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.