Photo Shoot

Yesterday was our first photo shoot together! Your Mom's good friend Melissa has quite the artistic eye and captured a few special moments with us together and some fun ones too:) You definitely like a fun, good time because I've found you are not only very active with music, but it feels like you turn yourself upside down with motion when you hear laughter! Dad and I have always liked watching a good episode of " AFV," but now more than ever because you make Mommy's belly a tidal wave of movement in response to the laughing! You are now 26 weeks old and the size of a cucumber ( 15 in, 2.2lbs)! It is incredible to see you growing so much each week! We love that our laughter can make you dance with excitement and we are beyond thrilled to continue to strive to bring you laughter your entire life! 

Kicking

April 5th, 2012 was such an exciting night because it was the first time that Mommy felt you REALLY kicking and flipping around! We were watching Grey's Anatomy together and you must have been as thrilled by the medical drama as me because you gave me multiple strong nudges reminding me that you were  there:) I could not wait for your Daddy to get home from class to tell him about you and how he was off the hook now from reluctantly watching "Grey's" with me now because I had a new cohort! You're movements were so strong that your Dad could actually feel them, which gave us both so much joy! 

You are most active in church during worship, as you tap along with the drums, or when your Dad "fairly loudly "sings to music in the car ( this is the only time he gets away with the music and his voice being at his preferred high decibel level because it really makes you dance)! 

Everyday you are getting bigger and your Mommy gets bigger too:) You are 25 weeks old today and the size of an eggplant (9 in., 1.7lbs)!

This weekend we decided to move your Dad's office over one room to start to create your new room because everyday we are closer and closer to getting to meet you!

Gender Reveal

March 31st, 2012 was your Mommy's 30th birthday and by far the most memorable of all because of you! Daddy and I went for your anatomy ultrasound on March 23rd  and had so much fun seeing you again!  You obviously didn't realize what a big day it was for us because you yawned and lazily stretched for your toes above your head... then fell back asleep  :) We, on the other hand, were on edge with excitement and reluctantly turned our heads when we got to the part where we could tell if you were a boy or girl.
The technician said within seconds of us turning our heads that she knew what you were! Mommy was convinced from that point on that you were a boy, and Daddy still thought maybe you were a girl. But all we had to look at was your little foot to make our guesses :) We took the secret results to the bakery instantly after the appointment and had a cake made for you with the surprise of your gender inside--represented by either pink or blue!

We had so much fun decorating for the party!

 All your family either wore pink or blue--and some innovative outfits of large diapers and headbands were worn as well :) Even "precious moments" cards were worn by the Rosenbergs to represent a very " precious moment" back when your mom was little herself.   She climbed  up your Great Grandma Klein's  shelf of Precious Moments  and caused many of them to come crashing down, shattering everywhere!

Back to the our party, everyone then  selected either a  mustache if they thought you were a boy and red lips if they thought girl !

                  You're Great Grandpa Klein always manages to get the bunny ears in :) 

Aunt Kateri read aloud some fun old wives tales which concluded by a close margin that you were to be a BOY!

Then we did two more tests with a key and wedding band and both of those confirmed BOY!

Grandma Klein's  kindergarten class all voted and thought you would be a BOY!

 Despite the crowd leaning towards you being a girl all the odds were pointing to you being a BOY... and MOST importantly Mommy really thought you were a BOY :)

 Drum roll..........

You're .............

A....................

                                                             
                                                                  Boy!!!!!!!!!!!

Tears of joy overwhelmed your Mom, and Dad really needed to confirm these results before truly celebrating, so we opened the envelope from your ultrasound and there is was ...the little turtle sign! 

Then your father couldn't stop smiling his proud father smile!

                               

Even all of Mom's work friends overwhelming voted that you were a BOY!

(Doesn't your dad look funny with his long, nose hair mustache? :)  )

You were the most incredible surprise birthday gift Baby Boy and you're Mommy and Daddy  are having so much fun and couldn't be any happier to get to know more about you each day!!!!!!

Gifts for you

We are all  are already getting showered with gifts of love from your Aunties, Uncles, Grandparents and Dad!

Auntie Tori,  Uncle Dan and cousin Madi sent us beautiful roses to celebrate "our budding family"!

                    

Aunt Kateri handmade some burp clothes ( in mommy's favorite colors) that are almost too cute to let you spit up all over :) You are so fortunate to have 8 cousins ahead of you, so Aunt Beth has already given you some itsy bitsy onesies ( that her very healthy babies could never squeeze in to :) )and Auntie Rachel has a bassinet ready to be placed in our bedroom for you to sleep right next to us when you arrive! 

Grammy and Grampy are preparing for instant cuddling when you enter this world with an adorable wrap, socks and mittens! Grandma and Grandpa Klein and Great Grandma Bevan have given you a beautiful cradle that has been passed along in the family since the 1800's!

Your Daddy has really spoiled your mommy by adding 40 more diamonds to her wedding ring, celebrating our blessed marriage and  in honor of the new precious addition you will be to our family:)

13 Weeks and Growing

 Here we are at 13 weeks and you are the size of a strawberry!

You have grown so much in just 6 weeks and are now the size of a mango or the size of our hand ( 19 weeks, 6 in., 0.5 lbs)! It is incredible to think that we could hold you in just one of our hands right now:) We are so unbelievably excited to find out whether you are going to be a boy or girl in less than 2 weeks! Somehow we are going to find the strength to resist looking at the ultrasound when this moment comes (that is if you cooperate) so we can share this surprise with all your equally enthused family on March 31st( also your mom's big 30th birthday). She is so happy to have something so miraculous to add to the celebration on this day (and very willing to let you overshadow the fact that she is entering a new decade)!






At 16 weeks I informed your Daddy that the tiny bones in your ears were created this week and that you could hear our voices when speaking or singing! We were so excited about this news that we instantly began to include you in on our singing and conversations....even the slightly heated ones, in calm voices though ,one debate went like this as your Mommy was eating an Oreo cupcake just prior to dinner...

Dad: " Dear Baby,  please don't be like your Mother and think eating dessert right before dinner is acceptable. "
Mom: "Dear  Baby, please don't be like your stick in the mud Father and fail to realize the beauty of occasionally defying order to embrace the sweeter things in life."   :):):)

The passive aggressive, sarcastic talks with you are very infrequent and joyful songs and stories dominate our conversations with you! Your Daddy gave this book as a gift to your Auntie Beth and Uncle Gabe and we have since borrowed it back to read to you about all the adventures that are just waiting  for you and us once you arrive! Your father has an incredible reading voice that works well to calm us both and aids in providing a rapid descent into a comfortable slumber:) He loves his "Babies," as he refers to us often, sooooooo much and takes amazing care of us:)






For example, he surprises Mommy with pretty, perfectly matching flowers with the kitchen decor and goes to the grocery store to fill the fridge with some of " our"  favorite cravings right now,( clementines and chick- fila- sauce ..on everything!) as well as ensuring there are  plenty of  healthy meal options that he daily provides for us! We are so very fortunate to have him in our lives and I have no doubt that he will be as outstanding of a father as he is a husband!

Telling The Families

We wanted to announce you in a special way to the rest of the family and our friends, so we came up with three different ideas to share the great news! We spontaneously  told Grammy and Grampy Vincent over a Frosty at the fine diner known as Wendy's.  We met them for dinner on January 24th after your first picture on ultrasound because we could not contain our excitement!  We gave them an anniversary card thanking them for being amazing parents and grandparents....and that's when Grammy knew!
 

That Friday of the same week we went to visit your Uncle Paul, Aunt Kateri and cousin Chole and had some delicious pasta dinner with asparagus : )  We played a game called Telestrations that involved going around a circle drawing and guessing clues. . .we began with the clue of "baking cookies" and it changed to  fried eggs and pancakes  (with great detail from P) and finally to "Cara has a bun in the oven!!!!!"  The puzzled, shocked and elated faces were priceless!                        

We had so much fun sharing you with others this way we decided to use this tactic again the following Saturday night at your adopted Auntie Christina and Uncle Andy's house. This time you were a man ordering  pizza before you were discovered  : )

You were finally unveiled to the rest of the family on January 29th, 2012 for your Grandma Klein's 59th birthday party at Great Grandma and Grandpa Klein's house!  Since puzzling is a part on the Klein family culture we decided to use this and  your Grandma Klein's love for blimps as the vehicle for your surprise announcement! It took a bit of strategy and a lot of hard work not to giggle, which I did not do a great job at suppressing.  But after the blimp was complete, and after no one noticed the message for what seemed like an hour (probably more like 2 minutes)  Grandma Klein finally read that you were coming in August! 

She said, "Does that say what I think it says?" and then proceeded to hug me (and tell me that my face looked fuller : )   ) Your Grandpa Klein and the rest of the family loved the "puzzling" way we revealed you, and many hugs and kisses were given to you and I at that time! Your Aunt Bethany couldn't believe that you were already 13 weeks old, Uncle Josh made some humorous remark like "I thought it still said Goodyear," and Aunt Rachel took over the room with her shouts of joy! 

Later, we sent the picture of the blimp  to Aunt Beth, Uncle Gabe, Aunt Tori and  Uncle Dan.  There was mass confusion as to why we were sending a blimp picture, but after a while the "It's a Baby!" message was discovered and lots of love was sent your way!

Here you are on your 13th week birthday, the day after the big Klein party( Jan. 30th) and you must have really been energized by all of the excitement and  Great Grandma Klein's amazing, zillion layered lasagna and garlic hot dog bun bread because you were a little jumping bean! I couldn't help but cry when I  saw you kicking your tiny  legs up in the air! You are already so incredible and amaze us each day with each little puzzle piece of yourself that you give us to put together  : )

First Ultrasound

January 24th, 2012 was the first time we ever layed eyes on you and we instantly felt so much love for you <3

We went early in the morning for the first appointment of the day, and we had to wait in the chilly car for the doctor's office to open up! When we finally made it in the room, I couldn't see you on the screen from where I was lying, so I relied on your dad's face to tell me what he saw on the ultrasound. And let me tell you,  I received all the confirmation I needed from his  gaping, widemouth-bass-smile!  I couldn't help but start laughing uncontrollably which led to swiftly being  scolded by the ultrasound technician that I needed to relax. 

Thanks a lot you two!

It was absolutely breath taking to see you sleeping at that time with your one tiny hand to your head and the other to your mouth and your heart calmly beating at a rate of 147.   Dad claims he can already visualize his curly feet trait in your little limbs, but  we will have to wait and see!