Who are you baby?

The last month has been absolutely amazing. As you know my beautiful Colombian is pregnant with our first child and it is such a fun time. I know people who have had babies, some of whom have had these horrendous pregnancies where certain smells of foods, or scents of people will make them nauseous or even cause vomiting. I'm not just talking about one time either, numerous times. But, I have been absolutely blessed that my wife has only vomited over the smell of my breath 1 time!! Honestly, we laughed about it in the end but these are things you can't prepare for. It was a crazy day when that happened.

From my point of view this pregnancy has been fantastic in comparison to many other peoples pregnancies. Now that is my point of view, JO is the one who had to deal with throwing up for a few months, and now has a baby that is growing and is kicking and punching her abdominal wall constantly! She is a phenomenal pregnant wife.

One of my greatest joys is going through this with JO. When we first heard the heartbeat of our baby was a moment we have forever. The first time we got to see ultrasound pictures, UNBELIEVABLE! And today we went in for our ultrasound that revealed the gender of our amazing baby! It doesn't only give us the gender of our baby, it reveals the name of our child because we already have our boys name and girls name. So, here you go......the gender of our baby and our babies name IS................we still don't know because we had the ultrasound lady write it down and stuff it into an envelope that we gave to our dear friends the Millers so they could find out what and who our baby is! Who does this? The suspense is crazy for 18 weeks to find out what you are having and BOOM!!! you wait four days to find out yourself so you can share it with the rest of your family at this incredible Baby Gender unveiling party that you are having. It actually still sounds crazy to me that we are waiting, but I am honestly thrilled that we will get to share it with both of our families (who can and will probably be watching online) and our close friends. I can only describe the anticipation as a child who sees all of their presents under the tree on Christmas eve but has to still wait a day to open the presents, oh another good example would be this. Pretend your wife is pregnant with your first baby and the sex of the baby is in an envelope that your close friends get to open, but you still have to wait four days to open? (just imagine it).

The parts of the ultrasound where we got to keep our eyes open (they were closed during the parts when ultrasound lady was finding out babies privates) was so very cool. We got to see the babies ankles, spine, and face when the crazy child wasn't hiding under their hands. I learned a new word, transverse, meaning that our little one finds it fascinating that they can lay sideways in moms belly so they can just chill back and relax for a minute. That answered JO's recent questioning of why her super tiny pregnant belly looked a little odd.

I can't explain how excited, and how blessed we are by God for this little miracle. We are looking forward to each and every day of pregnancy and parenthood. Keep checking out the blog for more pictures of JO's baby belly, and stories during this amazing period of life.

Baby Luehmann - Week 17

 

Week 17

Weight +4.5 Pounds

Waist +3 Inches

Cravings: Lulo juice 

Dislikes: Nothing, I was able to brush my teeth without gagging woo hoo

This past week was wonderful, and I feel like my belly is 4 times bigger than how it was last week, I only gained a pound but the baby is growing a lot.

You know how during week 16 I thought I felt the baby? well during week 17 I definitely did. I was sleeping and I woke up from feeling something on my belly, it was 3:30am so I thought i just had to pee. I went to the bathroom, went back to bed and then again, tapping on my belly. I knew it was the baby because it was incessant, I kept feeling it and feeling it. I woke Caleb up and asked him to put his hands on my belly, he did and after a lot of kicking he didn't feel he finally felt one and couldn't believe it. 

From 3:30am to 5:30am we laid in bed tapping back and forth and talking to the baby, it was so fun. It is wonderful to feel the baby. The last few days I've felt the baby here and there, especially when I am laying down, I don't know if it is because I am still and quiet or if it because the baby is not a big fan of the position I am in, regardless I love it. 

 

And just in case that wasn't enough excitement for one week, on Thursday night Caleb and I were in bed talking before falling asleep and he was having his night chat with his son/daughter when suddenly I felt water on the left side of my chest. I told Caleb to check the ceiling and he said he didn't think it was the ceiling but checked anyways. Then water on my right side, and I knew, it was me! I was leaking! I told Caleb my chest was leaking and he started to laugh and said he kind of figured that's what it was. He thought it was funny, I felt weird. It was so strange to see water coming out of you from places it should not. I felt like a mutant that was changing body types or something. 

Caleb went online to check it was normal to start producing Colustrum so early, and once we read it was I felt better. It was still very mutant like and being pregnant became much more real than ever before, Caleb's laughter and the realization that indeed this was expected made me feel better. 

We are looking forward to calling the baby with the appropriate articles next week as Sunday we find out whether we are having a boy or a girl. We really can't wait!

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Semana 17

Peso +4.5 libras

Cintura +3 Pulgadas

Cravings: Jugo de lulo

Dislikes: Nada, me pude lavar los dientes sin tener ganas de vomitar!

  

La semana pasada fue increible, siento que mi barriga esta 4 veces mas grande que la semana anterior pero solamente subi una libra, el bebe parece estar creciendo mas rapido que mi peso. 

En la semana 16 pensamos que sentimos el bebe, pero en esta semana estamos seguros de que lo sentimos. Yo estaba dormida y me desperte porque senti algo en el estomago, eran las 3:30am entonces pense que tenia que ir al baño entonces fui y volvi a la cama. Pero me acoste y senti unas pataditas en la barriga, yo sabia que era el bebe porque seguia sintiendolo sin parar y nunca antes me habia pasado. Desperte a Caleb y le pedi que pusiera sus manos en mi barriga, despues de muchas pataditas el no sentia nada y depronto lo sintio, no podia creerlo. 

De las 3:30am a las 5:30am seguimos acostados hablando con el bebe y sintiendo las patadas de vez en cuando. Es increible sentir algo moviendose dentro de mi. En los ultimos dias hemos sentido el bebe de vez en cuando, especialmente cuando me acuesto en la noche, no se si es porque estoy mas quieta y hay menos ruido o si al bebe no le gusta la posicion en la que estoy, de cualquier forma me encanta sentirlo/a.

En caso de que sentir el bebe no es suficiente emocion por una semana, el Jueves en la noche Caleb y yo estabamos acostados hablando y Caleb estaba teniendo su conversacion diaria con su hijo/a cuando depronto yo senti agua al lado izquierdo de mi pecho. Yo pense que era el techo y le dije a Caleb que lo revisara y el lo reviso pero me dijo que tal vez no era el techo. Despues senti agua al lado izquierdo I obvio me di cuenta, era yo! agua estaba saliendo de mi por lugares q no deberia salir. Caleb se estaba riendo pero para mi fue demasiado raro y estaba precoupandome. Me sentia como una mutante cambiando de cuerpo o algo asi.

Caleb fue por su computador y reviso si era normal producir Calostro tan temprano en el embarazo, una vez el leyo que era normal me senti mejor. Fue igual muy raro y me sentia muy rara, estar embarazada fue mas real que nunca. La risa de Caleb y saber que realmente es esperado que yo produzca Calostro me hicieron sentir mejor.

En el blog de la siguiente semana vamos a hablar del bebe con los articulos correctos, el Domingo averiguamos si es un niño o una niña. Ya queremos saber!!!

Full body

So we realized I had not taken full body pictures in a long long long time, almost since I got back from vacation. Being pregnant I just feel bloated so subconsciouly I was not appearing in pictures full body. So Caleb took two pictures of me last week. Baby makes me feel bloated but he/she is not being horrible to my appearance, I can still look cute after about an hr of getting ready haha.

Anniversary Weekend

Urban Church is officially 3 years old, and we celebrated with everyone what God did last year and what we know He will do this coming year. I love my church, I really do, I love the people that come and absolutely love God, I love those that know nothing about Him but came to figure things out, I love those who are getting to know Him still, I love everyone. I've learned so much since I started the journey of planting a church, Urban has not only been my church but it's also my family, the place where some of my closest friends are and where my marriage has grown..

Happy Birthday Urban Church, we are blessed and honored to be here.

February in pictures

 

I have this app, Project 365, that encourages you to upload a picture a day for a year. I started about 10 months ago but I decided that I will share them here during 2012, so I posted January at the right time, back at the beginning of February. It is fun to see the entire month and to remember the stories that accompany the pictures. Some of them make me laugh, some make me giggle, some remind of people I love, some get me excited. 

So here is February, a month full of birthdays, and work, and school, and husband, and family time. A good month if I might say so myself.

Baby Luehmann - Week 16

 

Week 16

Weight +3.5 Pounds

Waist +3 Inches

Cravings: Colombian food!!! 

Dislikes: This week I only threw up once and it had nothing to do with food.

This week has been great, and full of new things. I think I felt the baby, much more than I did on Week 14. I was laying in bed late at night and had the computer on my lap (with a small pillow between the laptop and my body because Caleb doesn't like the laptop directly on me). And suddenly I felt like someone was running a small toy truck across my belly from the inside, and then I felt it again. Naturally I moved slowly and told Caleb I thought I was feeling the baby, he put his hand on my belly and talked and talked and talked to the baby but we didn't feel anything else.

I still am not 100% on whether it was the baby or not, but regardless I'd rather document it.

Nausea has been so much better, I threw up only once and it wasn't because of any kind of food even though I had eaten a ton of pineapple. Maybe it was the pineapple, but I was loving it while I was eating it, it tasted like a piece of heaven. I have felt a little nausea but as soon as I stop whatever we are doing and sit down and breathe it decreases.

I have been short of breath at night, it's weird but normal according to all the books and moms I know, I don't necessarily like it but I am getting used to it. And then there is my leg pain, we all think it is sciatica but no tests have been done.

My left leg had been bothering me here and there but then on Friday I was at church helping set up for the weekend when suddenly I felt like I was stabbed on my upper thigh on the outside of my leg right under my butt. I sat down and Cara called Caleb (she was so cute by the way, she was so concerned she really just wanted me to go home and rest). We went home, my leg was hurting but I was still fine, and then by the time I got home I couldn't walk anymore from the pain, we put some hot compresses because our books all said to and I went to bed. I woke up and I was ok but then my leg has been hurting on and off since. We will talk with our doctor tomorrow and try to figure out what it is, but I am sure it is not hurting the baby so it's not bad.

Looking forward to week 17 because then on week 18 we find out if we are having a boy or a girl!!


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Semana 16

Peso +3.5 libras

Cintura +3 Pulgadas

Cravings: Comida Colombiana!!!

Dislikes: Esta semana solo vomite una vez, y no tuvo que ver con comida.

Esta semana nos fue super bien, y estuvo llena de cosas nuevas. Creo que senti el bebe, mas de lo que creo que lo senti en la semana 14. Estaba acostada en la cama tarde en la noche con el computador en las piernas (tenia una almohada entre en computador y my cuerpo porque Caleb me regaña cuando el computador esta directamente en mi). Y depronto senti como si alguien estuviera moviendo un carrito de juguete a traves de mi barriga por dentro, y despues lo senti otra vez. Naturalmente me movi despacio y le dije a Caleb que creia que habia sentido el bebe, puso la mano en mi barriga y le hablo y le hablo y le hablo pero no sentimos nada mas.

Todavia no esty 100% segura de haber sentido el bebe, pero de cualquier forma prefiero documentarlo.

Las nauseas van mucho mejor, esta semana vomite solo una vez y no fue for comida a pesar de que comi mucha piña. Depronto si fue la piña pero yo estaba feliz cuando me la estaba comiendo, me parecia la piña mas rica del mundo. He sentido un poco de nauseas pero tan pronto como paro de hacer lo que este haciendo y si me siento y respiro profundo se me pasa poco a poco.

En las noches me cuesta trabajo respirar, es raro pero normal de acuerdo a todos los libros y mamas que conozco, me he estado acostumbrando. Y esta semana empezo el dolor de pierna, todos pensamos que es la Ciatica pero no me han hecho ningun tipo de tests.

La pierna izquierda me ha estado molestando pero el viernes estabamos en la iglesia ayudando a montar todo en orden para el fin de semana cuando depronto senti como si me hubieran enterrado un chuchillo en la parte alta de pierna, en la parte de afuera casi que debajo de la cola. Me sente y Cara llamo a Caleb (es mas linda estaba super precoupada y solo queria que me fuera a la casa a descansar). Salimos para la casa y mi pierna estaba doliendo pero estaba bien, pero cuando llegamos a la casa ya no podia caminar del dolor, pusimos calor en donde me dolia porque todos los libros decian que hicieramos eso y me acoste a dormir. Cuando me levante estaba bien, la pierna me ha estado doliendo de vez en cuando. Mañana vamos a hablar con la doctora para ver si podemos averiguar si todo esta bien, yo estoy segura de que no esta afectando al bebe entonces no me preocupa mucho.


Ya quiero que pase la semana 17 para que llegue la semana 18 y podamos averiguar el sexo del bebe!

Disney day 2

Having lunch at the blue bayou. Their gumbo is the most delicious thing I've ever eaten!

Caleb's montecristo sandwich at the Blue Bayou

I borrowed Poppa's chair while he walked for a bit

By day 2 I was far too tired and too focused on spending time with my family to take pictures, so there are only these 3. We had such a great time though, our nieces are full of energy and fun comments and ideas. Our nephew couldn't be cuter, I am blessed I married into a fun, crazy family. I love them

Disneyland day 1

Kath is always prepared, nobody was losing any hats!

Poppa borrowed K's beanie, he looked great!

The first day at Disneyland was quite eventful. We started by getting the girls pampered and dressed as princesses. Then we visited Ariel's grotto to meet all the princesses, then rides, rides, walking, walking, naps, walking. Then a parade and last but not least world of color.  So much fun, and incredible exhaustion once the day was over.

How do toddlers survive days at Disneyland is a mystery to me!

Disneyland series

Last Week we went to Disneyland with Kate, Clay, Angie, Luc and the Button kids. It was crazy and fun and so nice to see our family and hang out with them. We arrived Thursday night and everyone was already asleep but pool Momma left a note for us and that purse. Isn't it adorable? I love it and I wore it the whole weekend.

It is quite the challenge to take pictures when you are with kids at a huge park with thousands of people around, so there aren', but there are some. I'll upload them soon 

Planting pots are everywhere

Caleb and I were walking around PLNU and saw all these different plants in random objects. Now we want to try it but I kill every plant I come in contact with so I don't know how that will work. Isn't it cool though?