23-25 weeks

We are 24 weeks pregnant and our baby is the size of a cantaloupe.... 

not much has changed in the past few weeks(besides the size of my belly), but here are some new pictures :) I feel Gage move everyday now, at least once a day. 

Love Always,

22 Weeks

We are 22 Weeks pregnant and our baby is the size of a papaya...

Baby Gage has already been fishing more times than most people go in a lifetime! This kid is going to come out saying " fish on!"

Matt caught a Gage-sized dolphin

Until Next week...

21 Weeks

 We are 21 Weeks and our baby is the size of a pomegranate...

I keep reading/hearing  things that I should have felt the baby move by now. Some of my friends felt it as early as 16 weeks and some at 20/21. I haven't felt a thing.. UNTIL.. one of my favorite memories was created. The other night we were lying in bed and I said to Matt "hey babe, I read its good for the daddy to talk to the baby while he's in my belly. This makes him familiar with your voice. Maybe if you talk to him he will move."

So, Matt leaned over (with his voice close to my belly) and said "Gage..hey buddy, I love you.."

At that very moment we both felt the baby kick for the first time!!!!! 

Ever since, I feel him moving a lot and Matt has felt him 2 more times. 

We took my parents on the boat this weekend for dad's birthday/late mothers day with my mom. This was my big catch of the day... a bonito.

We also picked up our crib this weekend (Thanks mom and dad Goldie). Here is a picture of Matt putting it together :)

20 Weeks

We are 20 weeks pregnant and our baby is the size of a banana....

This past weekend was mothers day and I got a lot of texts, cards Facebook messages and even a gift!! I didn't feel right accepting the "Happy Mothers Day" gestures, but then i realized there IS a little boy in my belly and I am his mommy :))) Its already the best feeling in the world!

This cup is so awesome! I can NOT wait to use it :)

Today, Monday May 14th, 2012 we went to a different doctor for our actual "gender ultrasound" and its confirmed... its definitely a boy! It was a more detailed ultra sound.. and we even got a few 3D pictures...

Here he is...

Thats the "Its a boy" confirmation. If you can't tell, picture him bending over, and this is his rear end... then look below the arrow....

Here is baby Gage's profile. 

Love Always,

19 Weeks

We are 19 Weeks pregnant and our baby is the size of a mango....

 My belly (and the rest of my body) is growing rapidly... I am almost half way and feeling great! 

Here are some pictures from a wedding we attended this weekend

19 weeks

Happy Cince De Mayo From Gage and I

We have painted the room a light grey, and bought a white crib, changing table and glider. Its all starting to come together. :)

We have finished registering at Buy Buy Baby and Babies R Us. A kid sure does need a lot of stuff!!! 

Love Always, 

Its a BOY!!!!!!!

Its a BOY!!!!!!!!

So, we went to the doctor last week and didn't have any luck on seeing the sex of our baby. So I asked my doctor if I could make a "fake appointment" this week to come back for one more glimpse...andddd I did. I brought our doctor some gourmet chocolate,cheese and crackers and weaseled my way into her appointment book for today. 

Right away she said "Yup, as I thought, its a boy!" Matt wasn't able to make it to the appointment because I made it last minute today.. so I kept him updated via text message as I waited for the doctor.

Your guess is as good as mine... but Dr. Chen swears that little white thing is a penis... so its a boy!!

We have decided on the name...drum roll please....

Gage Kannon Bliss 

Love Always,

And Baby Gage

18 Weeks

We are 18 Weeks pregnant, and our baby is the size of a sweet potato...

So we went to the doctor this past Monday in hopes of finding out BB's sex, however it wasn't as successful as we thought. They say to drink OJ and have a snack right before you go to the doctor to get the baby "going" and to make him/her more active. Well it seemed to work but BB did not want us to see its goods! He/she kept turning away from us, and we mostly just got to see the top of the head. We were convinced we would find out the sex that day, and kept asking the doctor to try different things.. Finally at the end it was almost as if BB bent over (we saw the back of the legs and the butt cheeks and a "something in between the legs"). Our doctor said "Ok, I am going to say 75% boy," but I think at the point she was ready for us to get out of her office!!

The baby was very active.. we got to see its spinal cord and brain forming... technology is so cool!

So, we will patiently wait 2 more weeks and by then we will go to a more advanced center to 100% find out the sex of our baby. We can't wait! 

(I wrinkled the picture a bit in my purse.. oops) 

I am posting this picture of mom and I sanding the crib because you can see my belly a lot in the picture(I swear its way bigger in the afternoon and this was about 6pm). I am however, NOT posting this picture to show off our craft/handy work. After hours of sanding and then 2 coats of white paint, we realized none of us are DIY people... we decided to donate the, now white, crib and changing table and go out and buy one! Somethings are worth spending a few extra bucks. 

We received this "booty bouquet" in the mail this week :))) Thanks Aunt Vanessa! I thought it was very cute and had to share it... 

This kid already has so much stuff!!!

Until next time,