28 Weeks... Only 84 days left!

So we have made it to the 7 month mark. Everything is going great, I can't complain. The summer has not been hot at all, which is absolutely great. It has been absolutely beautiful so I am thankful for that.

At 24 weeks I had to take the routine glucose test... I FAILED haha. So two weeks later I had to take the 3 hour glucose test. For those of you who don't know what this is let me explain. By all means it is not difficult... it is just long, annoying, and disgusting. They make you drink a whole "red cup" of what seems to be Orange Crush which is doused in sugar. It is extremely flat and after a few gulps just makes you feel disgusting. Prior to drinking it, the nurse takes your blood. You drink the Orange Crush, and as soon as you finish the clock starts. So I put my college drinking skills into play and chugged it as fast as I could. Once the clock starts... you wait. Every hour for the next three hours the nurse would take my blood again. Again not the worse part, but it is never fun being pricked with a needle, and especially four times in the same spot within a 3 hour span. The worst part was the not being able to eat from 11:00 pm the night before until the end of the test which was 12:15pm the next day. Baby was hungry... and mommy was STARVING. Anyway, that test came back clean which is fantastic. It means I don't have to A. modify my diet and not enjoy the "eating what you want" during pregnancy, or B. worse case scenario take insulin shots for the next three months. Phew dodged that bullet. Now I just have to wait until Friday for my 28 week check-up to make sure everything is in its correct place and determine if I will need a C-Section or not. So keep your fingers crossed... I'd rather not have a 10 inch incision in my lower abdomen if I don't have to!

So with that said we are chugging along and the baby is moving like crazy. Some times I think the baby is literally break dancing inside. It was so cool the other day I was laying on the couch (when most of the activity happens) and I could see the baby moving from one side of my belly to the next. It was the coolest thing... I wish I had my video camera ready! Well, here are some pics of the every expanding belly. I have a few to show variety, and I will keep you all posted on the doctors appointments!

24 Weeks = 6 MONTHS!!!

Again, there have been many requests to see the baby bump that is rapidly growing by the second. Here are two pictures that doesn't do the baby justice, but I find it a little awkward to take pictures by myself. The baby seems to be growing as far forward as possible, which is throwing my equilibrium off little by little. Baby Litvack is moving around like crazy all day long. There are pretty much certain moments of the day that I can guarantee some rapid movement, and it is to the point that people have been able to feel as well. Most of my immediate family and some of Michael's family has had the pleasure to get a kick or two. There has also been a few that I could physically see my stomach move and not just feel. It is the coolest thing. So far Baby sleeps when Mommy is sleeping so no waking up there. But lately, typically around 3 in the morning I wake up with the feeling that my left hip has dislocated itself from the rest of my body causing some excruciating pain. At which I stand up, walk around, go to the bathroom (because my bladder is the size of a pea it seems like) and lay back in bed. Well, the other night I did my normal routine and when I laid down the baby was moving like crazy. In a desperate measure to get Michael to feel the baby dancing, I woke him up to feel. There was one kick that I think scared the crap out of him... and that will be the last time I wake him up in the middle of the night to feel the baby moving haha!! Well, here are the awkward pictures. I tried to get a good one of the belly, but unless I show a pic of me in my bra and undies this is the best I can do. So enjoy!

And the infamous bathroom shot!

Influenza A... A.K.A Swine Flu

So get this... two weekends ago it was parents weekend at my 10 year old sister's overnight camp. She had been there for two weeks for the first time at overnight camp, and my sister Emily and I thought it would be nice to join my parents in seeing her. We pack up the car with the four of us and baby Jayden and drove the 2 hours to Oconomowoc, WI. As we pull up to the camp and file in line to pick her up two counselors start walking down the lines handing out this piece of paper. She reaches our car, askes who we came to pick up for the day, and hands us the paper. My sister and I read it, and as we reach the middle of the page clear as day were the words SWINE FLU. Two girls from the Kallah group were sent home last week with the swine flu, and a few others with the regular flu. Horror struck both of our faces with the first time new mom and baby on one side... and the overly protective soon-to-be first time mommy on the other. What to do? So we pick her up to find out the two girls sent home were in her bunk, and she had to start on Tamiflu. Trying to stay away from everyone and enclosed areas at the camp site, we decided to wait in the car until she was checked out.

Needless to say, we went home that day to get a phone call at 7:30 the next night that someone had to come pick Maddie up from camp because she has the flu. After picking her up from camp, my dad took her to the doctor the next morning to discover it is indeed Influenza A... A.K.A Swine Flu. Now mind you all Michael and I have recently moved in temporarily with my parents after our house sold, so the swine has infested my space. The doctor immediately puts her on medication and recommends that everyone go on Tamiflu. Then there is me who goes into panic mode. A. I don't want to get any kind of flu because that would suck, and B. I don't want to take any medication while pregnant... I don't even take Tylenol. So what do I do, I go and get a hospital mask and wear it around the house with a bottle of Lysol for two days straight until we left for Michigan for the weekend.

Luckily Maddie is alright, and spent 5 days quarantined in her room. I made sure every inch of the house was Lysoled, and probably drove the fam insane. Maddie's fever subsided and she was able to go back to camp that following Saturday! So that was my interesting week, and another motherly instinct moment. But good, things are all okay and everyone came out of it as good as new! After the whole thing we found out who the source of the Swine Flu really was!

One Down... Another To Go!

It's Official! The house sold, and our first home together... and Kona's first home is in the past. On to the future and to find our new home for the baby. So happy that one stress is behind us, but so much to do before Baby Litvack arrives. We are currently living at my parents and in my little sister's room. Mind you the room has a white picket fence painted around all the walls with flowers. The bed is a double with a pink comforter and flowers. There is a tiny arm chair in one corner, the dresser made for little people on the opposite wall, and a tiny little tea table which is currently holding our computer. I feel like I am in Alice in Wonderland or...

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs!

Even the toilet seat was made for small tushies and the shower head was set at the middle of my back. It is definitely an experience and we appreciate the accommodations made for us to have a home in the in-between, but it is pretty funny watching Michael sit at the little table on the computer with his knees in his throat. All of our belongings are in a storage unit, and only our essentials have made the journey with us. Kona is loving it because now he has two friends he gets to play with whenever he wants. I just think he forgets that he is 50 pounds and they are 20 pounds COMBINED. Anyway that is where we are for now, more fun stories to come!

5 MONTHS... HALF WAY THERE!

So we have reached the half way point successfully. I had my 20 week check up with the ultrasound technician. Everything looks wonderful, and the baby looks healthy with 10 fingers and 10 toes. Baby Litvack didn't not stop moving around the whole time. Flipping and twitching and moving all it's limbs. The baby is already so much like Daddy... uh oh haha! Anyway, it was great to whatch Baby Litvack's little world in there and what he/she is doing! The technician was able to tell what the sex is... but she promised not to spill the beans. But it is good to know that he/she is definitely one way or the other haha! I have attached a photo of the baby bump... not the best of mommy so early in the morning, but at least you can see the bump. This time it is not in the bathroom at work, but I woke Michael up to take it for me haha!

The Baby is growing by the minute in there, and as you can tell so are my other body parts haha! Well, that is all I have for now. Still packing up my home to be out next week. Life is a little crazy right now, but all good things so I can't complain. Thanks for reading and I will talk to you soon!

IT'S OFFICIAL!

So I can officially say that the little flickers in my stomach are indeed the baby moving around! I have been feeling these since I was about 15/16 weeks but I was unsure if it was ALL the baby or a little of me wishing it was the baby. It was for the past week for sure that I knew without a doubt that Baby Litvack was making his/her presence known inside there. Some people say that it feels like little butterflies fluttering about, but I would have to say it feels a little different for me. It feels as if someone is flicking you under water and you are wearing a scuba suite. Like it is not skin to skin, but almost there. At this point I could tell the difference between the baby kicking/punching and the baby rolling over. It is probably one of the coolest things ever to experience, and I have been waiting four months for this moment. So I am even happier than a clam. In fact as I type the baby is having a dance party! :)

The sad part is looking at Michael's face when I let him know the baby is moving. The first time I was absolutely sure it was the baby moving I excitedly announced it while we were sitting on the couch watching one of our guilty pleasures. Michael jumped up all excited and said, "can I feel?" I had to explain to him that it couldn't be felt from the outside and that it is only a flicker with a demonstration of me flicking him on the arm. The sad look on his face crushed me! I told him to give it a month or two and you will be able to feel the baby and probably see the baby as well. He is just so excited for the baby to come, and because he is slightly impatient wants the baby NOW! I am just really lucky that I have a husband that is so excited for this new journey in our lives and is completely embracing it instead of running in the other direction. Anyway, so now that I know Baby Litvack is moving like crazy in there I don't get up in the morning until I feel something and I won't go to bed until I feel something. This whole experience is just incredible, and I can't wait for all the other changes I have yet to experience! Talk to you soon! :)

TO DO OR NOT TO DO... THAT IS THE QUESTION?

So good news our house sold on Wednesday and we are officially moving out of the city and to the burbs. The bad news, or not as good news, is that we have to be out of the house in 2 weeks!!! Yikes! Clearly we do not have our new home lined up yet so that is not an option, but we need somewhere to go with Mommy, Daddy, Baby Litvack, and Kona. Our two options are: Move back with my parents until we buy our own place. Save money, have some family bonding, and not really have to worry about anything but finding a place. Or two get a hotel room for a month or so until everything comes together and leave our stuff in storage?

Feel free to share your opinions I would love to hear them. We are leaning towards Mom and Pops for the simple fact that A. I love my parents and B. It is the more logical and economical sane idea. Plus our stuff could be stored there so we wouldn't have to put it in a storage facility. Anyway that is what is recently going on at the Litvack's. We are so happy the house sold so we don't have to worry about down payments and other financial stuff... and would rather be in this situation then the other way around. It is just humorous the situation we are in, and that we actually have 2 weeks to get out! Until next time! ;)