26 weeks

I am 26.5 weeks pregnant and will be starting my third trimester on Wednesday. The baby is healthy and growing right on schedule... as am I. These past few weeks I have been trying to cope with some of the "fun" new parts of pregnancy I am experiencing. Along with not-only-in-the-morning-sickness, I am having back pain, the feeling as though my insides are being smashed, and lots and lots of Braxton-Hicks contractions (not so new but still trying to cope with them). I have been going to the chiropractor every other day so that he can align my hips and take the pressure off my lower back. About the smashed guts, I have been told to suck it up get use to it. I am also on strict orders to drink lots of water in order to help stop some of the contractions. I need to do better because I haven't seen much of a difference but I already feel as though I spend my days in the bathroom. 

Well, here I am. The shirt is a little loose so you don't get the full effect but I won't wait six more weeks to put another picture up.

Two days old

Here are some pictures of the cute kittens at two days old. 

This is one of Cali's usual positions. With seven kittens all fighting to eat comfort is thrown out the window. I wonder if she ever gets a cramp in her arm...

When Cali leaves to eat and go to the bathroom the kittens crawl all over each other till they get comfy and fall asleep. This is right after she left, so they are all still trying to find a good position. The kitten at the top right is the runt. Can you see how small it is compared to the others? Poor little guy....

Here is the mass that forms when Cali is away.

This is what I call brother and sisterly bonding. They are precious.

And here is a picture in honor of Mother's Day. 

Kittens... lots of Kittens.

Today our cat Cali had seven kittens!!! Yes.... Seven! We kinda got stuck with her when we moved into our house but she ran away for about five weeks before we could get her fixed. We thought she wouldn't come back but she did come back... pregnant. 

So this morning she started acting weird and breathing really hard. She wouldn't hold still and I could tell she was getting stressed out. Finally I got her to lay in her box while she I petted her and she had contractions. Not long after that, while I was on the phone with my sister Christina, Cali popped out the first kitten. I freaked out a bit because the whole thing was sort of gross. To make a long and graphic story short: She had three more in the next hour and a half before I ran off to a short check-up at the doctors. When I got home there was another and I was certain that she was done and that five would be the number. About 20 minutes later another one came. 20 minutes after that I came back to pet Cali and give her some food. After about 10 minutes of sitting there I lifted up her back leg and found a sac with a kitten still inside just sitting there. I thought it was dead and that was why Cali wasn't getting it out but when I saw it move a bit I tried to push Cali's head toward it. Eventually I had to get a towel and pick it up and put it right by her head so that she would help it. Poor Cali was probably too exhausted to realize that she still had a kitten in a sac. 

Now all the kittens are doing great! I can't wait till they get cute. If anyone wants a kitten or knows of anyone who does then let me know... we can't keep them.

Here is Cali right after she had her second kitten. Sorry about the blood but believe me there were much more graphic pictures. (Let me know if you want to see the gross ones Richard... I can e-mail them to you.)

This is after number five. 

This is number six still all slimmy.

It looks like a wet dog. They are already cuter then when I took this picture.

Here are all seven. 

I know you're not suppose to pick them up but I couldn't help it... Don't worry, my wrists have already been slapped.

They are so cute... Don't you want one?

Here is a video I got of Cali having the fourth kitten. It's kind of graphic so if you get grossed out easily then don't watch it. At the end of the video I say "That's number five." But really it was only number four.

It's a girl

We had a doctors appointment today and even though the doctor was out of town for a funeral we asked the physician's assistant to try to see what our baby was. She was a little hesitant because she said she is not an expert but when she looked the baby's legs were apart and she was pretty confident that it's a girl. We are so excited!!! 

We plan on naming her Brooklyn but don't have a middle name decided yet. Someone suggested Bridge... he he. We have considered Beth... then the baby would be named after my family (Brooklyn came from Brooksby and Beth cause that's my middle name and Grandma's name). Any ideas or thoughts?

20 Weeks

I am officially half way through my pregnancy, which should sound like good news to me except all I can think is "Only half way!!! Are you kidding?!?" I am convinced that this pregnancy will be the death of me. Hopefully I will take after my mom and only be sick for another month. For some good news: our insurance is now paying for my very expensive medicine so now I don't have to wait till I am incapable of doing anything before I take a pill. Also, the baby is kicking ALL the time. Sometimes I just lay down and watch my stomach for it's little kicks... it's pretty cool. We only have two more weeks before we go back to the doctor to attempt to find out the sex of our baby... this time I am going to chug a few sodas before I go.

Lopsided belly

I was lying down yesterday looking at my stomach and I noticed that it was completed lopsided. The baby must have been all the way to my right. It was pretty cool and I wanted to just lay there to see if it would move but we had to go get ready for church. Every time something new happens like this it makes the baby so real for us. Kurt still hasn't felt the baby move, even though I make him feel for it all the time but I feel it everyday and even though the movement makes me feel a little nauseous i still love it.

I took these pictures so this is looking down towards my feet. Kurt put his finger on my belly button. You can see how the right side is higher then the left side. Hopefully this picture makes sense.

Same picture without Kurt's finger.

We are having a....

We are having a... BABY!!! That is probably not the answer you were looking for but believe me you are not the only one that is a little disappointed. 

Yesterday Kurt and I went in to find out if our little baby would be a girl or a boy. We we super excited but when we got there the doctor was having a hard time getting a good look at the sex organs cause the baby's feet were together and blocking the view. He tried from several other angles but in the end he told us the baby was in the worst position for trying to see what it was. We even tried wiggling and shaking my stomach to wake it up but what can I say, the kid sleeps like its dad. The doctor did say that usually it's the girls that will sleep with it's feet together while the boys will be spread eagle saying "Hey! Look what I've got!" So either we have a shy boy or a ladylike girl... we will try to see again in another month (I couldn't convince that receptionist to let us come in earlier). So even though we don't know if our baby is a girl or a boy, we do know that he/she is looking very healthy and strong. (But I'm still a little angry that he/she couldn't be a little more cooperative).

This is us before the appointment. As you can see we are happy and excited. Any after the appointment pictures would have been of me being angry.

Waiting for the doctor to come in.

Our cute little baby... sound asleep.

Here is a good shot of the spine. The black spot above the spine right before it curves down is the heart.