Happy New Year!

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year in 2011. I hope that 2011 brings everyone joy, good health and many wonderful new experiences! Ryan and I are looking forward to the arrival of our little one in a little over 3 months.

Christmas Festivities 2010

I can't believe that the Christmas Holiday has already come and gone! As Ryan would say, "It is such a let down the day after Christmas!" All of this preparing and waiting in anticipation and then it is over before you know it. In a way I was excited, though, for each new day to come because it brings us one day closer to the arrival of our little one! I had not been on the blog in over a week and I saw that we are now under 100 days for the countdown, I just can't believe it. So here are some pictures from our Christmas Festivities in Rockford with the Bogdonas side and then back at our house with the Cavanaugh side. It was our first holiday celebrated at our house. It was alot of fun to get to enjoy our decorations with family, but by Monday night Ryan and I crashed at 7:30. We were exhausted from all of the celebrating and enjoying spirits (on Ryan's part)!

December 23rd, party at the Bogdonas Bar! Many were smoking from the huka (or however you spell it). Won't our baby be so proud of its dad! It was a fun and crazy night, I think most of them tried a little of every drink you could imagine. Ryan was making a special drink called the Ward. I think they all had 1 too many.

Christmas Eve at Nona and Papa's house. My Aunt Mary could not be there so this picture was in honor of her. She looks like a Playboy Bunny, hey! That was actually a picture from the Playboy Calendar that Papa won in the white elephant gift.

All the cousins and Tallulah!

Daddy feeling baby!

Aunt Lynn was talking to the baby

Aunt Lynn and soon to be grandma!

Soon to be great Nona!

Dad and the 2 crazy uncles!

Lindstedt side on Christmas Day. Some people had only gotten a few hours of sleep at this point, won't name any names! It was a struggle for some people this Christmas but we all had a fun couple of days celebrating together!

Cavanaugh family the day after Christmas. Soon to be grandparents!

Soon to be Great Grandpa Jesionowski!

Week 26 Bump!

Go Packers! Andrea got me a maternity Packers shirt for Xmas. So Ryan and I were sporting our gear for the Packer game. Big game this coming Sunday, Go Pack Attack! Hope they comeThis is my Week 26 Bump!

Week 25 Bump

Week 23 & 24

The Baby!!!! Is it a boy or a girl?!

Above is a 3-D ultrasound picture of the baby's face that we had done in Dr. Cavanaugh's office when we were up there for Thanksgiving. It is amazing how different it looks compared to the black and white images, but it is kind of weird looking. This was taken right around 21 weeks, and the baby was just about 1 lb at that point. My mom thinks based on the picture that it is definitely a boy, so we will see!

Week 24 Bump: Now that it is winter and we are in the middle of a snow storm, I no longer think it is safe to be running outside while I am pregnant. The tredmill and me are becoming good friends, but it is getting old! I am still running though and feeling great.

This week I really have started to feel the baby move, which is the weirdest feeling. Usually it is at night when I am sitting or begin to try to fall asleep. It is nothing too hard yet, but just little flutters here and there. This baby is definitely going to like Xmas music because that is all we have been playing in the car and around the house as we have been decorating, baking, and wrapping gifts.

Week 23 Bump: We had just finished decorating our Christmas tree, so I thought what better place to take my weekly bump picture then in front of our beautiful tree. Unfortunately you can't see everything because my stomach is in the way! Just this week at work everyone started commenting and saying how it seems like I have suddenly popped and strangers in public are now commenting and telling me congratulations. I guess it is not a secret anymore!

Week 21: Thanksgiving

Happy Holidays! Xmas Tree Hunting!

This year was Ryan's first Griswald family experience of cutting down a Xmas tree with my family. Every year growing up this was always quite the event that could last hours on end depending on how long it took my mom to find the perfect tree! I remember many years trudging through the snow, mud, rain, and freezing cold weather to find a tree. It was often my mom running around, and us kids following complaining, "Are we done yet?" But despite the craziness, looking back it was great memories and I was excited that Ryan and I could have our first experience together of cutting down our own tree (with little one along too!). As you can see we found a tree and actually in record time. Maybe we should always head out when the sun is about to set, I always do better working under pressure at the last minute. We put the tree up on Sunday and I love the smell of a fresh Xmas Tree! As we were out there looking for trees I was thinking about how fun it will be next year to bring our little one along and have our first experience with the 3 of us getting our first tree together.

So Nick wanted to find out who had a bigger bump, him or me? The black part is my stomach, of course I was the winner! That was Nick's post-Thanksgiving bump!

Thanksgiving morning we did a 5-mile Turkey Trot run. Luckily the weather was great and the best part was that we each got mini Pumpkin pies. Ryan took a 21 week Running Bump picture of our little one before the race!
Week 21 Bump! I am officially past the half way point. Still feeling great (knock on wood). Definitely within the last week all of a sudden the little one has just popped out, not literally!

Week 20 Bump and Ultrasound

We had our 20 week ultrasound today. Guess what we are having, it's a ...! It's a secret and we did not find out! I guess you all will have to wait with us until April. It was so amazing and I am still in awe that there really is a human life inside of me. Ryan was a trooper through the ultrasound, no dizziness or being on the verge of passing out this time (for those of you who didn't hear, he almost passed out in our first ultrasound-major improvement). I think he will do great in the labor and delivery of our baby! Everything came out looking great and normal from the ultrasound, so we are very thankful for that and pray everything will continue to be normal and healthy. In Ryan's words, the baby has both feet and both hands!

I am also posting an updated "Bump" picture at the beginning of week 20 last Friday. The bump is definitely visible now and people at work and strangers in public are now commenting. Still not feeling any movement, but I think it is just a matter of time. The baby sure was moving around during the ultrasound today, so I guess it is something I can look forward to soon.

Week 18 Bump

Ryan and I ran the Hot Chocolate Run in Chicago yesterday. It was a frigid cold November morning. I ran the wimpy 5K by myself. While Ryan and our friends Chris and Marianne ran the 15K. It was the Hot Chocolate Run because supposedly there was supposed to be a ton of chocolate given out. There were squares of Girardelli chocolate at the finish line, but then the lines were insane for the chocolate fondue and the hot chocolate was cold! Oh well, it was fun to get out and go for a run with baby on board. I am sure that this baby is going to be born a runner after all the miles it is putting on with me! Afterward, Ryan and I had our first baby registry experience at the Land of Nod and purchased our baby bedding. Surprisingly, Ryan wanted to buy it on the spot, so I took him up on that!

This picture was taken a week ago at Week 18. Now I am in week 19 already and I am about ready to succumb to wearing Maternity Pants because I am scared I am going to suffocate the baby if I wear my normal pants much longer. I waited as long as I could but I would rather be comfortable at this point. So I am testing out the weird pants with the material that goes over the stomach and we will see how it goes.

Week 15 Bump & Chicago Marathon

It is week 15 and the bump is getting a little bigger. Ryan's 31st birthday was this week and the Chicago Marathon on 10-10-10. It was a hot day but Ryan ran his personal best in under 3:30. The first picture is us downtown early in the morning before the run. Unfortunately, I had to cut it short because of the baby on the way, so I dropped out at mile 5 and then headed over to run along side the elite runners on my way to see Ryan at mile 13. People probably thought I was some crazy pregnant women running down the sidewalks as the marathon was going on. I ended up logging in over 10 miles running around to see Ryan.

Week 13 Bump

Week 13 Bump! September 30, 2010

You can see it just beginning. Just finishing first trimester and feeling pretty good. If you didn't know it you would probably think I just look bloated or having a fat day as a secretary at work said to me!