Oh and don't forget to vote!

If you haven't already, vote on what you think Lil Monty will be. For some reason, the Blogger poll app thing won't let me set the last day to vote as anything other than the last day of 2011. I think it hates 2012. So, even though we will have 6 excruciatingly long days of wondering in January, your time to vote ends in 2 days.

Tweener week update

There are few things to update you on:

1. We have movement people!

On Thursday evening, I felt a few little flutters and I was like "Hmmm....gas bubble or baby?" Then, Friday night, I felt a few more of those flutters but a little more intense so I had Ryan come running to feel - right as Ryan put his hand on me, Lil Monty let out a good kick so he could feel it! After that, I've felt flutters here and there (usually around 8pm) but Ryan hasn't been lucky enough to feel any of them. Today, Lil Monty has been pretty active - the flutters are light but noticeable and becoming more frequent. It really feels like a twitch whenever it happens...like when your eyebrow or your bicep is twitching involuntarily and you can see it moving? It feels like that, only on the inside of my abdomen :).

Hopefully Lil Monty won't be a soccer player though...soccer is not a Montgomery approved sport. :)

2. I'm learning to knit again!

On Christmas, Grandma D taught me how to knit. I'd learned before but forgotten so she sat down with me and taught me. She also sent me home with some needles and a BUNCH of yarn. I told her it was a great starter kit.

3. We painted!
Well, again, Ryan painted. The guest room was a nasty nursery yellow and we changed it to a nice, calm blueish grey. We didn't realize it had so much blue in it from the paint swatch but we REALLY like the way it turned out. Much much much nicer to be in that room. The yellow was just offensive.

Gross. The picture makes it look worse than it was, but that's ok. :)

Bye bye yellow! You can see in this picture, it's more pastel than mustard.

Aaah. Don't you feel so calm just looking at it?

Ok that is all for now. More to come with the 20 week post!

Week 19: Lots of Snow

This week has been an interesting one weather-wise. Sunday was absolutely gorgeous - 60º and sunny. Monday it snowed lightly with MAYBE an inch of accumulation. Tuesday and Wednesday melted most of Monday's snow. Wednesday night it started snowing and it snowed quite a bit (we got 8 inches at least)! So Thursday, the first day of winter, we woke up to a lot of snow on the ground. In some places in the backyard, Grover is up to his chest.

Deepest snow he's ever been in

Backyard Thursday morning

Having some fun in the snow.

In other exciting news, Lil Monty got his first present this week! Sent with love from Aunt Becky! The box was even addressed to Lil Monty.

Bathtub with toys!

Here are Week 19 bump pictures for all my fans.

Friday night we had a wedding to go to for one of Ryan's childhood friends. The ceremony was great - very short and to the point. I told Ryan we might have a challenger for shortest wedding ceremony ever :) The reception was fun - lots of dancing and good food. Here are a couple pics with a bonus bump pic just for you.

We painted!

Well, Ryan painted. I was banned from the general vicinity because of the fumes.

The room used to belong to a little girl whose favorite color was purple...so the walls were PURPLE. Then, it was our office and music room. Now, we have made a start on getting the room ready for Lil Monty. It's a nice shade of green now.

Before, as office/music room.

Away with the purple!

Dad :)

Finished!

Now we just need furniture and baby...

Grover is not responsible with his things

Many of you know we bought Grover an ottoman at a yard sale (for $5.00) so that he could look out the window - otherwise he was doomed to stare at the walls for eternity since all of our windows are high. Within a few days, this ottoman (which was in good shape) began to look beat up. Now, a mere 4 months later, it is pretty much ripped to shreds. He doesn't chew it, he paws at it to "make" his bed and the upholstery has died.

This morning Grover hit a new low. I found him snuggled UNDERNEATH the upholstery of which he has so diligently destroyed.

Observe.

18 weeks: Getting there...

I went to the post office and saw this card. Thought it was worth sharing:

Wednesday I wasn't showing all that much more than last week but then on Thursday I seemed to expand a good bit. I've been having more growing pains than normal so that makes sense.

We went to Ryan's work Christmas party last night and everyone was like "Oh you aren't showing at all!" to which I replied "Don't poop on our party!" We were excited to see a little something going on and I wasn't going to let anyone tell me otherwise. Granted, I don't look all that pregnant unless I pull my shirt in tighter and then you can see the rotund-ness that is becoming my abdomen.

a little closer...

Sunday the Broncos play the Patriots at 2:15MST. Oh boy. Once can only hope that Tom Brady looks like this most of the game, in this order:

I couldn't find an actual picture of the Broncos sacking him so I made one in Paint. :)

Heart disease increases in Denver...

Or at least in the Montgomery household...

This is why.

It makes no sense...but we'll take it.

Old Wives Tales: Boy or Girl?

Just for fun, I Googled different wives tales that are supposed to predict the gender of the baby. I'm dying to know!

Carrying high - Girl

Carrying low - Boy (may be too soon to really tell for sure)

Heartbeat 140+ - Girl (it was 155 at one appointment, 145 at the next)

Heartbeat >140 - Boy

Crave sweets - Girl
Crave salts - Boy (but this was true pre-pregnancy as well)


Chinese Gender Predictor: Takes the mother's age and the month the child is conceived. It says Girl.

Mayan Legend looks at the mother's age and the year of conception. If both are even or odd, it's a girl. If one's even and one's odd, it's a boy.
August 2011 - Even, Odd - Boy

Sick as a dog during the first trimester - Girl
Little or no morning sickness - Boy

Dreams that you are having a boy - Girl (however, my midwife said she dreamed she was having a boy and had a boy...actually she said she dreamed about a scrotum and had a boy. My dream had the whole baby and I didn't actually see his scrotum...)
Dream about having a girl - Boy

Graceful throughout pregnancy - Girl
Clumsy - Boy (I'm dropping more things than usual...)


Prefers resting on right side - Girl
Prefers to lay on left side - Boy

Dad-to-be gains weight while you are pregnant - Girl

Doesn’t gain weight - Boy 

Unchanged hair - Girl
Thicker hair - Boy

No increase in headaches - Girl

Having Headaches - Boy (almost every evening I develop a headache...this is a new development)

Final Score:

Boy - 8
Girl -  4





So, will we have someone that looks like this?

 Or like this?

17 weeks

Not much to tell about the week itself but I did go to the doctor on Friday and got another good report. Heard Lil Monty's heartbeat again (around 145 bpm) and that's always fun. Still haven't felt any movement but I suspect I'll be a late bloomer with that stuff since I'm a late bloomer with showing. Although, I am more consistently showing which is nice. Behold!

We also scheduled our next appointment which is the BIG appointment to find out the gender. It's on January 6th! Apparently they do the ultrasound for like an HOUR and then the doctor comes in to analyze it and give us the big news. I can't wait to see the ultrasound - our last one was at 9 weeks and it will be fun to see how big Lil Monty has gotten!

Sorry to everyone who was expecting to get a good laugh at this post. I know you come each week with high hopes of hilarium but I got nothin this week...I can't entertain you ALL the time...maybe next week.

:)

16 weeks: Picture update

Here are the 16 week bump pictures. I'm certainly "showing" more obviously at some times than others depending on the time of day, size of last meal, etc. :) Unfortunately I'm in that stage of pregnancy where I'm not obviously pregnant but rather perhaps look like I've started a diet exclusively of Krispy Kreme and Big Macs. To date, I haven't gained any weight from pre-pregnancy but I'm not quite the same shape...

Also, for your enjoyment, here are some pictures of Grover in the snow. It's been a snowy December so far. It snowed on the 1st, 2nd, and we're getting more snow tonight :). So far it's been fun having some snow around - especially since you can still drive and not fear for your life.

I like this one solely because of his little snow soul patch/beard.

Here he is wishing he could eat the squirrel that's chattering at him in the tree.

Same.

16 weeks = December 1 = Snow Day in Littleton

I can't believe it's already December. But at least there is some snow on the ground to make it feel a little more cozy and December-y. I don't have bump pictures of 16 weeks yet...all in good time. I do however have pictures of Grover.

If you read my post from yesterday, you know he had to be sedated to get his bottom parts worked on. I picked him up about 3:30pm and he was still very drunk. He had a hard time walking straight and going up the one stair into the house :) He was so funny. Poor guy. But, the report is a good one. The vet said he was able to get that junk out of there pretty easily and that it looked normal. No infection or anything to be worried about. He did infuse his glands with an antibiotic ointment just to be safe and then it was over.

Here are the pictures to document Grover's wild night.

If Grover was awake, he pretty much looked like this until he fell asleep again.

Asleep.