Once every few years...

This happens...

Matt and I were both actually home on this 2010 snow day, but choose to stay warm and inside, and only go out to take pics and check the progress=)

Below is a fairly large snowman the neighbors made. It was just as fun watching from inside our warm kitchen window as it would have been freezin' our tooshies off=)

And here is a video!!! We got a new HD video camera for Christmas, and obviously need some practice with it before Baby K enters the world! Excuse the shakiness=) We took a few other videos but they were taking too long to load. Enjoy and pretend like I cut off the last 5 seconds of the video, (like I meant to=)*** and just pause my playlist for video sound***

21 week update... sick again:(

Well, here we are at 21 weeks, and I am sick again=( kinda like the same cold/virus like I've had TWO other times in the last 6 months. This time seems to be the worse though. I called my OB this morning, and they want me to go to my family doctor and have my lungs listened to and my ears looked at, etc. They think it's bronchitis and the nurse said we really need to make sure my lungs are cleared. So off to the doc I go again in about 30 minutes. Luckily, she just moved to new offices and they are literally on the main road right behind out house, thus why I can't really complain. Hopefully I can kick this stuff soon!

Updates from readings:
Your baby weighs about 10.5 ozs, and her length from head to rump is about 7 inches, and about the size of a carrot. Your baby has begun her main project for the rest of your pregnancy: Gaining weight! She regularly drinks amniotic fluid for hydration and nutrition, urinates in the fluid and breathes in and out. Her eyebrows and eyelids are fully developed and taste buds are forming on her tongue.

TuTu Cute!!

Thought I would share and let y'all join in all the fun we are experiencing receiving early gifts for our sweet little one...=)

The cutest Longhorn "get up" I have seen yet!


A couple of sweet outfits...

A wrap to carry her in, not quite sure how to use it? Help Please Teana!


And her changing pad and super soft cover!

It's like Christmas has continued!!! We get things in the mail and on our doorstep and Matt and I both look at each other like "i didn't order anything". It's fortunately become so repetitive here lately that now he knows not to give me the evil eye and that I am not the one doing the shopping and having things sent to the house=) Thank goodness!

Affirmative=)

Yesterday's appointment went wonderful! We went for the sonogram first and our sweet little girl was very cooperative, except for when the tech tried to get some face photos. She had her hands in front of her precious face, but that's ok. The tech got all the measurements and such that she needed in record time!! She said that all the organs, measurements, blood flow, etc. is exactly the way it they like to see it. We are so thankful and blessed that everything looks good and is going well. After that we went to see Dr. C and he was very pleased with the sonogram results. He said that we've passed the hardest test thus far and now I just need to keep our little one niiiiiice and cozy for the next 20 or so weeks=) I think I can handle that!

I usually don't have any questions for the dr. because everything has gone so smoothly thus far, but this time I had a few. Since spring and summer are coming up and I LOVE being in my swimsuit and in the sun, I asked him if that was still ok and he said with a grin, YEP, just do whatever you normally do, just don't over do it. CHECK!!!=) I HEART MY DR!!!! The other thing I wanted to ask him about was something I have started to notice while working out. I have been working out since before I was prego, usually doing about 30 min of cardio on my elliptical, then arm weights and leg exercises. Since my last visit, after doing about 30 min of light cardio, my stomach starts tightening up a little bit. It doesn't hurt or cramp or anything like that, but I wanted to ask him about it. He kind of grinned and chuckled a little bit and said, "those are braxton hicks and you should probably take it a little easier on that thing," WHAT?? So apparently I have been over doing it a little, but I wasn't ever out of breath and didn't feel like I was, but am sure glad I asked. He said was very proud of me that I have been working out though:) and to keep it up, just go lighter. So I shall=)

The nurse then gave us some information on child birth prep and other classes, and hospital registration forms to fill out. We go back again in four weeks and they will do the glucose screen for gestational diabetes. Fun! I choose the more sprite flavored drink, and they said it wasn't that bad. I will be the judge of that=) After the next appointment, we start going back every other week!! Crazy! I can't believe how this pregnancy is flying by!!!!

20 week Glamour shot?!?!

Not quite, but finally, a better lookin' belly shot=)

Bernie just LOVES to rub my belly...



And to refresh your memory, here is 16 weeks...

and the 20 week=)

Hello baby bump!

The BIG exciting news this week is that Matt FINALLY got to feel a couple of baby K's kicks/punches/movements=) I have been trying to get him to feel, but the movement has just been so sporadic, but finally, Saturday night we were laying on the couch and I started feeling movement, and made him hold his hand on my belly and he felt it! Such an amazing feeling=) I am feeling more and more movement every day. Today on my drive home it felt like baby was doing somersaults=) Glad I can house a fun environment for this little one! We go back to the dr. on Thursday afternoon where they will do a long sonogram that will include taking lots of measurements and looking at all the organs. They will also be able to confirm if it's a girl=)

in other news, here's what's going on this week...

"Your baby is about 10.5 oz now. She is also about 6.5 inches head to bottom and 10.5 inches head to heal, the length of a banana. She is swallowing and producing meconium, a black sticky by-product of digestion. You've hit the halfway mark (insert panicked face here)!! The top of your uterus is about level with your belly button, and you've likely gained 10 lbs or more by now, (yeppers), Expect to gain another pound or so each week now. (ahhh, insert another panicked face here)!"

Stay tuned for the doc update=) Happy Monday!! We are suppose to get snow tomorrow, so we'll see. As you can see Sunday I was able to wear super cute spring clothes, sandals, etc. and now tomorrow we will probably have a fire in the fireplace all day. What the heck? I am SO ready for SPRING and SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

19 week randomness

Sorry for the lack of posts here lately. There have been some things I have wanted to post, but just don't make it upstairs on the home computer to do it. For example, Bernie got a snuggie, and looks really darn cute in it. So just picture my cute little dog, in a cute little blue snuggie=) He LOVES it, but it does prevent/restrict him from going upstairs (he has a big chest/rib cage, so it's a little "snug" in that area). In other news, I started painting baby K's room this past weekend. I chose a buttercream color. So it will be ok whether its a girl or a boy. Chill out people, I bought low/no VOC paint, wore a mask, and the room was well ventilated. One coat down, another to go. I have bought some girlie things for the nursery, including fabric, curtains and accessories, and crossing my fingers I don't have to take it all back after our sonogram next week=) Matt told me he hopes I have to take it ALL back and he can't believe I am buying pink stuff. We'll see about that=) If I have to take it back, I happily will because I have the most supercute idea and vision for a baby boy nursery and would love to do that too! However I have fallen in love with everything my mom and I have bought so far, so hopefully we can keep it=)

Other than that, things are still sailing right along. Still feeling great! I am feeling baby K kick and move more and more. This weekend I felt a couple of powerful punches, the most powerful thus far!!! I tried to get Matt to feel, but of course, as soon as he would put his hand on my belly, nothing! But I'm sure he will get to feel baby soon enough, the moving is just so random right now, and the only time I can actually feel it is when I am sitting still. Last night when laying in bed my belly was uneven, crooked, had a lumpy bulge on one side, so baby must have been in a super interesting twisted up position=) But no complaints really, other than (for those of you who care), my weight gain reaching the double digit mark, as in 10, one-zero, which I've read is "right on track". But I don't know where its going, other than my mid section of course. My pants and such all still fit, just can't button them. So I'm satisfied with that. Although someone who will remain nameless (and no it wasn't my husband) did tell me today that my cheeks were "puffier". Excuse me???? I think it was just because they are used to seeing me in a baseball cap everyday and today I wasn't wearing one because my hair actually looked decent. I think I know my own cheeks and I don't think they are puffy!=) What makes me feel good is that: 1) my wonderful hubby is VERY happy with the changes with my body thus far and says I look great, and also pointed out my ab muscles are still there, and 2)most everyone else that sees me, friends, people from church, etc. say they can't even tell I am prego. I don't look it at all=) Once I turn to the side and lift my shirt a lil to try to prove to them, they are like, "well, it looks like you just ate a big meal". But I can tell, when you know and are used to your own body, you can tell, and I'm sure you will be able to FINALLY see a difference in the 20 week belly shot to come=)

It's not me!?!?!?!?!

Nope, it's not! Apparently it's "who's your celebrity look alike" this week on fb. I decided to post mine and people think it's me, until they realize my bump isn't that big yet. Guess I have a good look alike=) Who's yours??? If you don't know, I bet I can pick one for you=)