Planning for our Babymoon!

I'm 21 weeks now. Not to much is going on with the baby besides growing. She is about 11 inches and just shy of a full pound.   I think she might be taking after her mother because it feels like all she does is dance around in there like a little ballerina.  The other day we got a delivery of cookies that my dad bought me to support a school fundraiser. Keny said " well instead of football I guess i get to look forward to selling girl scout cookies and going to ballet recitals.."   Poor Keny but I think a little girl is just what he needs.  He has already started to change so much to prepare himself for his little girl. I think he is going to be a great father. 


Here is an update of how everything else is going so far

Maternity clothes? Yep defiantly wearing the pants.. I'm starting to grow out of all my shirts,  I only have a handful left that I can wear that cover up my little baby bump
Stretch marks? Nope.
Best moment this week: Crib came in the mail. ! YAY  Most important piece to add to the new nursery. Hopefully this weekend I can start to paint
Miss Anything? I wish I would of eaten alot more feta cheese before I got pregnant because I could really go for Feta cheese on everything I eat these days. Can't have Feta cheese when your prego along with a big list of other things.
Movement: She is SO active! Constantly moving. She doesn't wake up until about 8am on my drive into work. I'm sure she wakes up in the middle of the night but its not waking me up yet. She likes to stay up late too.. 
Food cravings: umm none this week! No cravings at all so far.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Chicken. Smell doesn't bother me but if I taste it I want to get sick. Otherwise I don't feel like my noses is super sensitive 
Have you started to show yet: Yep! People at work are still just finding out though.. 
Gender: GIRL!
Belly Button in or out? Out!
Wedding rings on or off? On. Hands aren't swollen at all so hopefully I'll be able to wear my ring until the baby comes but I hear that never happens.
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy, Happy! well most of the time. I notice that stuff gets on my nerves a little more than usual.
Looking forward to: our babymoon! and starting the transformation of the nursery.

Next week we go on our babymoon to Grand Tetons.. We are sooo excited.   Whats a babymoon you say?  Its our last little honeymoon before the baby comes.   We are staying for 4 days at the Teton Springs Spa!. I'm totally going to get pampered but Keny doesn't really know that yet. Lol. There isn't a whole lot that I can do in the mountains but we are still going to have a blast.  We are staying right on the lake and hopefully one night we will do a dinner cruise. We are going right during peak time as the leaves are changing for the fall. We will take pics of course and post them for you to see.. 

That's all that is going on with us.  I probably won't post anything until we return from our trip on Monday  9/24.  Hopefully I'll have some before and after pictures of the nursery to show you soon as well.   Oh yes and for everyone that keeps asking. We do have some names picked out but they are a secret!.. Surprisingly Keny and I aren't having a hard time picking out a girl names that we both like so we have a small list going.   No one will know until the day we get to meet our little bundle of joy! Sorry... 

Its a GIRL

Our gender party started with this box in our yard....

After once we opened it pink balloons popped out. What a surprise!! A Little Girl.

We couldn't be happier.

Keny's little buddy Jacob was so excited.

 He can't wait to show her how to ride his bike he said. So cute!

It was so nice to get my family together with Keny's family for this special day. I hope everyone enjoyed themselves.

   This is one of our last ultrasound pictures from Friday at our 20 week ultrasound.  The little profile is so cute. Everything said that this picture was a dead give away that it was a girl.   Still can't tell who she looks like more.  Hopefully these next few months go by fast because we can't wait to meet her.

I'm officially 20 weeks/ 5 months. Half way!.. Just 5 months to go. This week SHE  is the size of a banana and 10.5 ounces.  My belly has grown alot in the past month especially in just the last week it has really popped out.

Big thanks to Hilary and Jason who made up our box and kept our little secret until today. We really appreciate everything you did.  Thank you!



HALF WAY.... already...... !

Can anyone believe that I'm at the half way mark. 5 months!.. WOW.. Yes many of you are thinking wait a minute, women are only pregnant for 9 months.. 

No your wrong.. Its actually 40 weeks which divided into months is 10 months. 

Last night Keny finally was able to feel our little one doing aerobics. YAY for him, he was very excited.  The weirdest part is being able to see my belly move with each strong kick and punch.   

Only 4 more days until we reveal the gender of our little Cantaloupe.

Our big Gender Reveal is on Sunday so stay tuned.. You have a 50% chance of being correct with all your guesses

Here are the Votes so far 

8 BOY vs 13 GIRL 

And for all of you looking for my belly shots.. Here are a couple to take a peak at.  Here is month 1, 2.5, 3 & month 4

 Month 5 picture is on its way and will be posted with our pictures from our gender party on Sunday. 


This weekend we are moving out our office from out upstairs bedroom to make room for our nursery. I'm so excited to start painting, as most of you know its my favorite hobby.  I already have the colors picked out and its going to be pretty gender neutral so you won't be seeing any bright pinks or baby blues..  I'll try and take before and after shots for everyone to see the transformation in the coming weeks.

Remember to stay tuned to our blog on Sunday late afternoon if you want to be one of the first to find out if its a girl or boy. I'll post the results right away.

IVF- $$,$$$ Expensive/ Baby on the way- Priceless

Some votes are in so far and 

here are the numbers.. 

7 girl

2 boy  

Its hard to say if those are educated guesses or

 if those are guesses

 just to give Keny a hard time.    

Here is a little history for those of you who want more education behind your guess. Researchers  have found that couples who have ICSI have less chance of having a son than if they had standard IVF or conceived naturally.

The sex ratios for babies born after ICSI were 49.6% male and 54.9% female. ICSI is just another procedure that Keny and I had to do including IVF due to Keny's Cancer.  I actually was under the impression that we had a much higher chance to have a boy and that is actually true only if you do the traditional IVF only without ICSI. 

When it comes down to it parenthood is a gift and a privilege. We are both so excited to be given this opportunity in life.  Alot of people take it for granted, Keny and I have learned that this a gift to precious to take any part of it for granted. 

Its hard to believe that in less than 2 weeks I'll be half way through this pregnancy.  This week our baby is about 1/2 a pound and about the size of a Deli pickle. For those of you that keep asking, I'v always hated pickle. I'm not sneaking them for a midnight snack or anything. I'm defiantly not dipping them in my ice cream like I have heard others like to do.   No cravings for me at all really except chocolate but that's a life long craving. And surprisingly enough I think my horrible sweet tooth is subsided a little in the past few months. Keny is a little jealous that I have been feeling the baby kick for a few days now. Hopefully he will get the chance to feel it soon. 

Keny has this grand plan about starting a pool for the baby's Birthday date, time, and weight.  He will post more details about it soon.. My official due date is 1/25/2013. 

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Hello baby bump

So technically I'm only 3 days from being 18 weeks and I just started getting the bump.  WOW does it grow fast!. I guess there is a large Cantaloupe in there and I can defiantly feel it.  Finally broke down and visited the Gap maternity store. 


Here is the most recent baby update for this week

The baby is about the size of your palm, weighs about five ounces, about the size of a baked potato for those of you that like to compare the baby to your favorite food item. What else is up? Our baby is hard at work honing his sucking and swallowing reflexes—all the better for eating that 2 AM (and 5 AM, and 8 AM ...) meal in a few months! The finger- and toenails are beginning to grow from their nail beds, which would explain why he'll need them trimmed almost as soon as he's born! For those of you in our family interested in the dental stuff, this week she will start to develop tooth enamel.


Its amazing that I'm almost half way through already!. I'm sure the next 20 weeks won't go as fast but I hope I enjoy them as much as I have so far. Any day now i might feel he or she move. And in 18 days we will know if we will have a little boy or little girl on the way. Stay tuned! for that news. I'll post the Big news as soon as we find out.


In the mean time!. Cast your vote!.. Tell us what your guess is.. Boy or Girl??

Here is another old wives tale to ponder over and maybe help make your guess.  

If you have morning sickness that seems to last all day long and last for longer than your first trimester, then you are having a girl.

I had morning sickness until about week 16. To this day still can't even smell chicken let alone think about eating it. Who knows if that will ever go away.  Brushing my teeth is very difficult to do, makes me gag. Such a great thing to look forward to every morning and night.    My morning sickness was not at its worst in the AM but actually worse in the afternoon and night.  I think most of that is related to car sickness though. Still to this day driving in the car in the afternoon in stop and go traffic in the heat is a sure thing to make me nauseated.   Maybe that will help you with your guess.   I know what mine is but I'm not telling.......

Boy or Girl? Soon we will know..

16 weeks.  4.6 inches this week about the size of an avocado.  Anytime now I'll be able to feel he or she moving and kicking around.. This week the baby is growing hair and finger nails.. Crazy to think that something so tiny already is fully formed from its finger nails to  taste bugs.

Heart beat on Thursday was 151..

As the old wives' tale has it, if your unborn baby's heart rate is higher, above 140 beats per minute, that means you're carrying a girl. A lower heart rate below 140 bpm means you're having a boy.  Maybe this means Keny will have a daddy's girl?? Who knows.  One more month and we will all know.. 

9/10 I'll post the official picture revealing the Gender..  

Guess the Sex?? Boy or Girl?? 

Cast your Vote!

The long journey to where we are today.

Sometimes we look at each other still in disbelieve that are actually pregnant!.. Seriously it finally happened? And this isn't a dream.  WOW..  The only thing we have known for the past 3+ years is doctors appointments, shots, tests and procedures.. Seems like there was never an end it site.. Docs always said you have such good chances of having a kid you should have no problem since your young..  Yeah right, those docs had no clue what they were talking about..    No doctor, nurse or other IVF couple can really truly prepare you for what your about to do..   Sure they can tell you about the shots and the side effects and all the appointments and the odds of this working and the odds of that working..  Knowing all of that ahead of time it still doesn't prepare you for  any of it..  Its like going on a hike in the mountains in the dark with no flashlight, with no map or sign of daylight.. Some how you have to get from point A to B, I'm still amazed we actually made it here. 

We are already 15 weeks! Crazy how time flies  and I'm glad the first 12-14 weeks flew by fast! Here is a picture of our little peanut a couple weeks ago!.. Now its about double that size actually its about the size of an orange. Seems like the trend is comparing your babies size to fruit, I don't know who started that.. No one has really said yet that I'm showing but I give it another week..   I'm trying to wear all my favorite cloths because I know I'm down to just days before they wont fit.  

 It will be around 18-20 weeks that we will find out the gender.. The plan is to have a Gender Party with the family. That will be the day that Keny and I and all of our families find out if its a boy or girl!.   More details on that to come.. Probably will be sometime end of Aug or beginning of Sept.  Invitations to future grandparents, great grandparents, aunts,uncles and siblings will go out soon.   If you haven't heard of a gender party well your in for a surprise! I'm not going to tell you how the surprise will play out.. You will see. I will post pictures too. 

We are due 1/25/2013..