24 weeks and he is moving!!

Wow, It has been awahile since I have wrote in this journal. Lets see if I can capture everything that has been happening over the last 3 weeks. We have a friend that has a four month boy and is moving back to North Carolina. Her and her husband gave us a bunch of stuff for baby. It really helps us out on intitial cost.

We had a 3rd Ultrasound where the Ultrasound tech went over the whole baby to make sure all his parts and are growing right as well as to verify he is a boy. Well that took a while because he decided to sleep and not move a whole lot. He had a face plant the whole time and the Ultrasound Tech was not able to examine his face. So we get to go see baby again in an ultrasound. Hopefully, he will show his face. We would have been done with Ultrasounds. So I believe this will be our last one.

Nick and I get excited everyday wondering what he is going to look like. Well since we are both great looking people Ryder is going to be very cute and handsome!! Ryder no can hear sounds of our voices. It is said that Nick should read to him so when Ryder comes out of the womb he will be connected to Nicks voice. He will alway's be connected to my voice because he is with me 24/7. Nick reads him books and I play him music from the Iphone. We have headphone's that attach to my stomach which masks the volume a bit so it doesn't startle baby.

Baby is moving a lot now. It feels like he is tickling me from the inside. It is an amazing feeling and I often forget that it is a baby inside me doing that. sometime I will see a little pulse come from my stomach when he moves. The only is is when Nick goes to feel or even if I place my hands on my stomach he stops moving. Does he really feel us and doesn't move. I wish Nick could feel him more often.

My stomach is getting a little bigger and trying to find descent looking clothes that are good price are hard to find. Anyway, Things are great!!

Above you will see a photo of me at 23 weeks and Nick's belly as well. I think he is jealous that I get to show my belly all the time!

Nick felt the little Guy!

The other day I felt Ryder moving around. It felt like popcorn was popping in my stomach. I decided to feel the outside of my stomach to see if I could feel him. I pressed hard and could feel him just a bit. I was bummed; Nick was at Target getting protein powder. When he returned we could not feel him. The next day Nick was very ill. He had his head in the porcelain good most of the night and day. He was laying in the bedroom and I was on the couch. I started to feel the popcorn start popping. I ran into the bedroom jumped on the bed and took Nicks hand and pressed it on my stomach. After a few minutes there it was he kicked or punched not really sure. Anyway, Nick said,"That wasn't a pulse?" No because you do not feel it anymore and I do not have a pulse there. It was so cool!! That he could actually feel his little guy!! I can not wait until they get stronger and he really feels them!

Nick is an amazing future father!

Nick is going to be an amazing dad. He is already talking about when he grows up and all the pranks they are going to play on me while I am at work. He is a big kid!! He kisses my stomach every morning and every night! I love it. I can not wait until he will be able to feel the baby himself. That will be so great for him to feel more connected. I love how he can make it to every appointment with me! It is nice to have his support. If I need anything he is always ready to do something. Most of the time I just need to vent and really do not need anything. A few times he has went out to get me popsicles.

I just can not wait until he is a dad He is going to be amazing!

17.5 weeks pregnant

Nick and I went hiking today. The morning started off cold and rainy but later it warmed up and we thought that it would be a good idea to get outside. It was a nice hike.

The photo of me at 17.5 weeks. I am getting big!

When we knew he was a boy!

Today we went to an ultrasound school. They needed moms to practice looking at the heart. It was a great deal for Nick and I to sit and watch our baby move around for an hour. Plus they gave us a $20.00 gift card to Target for being a pregnant model. It was so amazing.

He was moving around so much! The tech even said that they have seen active babies but our baby seems especially active. He was sucking his thumb, doing somersaults, waving, showing off his feet and than it looked like he was running!! We have a feeling that we will stay active with this one. After all that movement he decided to to stretch out and that is when I notice right away that he had a penis. You see his belly and his legs now you can see what is between. It is not certain because they say at 17 weeks it still is early to tell but from the photo and the ultrasound tech confirmation it seems certain. Nick face was priceless when he heard it was a boy! We will know for sure in 2 weeks. We just love seeing him all the time. I think I only get one more ultrasound. That is a bummer. Nick will video this one. On the way home we were so excited and talking about the little boy. The first think Nick said was I am going to take him running at 11 at night. I said the baby needs to sleep. He said when he can not sleep he will put him in the jogger and take him out for a run. Studies say the sleep better with movement. So hopefully that will work!

I attache the ultrasound photo's from this experience. The first one is him waving, the second is the foot, third face and body and forth his penis shot.

Hiking in Moab Utah at 15 weeks

Today we went to Jo and Alex's wedding! Three Ladies and I decided to go explore the red rocks and the canyon. We found out the trail got washed out so we had a little adventure ahead of us. We bushed whacked most of the way, walked through many cob webs, got stuck in mud and finally made it to our turn around spot but not before we took a 15 week photo of baby. He needs to know how active he was while in my stomach.

Backpacking at 13 weeks

At 13 weeks some friends from work and I decided to do a 2 day backpacking trip. The doctor said I can only hike up to 10,000 ft. Well that is very hard to do in Colorado because we already start so high. We managed to find a nice trail. It was so beautiful. We camped by a lake and the mountains and wildflowers surrounded us. I was not too slow or too tired like I thought I would be. The biggest issue I had was my knee. Anyway, it was great and think that will be my last backpacking trip for a while.

10-13 weeks how I felt

These journals are a little backwards but I am trying to catch up missed entries. I was feeling great until 10-14 weeks. I started to feel nauseated and extremely tired!! I would go to bed about 6:45 or 8. Nick keeps telling me that is nothing new that is what I usually do and to stop blaming baby. He says it is not baby's fault!! What does he know he is not carrying him! I also had the craziest cravings!! I have not had fast food since high school. Well I went to KFC and had extra crispy chicken and mashed potatoes!! I had Boston Market and anything else I could get that was greasy!! Also my hunger would come on instantly and I would go crazy not having food near by!! I slowed my workouts down as well.

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13 week Ultra sound and peddling

This was our second ultrasound and he looks more like a real baby. From the moment we saw him he was already moving his legs in a peddling motion. The ultrasound tech was great!! That was the first this she said, "he is practicing to ride a bike." It is so amazing to see the baby and watch him move. I feel much more connected to him. I think Nick does as well. Here is a photo of the baby belly at 13 weeks. Not to bad! I love this photo!!

Baby's first bike trip!!

On July 22nd we left to ride 900 miles of the Pacific Coast highway. I started this journey at 6 weeks pregnant. I knew that I might not feel well but I wanted to do it anyway and I would just take it easy. That is just what we did. It was so amazing!! We met so many wonderful people and saw so many incredible things. We started in Portland, Oregon and finished in San Fransisco!! We rode an average of 55 miles a day we had one rest day and stayed in 2 hotels. I had to go to the bathroom about 6 to 10 times a night that I needed a break from popping a squat outside the tent. I also wanted a shower. We saw whales, sea lions and the Red Woods forest. We also rode through the rain forest. We stayed in 15 different campsites were we met other bikers also riding the coast! I made sure to eat a lot and that was mainly PB&J. every morning we rode a bit to a new town to sit at a coffee shop and have breakfast and watch the locals. I didn't feel as exhausted as I thought I would and I didn't feel that sick. It was hard because I thought that with the large trailers I could slow Nick down. OH NOO, that didn't happen!! Although he did get about three flat tires a every other day which gave baby and I a much needed break. It was a trip that we enjoyed and did as a new family and hopefully the baby will see it with his own eyes!

My first visit to the doctor!

Before we left for our bike trip. I went to the doctor for the first time. It was surreal. While we were in the waiting room I started to feel so HUNGARY!! I remembered that I had packed a peanut butter Sandwhich for a hike I was going to do after the doctors visit. Nick said he should start a little business in the office selling snacks to all the hungary pregnant ladies. He left to get my sandwhich and with in a couple minutes they called me in. I told the secretary to please make sure he finds me when he comes back. I told the ultra sound tech that we can not do anything until he gets here and I eat my sandwhich.  I had fun and it was so nice to have Nick in there with me. I laughed my butt off when I had to put my feet up in the stir-ups and the doc had to check inside me. I asked Nick are you ok seeing this? I was laughing so hard that my pelvis was jolting while she was trying to check. Nick asked when will I start showing and she said base on my body mass  probably not until the 16^th week. The ultrasound photo and stomach shot is at nine weeks. This was a few days after we returned from our bike trip!

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They day I new it was you in there!!

On July 8^th I found out I was pregnant. We have been trying for about 5 months and I was not sure if it would happen. It's interesting many friends of mine that have children say, “you will just know when you are pregnant.” On July 8^th the once a month visitor did not come in the morning or afternoon. I had to go buy a pregnancy test. I couldn’t wait. As I was walking to Safeway I was so anxious. I new it was going to be positive. 

When it was ready to read I took it in my hands and the first thing that stuck out was a dark line and that’s all I was focused on. I had 30 secs of disappointment. I took a better look at it and there was a very faint line but there was still 2 lines. I have seen plenty of negatives so I knew. Nicks b-day was in 3 days and I wanted to wait to tell him but I am no good with surprises. I get too excited to tell people and I obsess until I get it out. So as soon as Nick got home I showed him the test!! He was in disbelief but really excited!! I still was not sure if that test was right so I decided to take it again in the morning. It was the same thing. One dark line and one faint line. Still no monthly visitor. A few days past and didn’t feel pregnant. I don’t have morning sickness, headaches, or tender breast (well the are sore but nothing how articles are describing).  I started to wonder if I really was. Nick and I have planned to cycle 900 miles of the Pacific Coast. We shipped our bikes out to Portland already!! I decided to still do it while pregnant. I was 6 weeks when I started. Before I left I felt already exhausted and every time I drive a car I feel like  I am going to fall asleep. I wasn’t  sure how far we would make it on our Journey. My biggest nerves were a potential miscarriage on the ride.

I am still in such a sensitive time right now. The photo above I was 7 weeks and rode 100 miles of the trip!!