1 Year old

A year ago today my life changed forever. I got the greatest gift any person can get. A year ago today I became a mother. I got to hold my baby girl in my arms and fall so deeply in love that it hurts. I thank God for giving me my baby girl and for keeping her healthy and safe. Happy Birthday baby girl! Mommy loves you so much... and please slow down you are growing up too fast.



Language. She talks soooo much now its so awesome to hear her in the mornings playing and talking in her crib. She will entertain herself for a good 20-30 min. I love just listening to her

Motor Skills. She can now stand unassisted for an unlimited amount of time, she also loves to walk outside with her walker, and walk holding mommy or daddies had.

Growing up. She has has a couple of milestones this month, we are starting whole milk, diluted half and half with water for now and we have also flipped the car-seat around, She is such a big girl now. We are also starting the weaning process, we are down to 3 nursing sessions a day.

Katelyn also got to go to the beach this month a play in the sand, she absolutely loved it, although she doesn't quite get why its not ok to eat the sand.

11 Weeks

Waist Measurements: 34" at belly button

Weigh In: 122lbs

Pregnancy Symptoms this:

• The tiredness continues
• still moody

Belly Shot: 

What the baby looks like this week: Our baby is just over 1 1/2 inches long and about the size of a fig, an is now almost fully formed. S/he's already busy kicking and stretching. S/he is officially a fetus, and is now human-baby looking with non-webbed fingers and toes.

10 weeks

Waist Measurements: 34.5" at belly button

Weigh In: 120lbs

Pregnancy Symptoms this:

• make the tiredness go away
• postural hypotension

• exhaustion

Dr Visits: None this week. change in OB

Belly Shot:

What the baby looks like this week: S/he is officially a fetus by the end of this week. S/he over an inch long, and has a heartbeat strong enough to be heard with a Doppler.
Most importantly the most delicate and critical development period is over. I can breathe a sigh of relief over that.

9 Weeks

Waist Measurements: 34" at belly button

Weigh In: 120lbs

Pregnancy Symptoms this:

• Extremely tired
• Moody
• Intermittent nauseousness

Belly Shot:

What the baby looks like this week: The baby is about the size of a grape this week. S/He has fingers and toes and eyelids and ears. External boy and girl-parts are present, but won't be really distinguishable for another couple of weeks...Bummer. It's heart has finished dividing into four chambers, and the valves are starting to form. Oh yeah the embryonic "tail" is completely gone.

8 Weeks

Waist Measurements: 34" at belly button

Weigh In: 125lbs

Pregnancy Symptoms this week:

• Irritable
• Still freaken tired

Pregnancy first this week: I had my first ultrasound this week, it was amazing. Oh yeah all the family knows now

Pregnancy Prep: Bought the bed room set on craigs list. i don't really like the color so one of my projects is to repaint it.

Dr Visits: I saw the Dr. this week, not sure if I like her.

Belly Shot:

What the baby looks like this week: Aww... first baby picture! and a picture I found of the size of the baby.

11th month

Language. She continues with the babble. she loves to say Shhh, mama, dada, Ttttt, and a very high pitched soul piercing scream. We definitely have a talker on our hands.

Motor Skills. She has moved on from crawling being second nature to walking in her walker being second nature. It took her about 10min to figure out she could walk with the walker. She has completely mastered the art of moving. She even learned how climb stairs, that was a total shock since we dont have stairs for her to practice on.. She still loves to run crawl away from mommy and daddy when she is getting into things she is not supposed to. She is also starting to master the art of standing. she can stand unassisted for about 10-20 seconds.

Growing up. she has started mimicking things mommy and daddy do. she shocked me one afternoon I stuck my tongue out at her and she stuck it back out at me. I almost died laughing. she also mimics words we say along with clapping and waving.

7 weeks

Waist Measurements: 33 inches at the belly button

Weight in: 125lbs 

Pregnancy Symptoms this week:

• Slight nausia

Belly Shot: 

What the baby looks like this week: Baby has doubled in size since last week. S/He is staring to develop arms and legs and is about the size of a blueberry. Also, see title for additional milestones.

6 weeks

Weigh-in: 124lbs

Waist Measurements:  33 inches

Belly Shot:

Pregnancy Symptoms: Slight nausea. Barely noticeable but definitely there. Fatigue

What our baby looks like this week:  This week's major developments: The nose, mouth, and ears that you'll spend so much time kissing in eight months are beginning to take shape. If you could see into your uterus, you'd find an oversize head and dark spots where your baby's eyes and nostrils are starting to form. His emerging ears are marked by small depressions on the sides of the head, and his arms and legs by protruding buds. His heart is beating about 100 to 160 times a minute — almost twice as fast as yours — and blood is beginning to course through his body. His intestines are developing, and the bud of tissue that will give rise to his lungs has appeared. His pituitary gland is forming, as are the rest of his brain, muscles, and bones. Right now, your baby is a quarter of an inch long, about the size of a lentil. 

• Has tripled or even quadrupled in size and is now three or four entire millimeters long! Godzilla baby!
• Is working on growing a nose, some ears and a mouth.
• Is also growing flappy little leg and arm buds.
• Has a heartbeat that can be seen on an ultrasound — 100 to 160 beats per minute.

week 5?

Weigh-in: 124lbs

Waist Measurements:  34?inches


Belly Shot:

Pregnancy Symptoms: Slight nausea. Barely noticeable but definitely there.

Dr. Visits: had one to request a referral to south coast midwifrey.

What our baby looks like this week: This week s/he is the size of a sesame seed and looks like a tiny tadpole. S/he is made up of three layers- Ectoderm, Mesoderm and Endoderm. 

Were having a baby, My baby and me!

This morning I took a pregnancy test, expecting it to be negative. I've taken many in the past couple of months but because I am still nursing I never expected them to come back positive. I started off with a cheap DollarTree one, and a very faint line showed up. I though NO WAY! I have to be seeing things, I thought, so I went into our bedroom and woke Paul up. I asked him to confirm what I was seeing. Sure enough he saw it too. We hugged and got teary eyed. I have never seen him wake up so fast, for those that know Paul you know that he takes a very long time to wake up. He asked me if I had a digital one to take to confirm. We didn't, so he got on his bike and rode off to Albertson's to buy one. He came home a few minutes later with the digital test and a bouquet of roses. I drank some water to recharge and went in to take the second test. Paul distracted me so I wouldn't sit there staring at the test. I went back in a few minutes later, which felt like hours, and sure enough it was positive. :)

We hugged and said oh crap and cried with joy. We are adding another bundle of joy into our family. We are so incredibly excited and feel so blessed and can't wait to meet our little frijol in 9ish months.

Once the news set in we let our siblings know.

Weigh-in: 125lbs

Waist Measurements: 33 inches

Pregnancy Symptoms: Slight nausea. Barely noticeable but definitely there.

What I Learned: 

Pregnancy "First" this week: Were pregnant. Let the journey begin. I'm so excited to meet the new baby and to old both Katelyn and Baby Richardson.

Dr. Visits: Not yet! just a positive pregnancy test.

What our baby looks like this week: This week s/he is the size of a sesame seed and looks like a tiny tadpole. S/he is made up of three layers- Ectoderm, Mesoderm and Endoderm. 

10 Months

Language. She is starting to form unrecognizable conversation with her self. she spend all day talking with herself, toys and daddy and I. Its almost like is really thinks she is talking to us. th inflection in her voice varies, the expressions on her face speak for themselves. It wont be long till she is talking to us in a way we can understand her. I cant wait to hear her say Mommy I love you!

Motor Skills. Crawling is now second nature to her. She easily goes from sitting to standing to crawling and back to sitting. She especially loves to run crawl away from mommy, especially when she is doing something she is not supposed to be doing. It wont be long till she is taking her first steps and I get the pleasure of running around after her.

6/19- shoulder shrugs

crawling

6/21 pulled up to standing

Growing up. I don't know where she hides all her food, because this little girl can eat...more than me at times. Everyone around her is always surprised to see how much she eats. Maybe she'll be a professional eater when she grows up? Oh yeah she doesn't like to be fed anymore.

She had her first overnight trip this month, we went up to big bear. Overall it was a very successful trip and we all had a blast. I'm just sad that i forgot to charge the camera. Lucky there was an emergency camera available

She fell asleep on daddy shortly after this picture.

Plotting to steal grandpa's Porsche!

Focus. This one has switched over to me I have to perfect my focus to keep up with her. :)

Activities. Zoo, Disneyland, Cabin, ...
Sleep. Finally Sleeps completely through the night :) 7ish to 7ish. 

This month in pictures