I Can't Hide it Anymore

I was finally asked by a stranger today when I was due. I was wondering when the first person was going to ask me. I guess five months was the magic number for me. I was glad I could hold off for that long. Although these past few weeks, I have been wanting to pop out a little more because I think people look at me like I've had one too many donuts. As far as the pregnancy goes I am still feeling great. I have not had one sick day while being pregnant and it has been amazing. I am still doing my daily three mile run as well as the stair climber. That is one of my new favorite cardio machines. It is such a great workout. In this picture I am about five months along. The dress I am wearing is one of the maternity dresses J bought me a while back. He asked me when I was going to where them and I told him I don't completely fill them out yet. I decided to wear it to church anyway to make him happy. It is hard to see the baby bump in this dress though because it is black, but believe me it is there.

I Hate To Rub It In...

...but I was right.

We are having a baby boy! and I couldn't be happier. I'll admit, the thought of having a little girl would have been cute, however, having a boy is a father's dream come true. T seems a little disappointed with the idea that she'll have to deal with two boys in the house now. It took her a little while to get used to the fact that we were prego, so I think it wont be too long before she is excited to be having a boy.



Here are a few of the ultrasound pictures.

Profile view of his cute face

Side view of the right hand

Couple of cute feet

Here's the goods...no doubt about it!

Baby Bump

I am 19 weeks in this picture. I am starting to show more so I thought I would put an updated picture of me. Not the best picture of me, but you can see a little baby bump.

What Have We Been Up To?

A lot has happened in the last couple of weeks. J and I have both been just too busy with school and work to update our blog. I will start with the baby update. We recently had to switch doctors because apparently our insurance was not covering this doctor. We were really bummed out because we really liked him. We had our first appointment with the new doctor and she was alright. She said my baby was measuring a little big. I guess I grow my babies large. Haha. Anyway everything seems to be going fine. We have our big ultrasound scheduled for next Friday that will tell us the gender as well as the growth of the baby. We are really excited for this appointment. By the way in the picture of me, I am about 16 weeks. Everyone keeps asking to see my baby bump so there you go. Not much of one. I will take another one at 20 weeks and maybe I will be a little bigger.

J had a birthday on August 31st. He turned 27 years old. He got a golf bag with all of his birthday money. We also went out to dinner to Stanford’s, his favorite restaurant with some of our friends. We had a blast and afterwards enjoyed some rainbow chip cake, another one of J’s favorites.

We went to a Rockband Party with some friends. J got all decked out in rockband gear. I think he looks a little scary.

Also an update on the cat that had babies. We found them and they are starting to come to our porch. There are six of them and they are so adorable. They love to play. J and I will spend an hour every night just watching them play. It makes me want a cat which is crazy because I am not much of an animal lover.

How About a Baby Update

Enough about the cat updates, what about our baby. We had our second doctor's appointment today. We were able to actually hear the baby's heart beat. It was so cool because the doctor first found my heart beat which was really slow and then he moved it over to the left a little bit and we heard the baby's. It was going about 150 beats per minute. It was super cute and made me want to cry. I am definately getting way more excited. We won't find out the gender for another 8 weeks, but are really anxious to know. J wants a boy and I kind of wanted a girl, but now I am thinking that would be really cute to have a boy.

I still feel pretty good. I am extremely happy that I've been able to keep up my daily exercise routine. I also havn't had to cancel on one client since being pregnant. Anyway we will keep you posted.

12 weeks

Do I look pregnant yet?

Cat--Update

The cat had her babies!

We don't know where they are but we have a general idea...I stalked her the other day after she got done eating.

A few days ago she was sitting on our back door mat, as usual in the morning. I gave her food and she just gave it a quick smell, turned, and walked away very limber and slow. I knew she was about to burst as she left without eating. She didn't return to our back door for a couple of days and I really started to get worried.

Finally, on Saturday, she came back. She had obviously had her litter. She was much thinner and practically inhaling the food I gave her. After she ate, she didn't stick around as she normally had. She left...and I followed.

I stalked her two properties over until she spotted me. Then she sat under a bush and just watched me. She was not about to reveal where her babies were. I didn't stay long because I didn't want to make her nervous. She only comes in the morning now to eat, most likely to not leave her babies alone at night.

I'd like to find then before something happens to them. Last night, I saw a raccoon wondering around, which made me nervous. Hopefully the kittens are OK.

I'll keep you posted if anything changes.

Major Dilemma...Need Your Help!

There is a current situation that I need some serious help with. I hope all our readers will comment and give me some advice.

First, I need to take a minute and explain where I'm coming from. I am, and always have been, a major animal lover. I love their company and unconditional love. I find the suffering of animals to be so sad and cannot bear it. You could say animals have a large soft spot in my heart. Here's an example of what I'm talking about. A few years back I was watching a horse race on TV and one of the horses broke it's leg during the race and there would have been no way to save the leg so they put the horse down to relieve it's suffering. It broke my heart and I had to turn the TV off.

Now the current issue. A cat showed up on our back porch a few weeks back and she looked starving. I gave her some milk and turkey in hopes to give her a little sustenance. To make a long story short, she has showed up every night since and is now starting to come during the day as well. To make my anxiety worse, she is unmistakeably pregnant. Now I'm taking care of two pregnant women! Since she's been coming I have noticed her fattening up a little and her coat of fur looks much better. She was first super skittish, running away every time I opened the sliding door. Now, I'll sit outside and she allows me to pet her. She's adorable and I wish I could keep her but our apartment has a 'no pet' policy. T thinks we should call the Humane Society. I think we should keep feeding her and hope she has the litter outside our apartment, then we'll move to another apartment and keep her and her babies.

My anxiety is getting worse by the day as I see her getting further along in her pregnancy.

What should I do?

Here's some cute pictures of her to help you devise your advice.