, lets try it out. Please step into my office." I grabbed a paper towel as they do in the Dr's office and carefully folded it over my jeans so the gel didn't dirty them. I layed on the floor and Blake placed the doppler on my belly. After about 1 minute of moving it around....there it was...a sweet heartbeat of 148 bpm. His face was priceless, filled with wonder and awe. His parents came by and got to share in the fun as well. Here are some pictures of the eventful evening...

Last night, I was talking to Blake about the development of the baby as of now...I was telling him that the baby can hear now so we should talk to it. He then put his mouth up to my belly and says this..."Hi baby, I'm your daddy. My name is Blake and I sell boxes. I like to hunt and fish and its a week away from the eve of dove season. You will see a lot of doves in your life with us. You shoot them with a 4/10. You'll probably be shooting them with my 4/10"...He rambles and rambles on and on preparing the baby for its life with us. He ends his conversation with baby K with "and move around lot...kick mom real hard and give her gas." It was the most hillarious, sweetest 5 minutes of my life.

Baby fun! This is for you Kels...

Ok...so I'm a few months late posting these, but lets start from the beginning shall we?! As you all know I'm 4 months preggers with a due date of Jan. 28th! Whoo hoo! No more morning sickness, but an occasional migraine here and there.

At the beginning of July, my best friend Kelsey (now living in Seattle) came to visit. We had our usual lunch outing followed by a shopping trip just like the good ole days. We went to "Pea in the Pod"to buy pregger 7 jeans and, of course, she FORCED me to put the "belly" on. Being 10 weeks preg at the time, the "belly" felt a little silly. She ended up putting a belly on as well and we got some great pictures. We did always say that we would be pregnant together! So I guess this was as close as we were going to get for the time being...it was great fun and, yes Kels, I'm glad we took pictures :)

10 weeks preg belly The "belly"
Best friends preg together at last!

At 12 weeks I went for my first trimester screening to make sure the baby didn't have downs or trisomy...I got some great sono pictures and was amazed to see the baby jumping around like a piece of popping corn!

More pictures of 4 month belly to come! We find out what it is in TWO weeks! I just hope its still in there. :) I haven't felt it move yet and I've been having irrational thoughts like "could it's heart just stop beating" "would I know?" So hopefully all is well and I'm sure it is! So pray for a healthy baby and healthy mom!

First!

Alright, after many requests and pleads to start a blog...here it is. I caved in people! With that said, for all you non bloggers out there I'm going to use this site as a way to keep in touch with people, update you with pregnancy news, day to day life and post pictures. You can post comments as well.

A week ago, I was pointed in the direction of a blog of a sweet couple who had their first baby. I don't know the whole story, but I read enough to know that the baby was born too early and was having severe complications. The family was encouraging others to pray for their little girl. So without knowing the family or the baby...I prayed. Needless to say, I find it amazing that God can use anyone to resurrect a person's prayer life/spiritual life. God is good and the sweet baby girl is making progress thanks to all the prayer warriors out there!

As for today, I have a terrible job to complete! I am going to attempt to clean out the office closet! Doesn't sound bad? If you only knew! Over the years it has some how become a belly button height pile of JUNK. I'm sure some of you know what I'm talking about. You know...that closet where you put the "hmmm I may need this later" stuff . Who knows what is in it, what I may find and hopefully I can throw most of it away! I'll let you know how it goes!
Have a great week!