Little man

I figured it was about time I do an update on how everything is progressing I am just going to start following a format so I can keep it all together and make sure I note all the important things! How far along: 22 Weeks!!! Baby's size: A Papaya does that sound huge to anyone else baby boy has been growing!! Baby's progress: This always amazes me each week when I read up on him I cant believe he is around a foot long in length and a whole pound makes me so happy I feel so proud already! Weight gain: Working on this but baby is growing just fine started out at 103 now up to 108 finally! Stretch marks: Poor boobs look so different than what they started out like but im okay with it thats the only place I have noticed any marks so far. Sleep: Sleeping pretty good still I wake up now to pee again like I was doing at the start he is really starting to take up some space now. I am mostly worried about sleeping on my back but we got me a snoogle and it has been amazing at keeping me on my sides! Gender: Little man!!!!!!! Movement: Oh yes its a party in there didnt you know when the sun goes down is about when it really is getting started its been so amazing I love every second of it. Best moment of the week: Ordering the glider and rocker should get here tomorrow cant wait to get the nursery finished. Looking forward too: Our 23 Anatomy scan we already know we are having a boy but we still have not gotten the long anatomy scan I am nervous and just hope he is healthy and growing well he sure feels like he is. Food cravings: I have not noticed much of a difference in this I still want the same old things but maybe a chicken enchilada more often then normal. Labor signs: No thanks stay away please! symptoms: Nothing too much really definitely feeling some growing pains it feels like ovulation almost its pretty weird. Workouts: I honestly have been slacking im scared to be to active until I get further along and since I have only gained 5 pounds I am trying to keep all my calories I can get soon here though I will be buying a treadmill and walking everyday. What I miss: Nothing I couldn't live without forever if I had to but I do miss a nice cold Mojito and not walking around like an old person because im scared lol. Things that suck: Not a single thing I can think sucks right now I have waited for this for years im loving every minute of growing my baby boy. Things that dont suck: Everything I am so happy and everyday is a new milestone and little man has grown that much stronger its such a blessing! And there you have it 5 and half months pregnant it was flying by now im just so anxious to get there and meet this little boy of mine!

Camping!

Hope everyone had a fourth of July this one was the best yet celebrating with kicks from baby boy it was great! We decided to go camping just the two and a half of us ha ha and the dogs of course. It was really fun we sort of made our own camping spot and it was away from all the madness up the canyon that day. It turned out to be a really good time we played some washer toss and cooked a very yummy dinner on the coals. We had everything all set up to stay up there for the night but around ten o clock we decided the bed sounded much nicer and packed it all back up and went home lol. Very good choice because we had lots to do the next day. We got his room all painted and it turned out so great I am so happy with the color we went with a graceful grey and it looks amazing I cant wait to get the new carpet in and be able to start putting it together more. We made it halfway today I am 20 weeks and couldn't be more grateful things have been going smoothly and I pray it stays that way. I can not believe how big he is getting they compare him to a BANANA sooo crazy to me to think he is that big already but I can tell he is growing and getting stronger his kicks are all over and you can actually see more then one area of my belly move now its just the best thing ever!! I have gained maybe only two pounds it kind of worries me but he measures fine every time at our ultrasounds I have my 20 week appointment tomorrow and we will see what the midwife says. I am starting to get the belly I always dreamed of and I could not be more happy. My husband feels him kick and move and kisses my belly he is going to be the best Dad ever I just cant wait to see them two together. I have finally gotten some stretch marks none on my stomach but my poor boobs have just gotten so ridiculously big it was inevitable im sure but thats just fine with me. I cant wait to get further along and start the official count down to when he gets here. We have our big anatomy scan at the end of this month when I will be 23 weeks I just hope for good news and things keep going this smoothly I feel so lucky to be here.

Almost halfway

I swore I would be better at updating my blog with pregnancy updates but its just so hard while planning for a baby at the same time and keeping up with the belly book. I am going to try to be better there are lots of things I dont want to forget that are happening. I never thought it would be so hard to choose a nursery setting but oh my gosh I have changed my mind about a hundred times and now im to the point where im just buying the next idea so I cant change it again ha ha. It has been so fun and amazing to plan for our little boy I still sit there in disbelief sometimes thinking that this is no way happening still that in only four months FOUR we will be holding him and starting our new life together. I used to think time was just going so slow but I cant believe how fast this is going by its been so exciting every weeks is a new milestone and something amazing happening learning how he is growing each week and the new things he can do. He is quite the kicker already I never thought I would be able to feel him this much already but you should see it its crazy to watch my stomach poke and move all over the place I swear he is having a good time in there. My husband even got to feel him move from the outside already and it was just amazing we hoped for this for so many years for it to finally be happening to us is just something else. I have let go of the fear for the most part and I have just been enjoying being pregnant but sometimes it does find it way back and and it scares the hell out of me. I wish I could just be like some women and expect everything will be okay but thats just not the truth about it and while we have a damn good chance at everything being just fine its still scary sometime I dont know if its because of the long road to get here or knowing we would have to do it all over again im not sure but it would be nice to just have that 100% peace that things will be just fine. In my heart I feel it will be okay but the thoughts do come and go still. So here I sit 19w2d pregnant and life has not ever been this exciting. We have so many little boy clothes given to us its been so awesome to fill up the closet for him and just to keep getting things ready I really cant wait to start the nursery we are just waiting on a repair for the window and we will get to painting! I got really sick Sunday night and it was pretty much the scariest thing of my life I was so scared for him I have never felt that way before and I just couldnt get my fever to go down I was very close to going to the hospital. Thankfully today I am much better and he is just kicking up a storm right now and my awesome doppler also save my sanity just to make sure his heartbeat was still strong and it was it always is he is such a little miracle fighter baby from the very beginning being nothing but a ball of cells. We had a great night in Park city on Saturday the day before the sickness hit I am wondering if I maybe picked something up from there im not sure but I will be hibernating for the next four months just to not ever have to deal with that again. It was nice to get away with my husband though we had a really nice hotel room and got dressed up all fancy and went to a three course dinner it was relaxing and we just thought how soon it wont be just us anymore but we are more then ready for that day to come. I just love my little man so much already I cant wait to meet him and get to know him life has never been so good and the future is even brighter. Obviously my husband got to enjoy himself more than I did as you can see in the pictures he gets to keep enjoying his beers lol I think he looks adorable when he is feeling good.

Karissa's Baby Due Date Countdown

Karissa's Baby Due Date Countdown

To get me to you

To Get Me To You Well I, I still can remember times When the night seemed to surround me I was sure the sun would never shine on me And I, I thought it my destiny To walk this world alone But now you're here with me Now you're here with me And I don't regret the rain Or the nights I felt the pain Or the tears I had to cry Some of those times along the way Every road I had to take Every time my heart would break It was just something that I had to get through To get me to you To get me to you Well I, I still can recall the days When I had no love around me Makes me glad for every day I have with you And I, I look in your eyes and know I'm right where I belong And I belong with you Always belonged with you And I don't regret the rain Or the nights I felt the pain Or the tears I had to cry Some of those times along the way Every road I had to take Every time my heart would break It was just something that I had to go through To get me to you To get me to you And if I could I wouldn't change a thing Wouldn't change a thing baby Because your love was waiting there for me Waiting there for me baby And I don't regret the rain Or the nights I felt the pain Or the tears I had to cry Some of those times along the way Every road I had to take Every time my heart would break It was just something that I had to get through To get me to you To get me to you by Lila McCann I think that is such an amazing song it makes me cry but its all so true and while he is not here in my arms yet he is on his way and I have been feeling his little kicks finally it all just is so amazing. I dont know what the future is going to bring but I hope its nothing but good times filled with love and happiness and an adorable little boy. I am 17 weeks four days pregnant today and im so thankful to have come this far. I am feeling pretty good these days still more tired then I used to be but other then that I feel pretty normal besides the little being that has invaded my stomach and is having a party in there. I felt him move for the first time last week and I even seen him poking my stomach out all funny when he was doing it. Fathers day my husband got to see it for the first time and we both just stared and I cried I have not actually cried to many times during the pregnancy I thought I would at ultrasound and different things but I think im just so shocked still and just so happy when we go to them that he is still there and growing as he should I dont have energy for tears happy or sad. Seeing him move was different it made it feel so real that he really is in there and he is going to be here in just a short 4.5 more months. When you wait your whole life for something like this and fight like hell to get it when its here its just hard to describe all the intense feelings. I just cant wait to meet this little man I cant wait to get bigger and feel him getting stronger this is all just so amazing and im so grateful to be here in this place right now its was all so worth it so so worth it.

Whats new

Not a whole lot actually which is a good thing I like things going easy and staying boring right now. I am feeling super tired today they say you get most of your energy back in the second trimester but I am still always so tired so I dont know who came up with that lol. It is pretty unreal how fast this is all going it blows my mind to think im already four months pregnant. Today I am 16w2d and yes every single one of those days count I want credit for those two extra days!! I cant believe how much baby boy has grown and what is all happening in there its so amazing. We have gotten a few outfits now and the clothes my friend gave me so were already getting a pretty good stash and I just cant get over opening that closet and staring at everything it makes me so happy. I am getting pretty impatient with movement though I really really really just want to feel him move I know it can be a few more weeks but I have friends tell me they have felt some movement by now and others say around 20 weeks im like okay Aiden I have been patient long enough ha ha just show me something but still nothing thats okay though it will come I just cant wait for the day it does. I think the animals are picking up on it now they can feel a big change is coming because they all decided they were all going to go bat shit crazy on us its been interesting between my cat getting so stressed out it caused a urinary infection and to my dogs not eating their food and instead eating anything and everything else they can find including raw dough which we had to induce vomiting to get out of her stomach ughhh its been madness but that is the only thing I can think of that has changed so we will see how it goes. I feel so blessed im going to be able to stay home and raise our son I get to quit my job and just focus on him and I just feel so happy we have this option after everything we went through to get him I dont want to miss out on anything I am counting down the days quite literally until he is going to be here. I am super excited that we almost have our entire stash of cloth diapers they are so damn cute and I cant wait to see his cute little bum in them. I took over my birth plan to my midwife yesterday for our 16 week appointment which went great and thought they were going to think I was a crazy lady but she was very supportive and agreed it was a very good start to one helped me make a few changes but I am super happy with it. I have finally gotten so excited and I am already so in love with this little boy I can hardly stand it waiting to meet him is like torture everyone tells me I will miss being pregnant and to enjoy it and I get it but I just want him here now in my arms safe and taking care of him its sooo hard to wait especially after finding out he was our little boy I have been so anxious for time to go fast. I was scared I wouldnt ever get to feel connected to him because of how afraid I was of everything at first but I was soo wrong I feel more connected to him then I ever thought was possible and im sure it will increase with the movement but I just talk to him all day like a crazy person and to just know your never alone like even when im driving to work in the mornings he is right there with me and its just amazing it really is. Well thats all I really have for now just happy things are going well thankful for this miracle and just hope things will turn out with a very happy ending I have a good feeling though.

Its A....

This was something I dreamed about and thought about long before we actually got here. Just thinking about it actually being your baby up on that screen and you and your husband anxiously waiting to see what the baby is going to be. We go to the studio on Saturday and I was just freaking out I could hardly contain myself I was just this huge jumble of nerves and excitement. Everyone told me it was a girl pretty much everyone told me this and I was just alone in thinking it was a boy then I started to have dreams about a little girl so I was just so confused. The tech started showing us the brain and showing us the fluid in the stomach saying the kidneys were already hard at work which was perfect. We got to see the little bladder with fluid also it was so amazing to see the baby so fully formed my husband couldn't believe how big it was already. Baby was measuring 14w6d we were 14w5d so just perfect I can not be more thankful for this little miracle. The cutest thing was watching them have the hiccups I was just blown away it was adorable watching them. So the tech goes okay now tell me what you think it is and went to the money shot. I just freaked out I knew it I so knew this was my little boy and I couldnt be more happy and excited. We are going to have a son I am just blown away and so so thankful for him. Today we are 15 weeks I cant wait for the rest to go by now I just want to meet him and see his little face without further ado meet Aiden Noah!!!!!