22 Weeks, 2 Days

We had an ultrasound today.  It was a full anatomy scan where they check the measurements on EVERYTHING Mason's got so far.  The worst part: having to have a FULL bladder...they tried to kill me, I swear.  The best part: Watching my little guy bring his hands up and suck his thumbs...so cute.  Here's some photos. :)

 Here's our handsome little man's profile.

Healthy heart rate of 146.25

 Perfectly formed spine

 See our little thumb sucker?! 

If not, this is profile and to the right you can make out his arm/hand heading

right to his mouth in the middle of the shot. 

All the measurements and things still put us within 2 days of our original due date so things are right on track. ;)

 

Here's how Mommy looks these days...

 Quickly losing my feet...but not yet!!

 

In other Scott family news we gave the cats to a new home to avoid Ryan skinning them and trying to feed them to me as "chicken" or something.  So, long story short we have Leah back, the dog I had before and had given to a friend because I couldnt have her in the apartment.  We're all settling in nicely. :) 

Anyone remember Leah??  She's from the Kameron days...

 Watching baseball after work...

 She thinks I'm her pillow...all night long.

 How could you not love puppy snuggles?!



 That's all for now. :) Back to the doctor on the 24th.  More then. :)

 

Playing catch up...

I'm at the point where I feel like I'm playing catch up...on everything.  Life moves SO fast sometimes and it's quite a ride if you're not holding on.  I told Ryan (when he asked for a puppy and I said Hell no not right now) that I feel like I'm juggling life and I'm not dropping the pins but I keep hitting myself in the face with them before I catch them...

Baby Mason is doing fine; he hasn't told me otherwise so we'll go with the whole "no news is good news" thing.  He's even being a bit nicer to mommy...I only get sick every OTHER day anymore which is nice.  I can tell he's growing because I'm expanding, rather quickly these days.  Much faster than the first bit of this pregnancy.  I've started gaining weight instead of losing it and the waistband is getting tighter and tighter.  We're just over 19 weeks along now so he should be about the size of a cantelope...and more proportionate, as in his legs and arms match his body size and his head isn't a giant globe on top of a tiny baby anymore...he's starting to fit better in his own skin. 

We went to Utah last weekend to see Ryan's grandma Sara (and so I could meet her!) and stayed with her for the weekend.  We got to spend a lot of time with Ryan's brother Tyler and his also pregnant wife Mary.  Mary and I had a great time at the Carters outlet and Ikea and found the big comfy camo chairs to hold down while the guys explored Cabella's and Scheels.  It was a great weekend.  We played dominos with Grandma and even spoiled our little Mason.  I know I'll have to wash it all again but when Ryan suprised me by putting the crib together while I was at work I figured why not "decorate" it?  We got his bedding at Ikea last weekend so I washed it all and put his crib set on.  It's just too cute.

 

This little book started the hedgehog craze.  We bought it Saturday with the little hedgehog doll to go with and fell so in love with it we went back for the matching bedding Sunday. :)

 

All in all, life is good.  I take a lot of naps with my kittens (when I can...work tends to get in the way!!).  I have been walking with mom after work this week and it's been really fun.  We get in a little over a mile and my body appreciates it.  I can tell because my  hips tell me all day the next day just how much they enjoyed it. ;)

 

(I think she's using me for my weekend nap schedule)

 

Ryan comes and goes like usual, since he works outside of Winnemucca.  He's home for four or five days at a time and gone for the same.  He's been getting some practice in the Daddy department since his best friends just had their first a couple months ago.  It was pretty fun for Chelsea (the mom) and I to watch Zach (the daddy) and Ryan figure out the bouncer instructions...eventually they got it figured out and sweet baby Brooke loved it.  Saved by the bounce. :)

 

 

We go back to the doctor on April 4th and will be just over 21 weeks....over half way!!!  Hoping to hear the little guy's heartbeat at this appointment.  We haven't heard it yet.  I know, you'll say thats crazy.  BUT we have had an ultrasound each appointment and I guess they've had the sound turned down or something.  I always get so ga-ga over seeing him that I forget to ask them to pump up the volume.  I have every intention of asking next time. :)  Ryan and I were also thinking about getting something so we can hear it at home too.  Like Katie told me, pregnancy is a billion dollar industry.  There's tons of stuff out there that you really don't need.  Belly buds, for example...I'd like to think that laying my ipod on my baby bump and playing him his baby einstein music works just as good as the $75 sticky ear bud type things you can get to attach to your bump.  And even if it doesn't, I like listening to it too. :)  No harm, no foul.

Guess what! We're having a....

World, meet Mason James Scott...our SON.

 

 

If you look towards the right in this one you can make out his little face...the little booger looked right at us (his eyes are still closed so technically he didn't but you know what I mean).  If you look close you can see his facial bones, little nose and jaw...

 

He then, in typical Scott boy style, turned his little butt around and spread his legs to show us what he's got.  He's proud.  Can't say I blame him.  Dr. Winch's response tickled Ryan to no end..."Wow, well, thats a tribute to dad if I ever saw one."  High five Mason.  My friend Tyler put it best: "well, this way you only have to worry about one prick and not the rest of the world's!" Poor Tyler has twins...a boy and a girl...he has to worry about ALL of them! ;)

 

So, we are having a boy and we are very excited.  He's growing right on track and all his organs seem to be forming perfectly.  Doc zoomed in and showed us the 4 chambered heart, kidneys and all sorts of good things that Mason's working hard to grow.  He said we've got ourselves a good lookin' healthy little boy in there. :)

 

It's amazing to think about what is already formed.  At 17 weeks he's got finger prints, he's started growing hair, his bones are hardening and he's learning to breathe.  He's able to suck his thumb and wiggle his arms and legs and his body is catching up to his giant head in growth.  He should be about 5 inches from crown to rump and roughly the size of an onion.  Grow, Mason, Grow!!!

 

Next dr. appt is April 4th.  Stay tuned for more adventures!

Movin' on up!

With baby on the way we've been thinking a lot about our living space.  We were pretty sure we could fit him/her in there but it would be super uncomfortable and stressful.  As life tends to work out we were lucky enough to have an opportunity dropped in our lap that will add space to our world. 

 

We are moving in 2 weeks into a 2 bedroom 2 bath singlewide trailer.  It's a 2012 so everything is new and we'll be gaining about 300 sq ft of space.  The yard is smaller and the commute to work for me will be a whopping 7 or so minutes instead of the 3 minute walk I have now but baby will have his/her own room and we'll have room for things we've been missing, like a full size couch, dining room table and king size bed!  Lots to do in the  next two weeks and finding the energy to get it going has been tough but we can do it.  Anyone who's local and wants to help, we'll take all the help we can get. :)

Oh baby

Pregnancy is a beautiful miracle.  It's amazing to think that I have a person growing inside me.  It's amazing to think that we all came from inside of our mothers and grew to be who and what we are now.  It's amazing.  Wonderful. 

With that said, it's not all roses and rainbows.  It's amazing how one persons pregnancy can be sooooo different from anothers.  I  know countless women who are just sick as can be for their whole pregnancy and even more who had the blissful pregnancy and we will from now on refer to as the "Pregnancy Unicorns."  These are the beautiful, lucky women who don't experience the gut-wrenching morning sickness, back breaking hip spasms and utter exaustion that so many of us suffer through in order to grow our beautiful miracles.  Everyone knows (and is jealous of) one.  My little sister....a pregnancy unicorn.

Overall my little peanut hasn't been too mean to me.  Compared to some friends I have that are sick constantly my pregnancy has been a peach.  Compared to my sisters blissful experience my pregnancy has been a bear. :)  Everyone's different.

Our little miracle is 13 1/2 weeks big now, about the size of a peach and growing like crazy.  He/She has developed all their organs by now and they are starting to work on their own.  Fingerprints have formed, hair has started to grow and he/she can make sucking movements and bend his/her arms and legs.  He/She might just be sucking their thumb in there as I type.  It's so crazy to think of what's next. 

When Ryan and I were in Reno for our wedding (see previous post) we decided to take some "family time" and went to Babies R Us.  We did our registry and OMG that was so much fun.  I'm not sure which one of us had more fun with that crazy little registry gun they gave us but we were pretty worn out and hungry by the time we were done.  We don't know what sex baby is yet so we planned for both.  We figure when we find out we'll log onto the registry and thin it down to just that sex.  I say we're growing a girl; Ryan's positive there's a boy in there.  In another month or so we'll know who's right!

Here's baby as of Wednesday the 6th of Feb. :)  All is well. Ultrasound showed one baby and baby was wiggling all over. :) Seems healthy as a horse. Doc said all my ailments are typical side effects and gave me a sheet with a list of side affects and the recommended treatments of them. Turns out I can take unisom to help me sleep. Cross your fingers that it works. :)  Sleep would be great!

Next appointment and ultrasound is on March 6th with Doctor Winch and we'll be 16 weeks at that point, which is the earliest you can tell sex. Not counting on it but wouldn't it be cool to find out?!

This ultrasound isn't a very good picture because baby is still only the size of a peach and wouldn't hold still long enough. We were able to see arms and legs and little bones but couldn't catch them on the photos. :)

 

January 19, 2013

Decided this morning, when perusing my cousins blogs, that I hadn't updated in a while.  Here's where we're at!

On January 19th we got hitched in Reno at the Arch of Reno Chapel.  It was great and would have only been better had more family been able to come.  We made a kind of spur of the moment decision to do this so unfortunately that didn't leave family and friends much time to make the trip.  But we were both off that weekend and that is rare so we took advantage of it.

My Aunt Vicki and Uncle Gene who live in Dayton were able to come and Uncle Gene did me the favor of walking me down the aisle.  It's a good thing too...bad shoe choice and I'm not sure I'd have made it without him. ;)

 

 

 

The chapel was beautiful.

 

This sign was in the chapel and totally appropriate. :)

 

 

 

 

This is us in the limo on the way to the Chapel.  They took us to get our license and everything.

 

Out to dinner afterwards at the Charlie Palmer Steakhouse at the Grand Sierra Hotel with Uncle Gene and Aunt Vicki.

 

 

Our sisters in law met us at the house when we got home from our whirlwind weekend with this beautiful cake they'd made us.

Cake cutting at Ryan's mom's house with his brothers and their families.  My mom and dad were out of town but we saved them a piece! :)

 

So, now we're married.  Life hasn't changed much, other than the arm cramps I get from filling out all the name change paperwork. ;)  But, do you know how cool it is to go from Primeaux which you have to spell out phonetically for anyone (P as in paul, r, i, m as in mary, e a u x as in x-ray) to Scott?!  I still love most of my Primeaux's with all my heart but I have to say it's a hoot to just write "Kim Scott" now. :)

Whoopsie....and wow.

So, for those of you not on facebook we have some news....Let me put it in the simplest of terms:

  


Suffice it to say we're a bit surprised and a whole lot excited.  As of today we're 9 weeks and 3 days along and as of this moment I feel great.  That changes...sometimes by the minute or hour...but for now I'm good.
I know what you're thinking..."Now what?"  Well, I don't know yet.  Pretty sure you can get your white out working on that Save the Date you received since baby is due August 13th. :)  We'll let you know what happens. 
For now, we celebrate...I eat when I can, sleep when I can and try to keep the mood swings to a minimum.  What you can do...pray for Ryan's sanity...he's going to need it! 
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