CAN'T FORGET MY FIRST BABY!

After looking back at all the posts I have done so far, it has been consumed with posts about Baby Litvack, pregnancy, moving... and unfortunately I have forgotten about my first baby! So here is a post on how Kona is doing. He is now 10 months old and as cute as ever, and is so big. He is about 60 pounds, but mostly in height rather than width. He has the most precious little face, but becoming more of a "man" every day. Kona is the most friendly dog, wants to meet everyone and every dog. All he wants to do is play no matter the size of the other dog. He is thoroughly enjoying living at my parents right now because he has three playmates at his disposal every day all day long. Mind you all three of them are smaller than his head, but he doesn't care. He has become so protective of me. Follows me around when I am home, and greets me first when I walk in the door. He starts out sleeping at my feet, and then moves to the floor on my side of the bed. As I get up numerous times throughout the night he picks up his head to make sure I am alright, and doesn't go back to sleep until I get back into bed. Then when I get dressed in the morning he lays on the floor in the corner of the bathroom, then returns to my side of the bed to sleep with Daddy when I leave for work. Kona is such a love, and we are so lucky to have him in our lives. I just hope that when Baby Litvack comes he doesn't feel neglected and protects the baby just as well has he has been protecting me. He has truly been our first baby, and we love him so very much. Here are a few pics to see how big he has gotten since he announced we were expecting 5 months ago!

This is how Kona travels in our car ALL the time. He curls up on the passenger side floor and falls asleep every time without fail!

Kona watching us get ready for a wedding!

This is the "enough pictures mom" look!

This is just to show you how "manly" his head and face are getting... aww my little baby boy!

WE ARE MOVING!!

We are officially moving on September 20!! Nothing like cutting it close right? I didn't want to say anything until we had the paperwork to say that it is ours, and now we have it. We are moving to Mundelein to a beautiful 4 bedroom, 3 1/2 baths, with a full unfinished basement house. It is exactly what we were looking for and we can't wait to move in. I am going a little crazy because I have all these ideas and things I want to do before the baby comes, but some of it is just going to have to wait. That nesting urge I was talking about has taken over me completely and I just need to get in there and organize so I feel better! Michael is super excited because A. we will have our own space, and B. he will be closer to work. I still have the 40 minute commut to Addison, no difference for me! I feel a little bad for Kona because he has gotten moved around so much in the past few months, and he has gotten use to having friends around all the time. When we move we are going to be back to just the three of us until the baby comes, and I just feel bad! Here are some pictures of the house, and as soon as we get settled in we welcome all visitors!

This is obviously the front of the house!

The entrance through the front door

The dining room

The Kitchen

The Kitchen with sliding glass door to the backyard

The living room

The Master Bedroom with great walk-in closet

The Master Bathroom

32 WEEKS = 8 MONTHS!!

We are now in the home stretch. Only 8 more weeks to go... assuming the baby comes on time! Everything is going well, and the baby is doing great. Still head down ready to go, moving around like crazy, and has a great steady heart rate. My stomach has officially become a shelf and is larger than life. I just say that I make a pretty damn good home for my baby to live in for 9 months haha! I had some lady ask me the other day if I was having the baby in a few days because I looked like I was going to drop. I said no I have 8 more weeks haha! I have also started the crazy urge for nesting in the past couple of weeks. I want to paint, buy, furnish, decorate... all the things to create a beautiful home for the baby to come home to. Problem is that we are still living with my parents... so I am slightly jumping out of my skin with the itch! Other than that we are just chugging along and enjoying ever minute of it because it will be over before we know it, and Baby Litvack will be here! Here are some pics of the baby bump, or should I say boulder... I need someone to follow me all day and hold my belly!