Here comes the BELLY!!!

Ok, So i though it would be fun to post the changes to my body. Now, you can see by belly expand. Here we go! Its starting to pop out now. I have to wear clothes that fit loose around the midsection, I have had to remove all drawstrings from my workout shorts! I am almost 20 weeks here...

Meet Avery Kathryn...

OH MY GOODNESS!! ITS A.........

Cute little itty bitty.......GIRL! YES! We are SOO excited! Hillman has two boys so he is really excited to be having a little girl too. We have picked out the name, I will let you know what that is as soon as i upload the pictures for you of the ultrasound! It was sooo awesome to see her moving around her hands were by her little face, she was very active. two hands two feet, all vital organs were present! AMAZING! I am really loving this process. When the ultrasound tech said we were having a girl I looked over at Hillman and we both got a little teary eyed. I said "baby!! we're going to have a daughter" I had a little puddle on my pillow of tears when it was all over. Stay tuned for pics and a baby name! ~Kara

Boxing baby!

He he, this is funny to me. I have been feeling the baby move more and more lately. Last night i was trying to read a book ("One for the Money" by Janet Evanovich) and baby Mann was just punching away at my stomach! But this morning, I taught a sculpting class followed by a cycling class and about half way through sculpt, I felt this "tap, taptaptap, thud, flutter flutter, flutter thud ,thud tap, tap ,tap. It was so funny, I think baby Mann is practicing kickboxing!!!! This subsided for the last 10 minutes of class then started up again 30 minutes later when i got positioned on my bike. Tap, tap , THUD, flutter, flutter flutter! LOL! I have a kickboxer! I'm afraid of what it will feel like when baby Mann is more that 5.5 inches long! LOL! ~Kara

Baby Mann's in motion!

Ok, so baby Mann has probably always been in motion but...I can feel him now!! YAY! He is moving around like crazy. I can feel him ( I'll call him "him", cause today, I think I'm having a boy.) It feels like a muscle twitch sometimes and other times it feels like little butterflies! Its so amazing! I am so excited to see the ultrasound on the 12Th!

I really have no idea what I'm having , some mom's say, " oh, i just knew all along what it was" not me! It changes from day to day! Today, I feel like its a boy, tomorrow may be a different story! LOL!

I keep dreaming about taking care of little animals. Kittens, puppies, baby birds, and so on. I was reading in my 17th week "what to expect this week" emails and it said " Having strange, vivid dreams lately? Are they about baby animals? That's totally normal for this time in your pregnancy." I kid you not! How bizarre!! So far I'm a pretty text book pregnancy! I hope it stays that way!

Have a great holiday! Love you all! ~K