Time for a baby update! : )

So I realized that it's been a while since I updated on the "status" of our little one. She's doing really well! Kicking ALL the time! Do I see a soccer ball in her future?! I believe I do! lol Today I am 28 weeks (7 months). The beginning of the third trimester and I'm growing more and more as the days go by. It's crazy to think that there is a human being growing inside of me and MOVING!!! It hasn't gotten uncomfortable yet, but MAN can this little one kick!!! Good gracious. If you look at my tummy you can see her move and kick. It's crazy, cause sometimes I'll look at it and it's completely deformed; pushed out to the right or left and I can feel her pushing out. She's really in there...We're really going to have a baby....
Craziness....
At this point she weighs about 2 and 1/ 4 pounds and is about 14.8 inches from head to heal. She can blink her eyes and her eyesight is starting to develop. They say she can see the light that filters in through my belly. Crazy, right?!
I've been cleaning ALL the time lately. lol Nesting is no joke. The other night (after a full cleaning and rearranging of our bedroom the night before) Drew surprised me by setting up our new changing table in the space that I made for it!

It was SOOOO freakin adorable. Do we need to ask if Danny cried like a baby?! Of course!!! It looked SO sweet. He even set up some of the litte baby stuffed animals on it. It made me so happy. It seemed to really make it real that this is happening. We're really going to have a baby to change on that table. wow......
We went to Indiana for Thanksgiving this year, and my wonderful in-laws and Drew planned a surprise baby shower for me!!! Can I just tell you how humbling it was to walk into that room of 50-some woman who don't know me from the crazy lady on the street, yet they were all there to give me gifts for our baby. It was truly overwelming, a huge blessing, and a true testament to how much the people of the Osceola GBC REALLY love the Knight family. Look at this table of gifts. RIDICULOUS!!!

And look how many wonderful women!!! They were so great!

So it's been an eventful couple of weeks and I can't wait to see what God brings in the weeks to come.

One more pic.... : )

LOVE IT! : )

We're getting to old for this...

Drew and I COULD NOT WAIT to get out to Indiana to see his family. It's always a great time. Nice to get away from Maryland, nice to spend time with the in-laws, and nice to be taken care of for a week. (lol) The past couple times we've driven out, we've left at like 9 or 10 pm and just drove through the night. So, of course, that was the plan for this trip as well. Seemed like a good idea....EXCEPT! we hadn't really gotten any sleep this week. I got back from Colorado late monday night and went to work on Tuesday. That night we went to the FEE concert and hung out with the band afterwards so we didn't get home till midnight. THEN on Thursday night we (being the cool people we are) went to the midnight showing of New Moon, got home at 3 and had to get up for work at 6:30am. lol Then a full day of our friends wedding on Saturday. For some reason, we still thought it was a good idea to leave saturday night and drive to Indiana. LOL So here is how it went.....
We leave at 10pm feeling good. lol We stop at Breezewood at Sheetz as is custom for every Indiana trip. : ) We continue on and make it all the way to the Ohio line. Shortly after that the sleepiness starts to kick in. So, being the responsible adults that we are, we pull over on the side of the road (at 3 am) and take a quick little nap. Feeling better, we continue on our way and make it about half-way through Ohio. I take a turn driving, but after 40 minutes I'm done. SO we pull over again. This time we forgot to set an alarm and slept for an hour. OOPS! But Drew was awakened (is that the right tense?) by *TAP,TAP,TAP* on the window. A police officer had pulled over to see if we were ok and scared the CRAP out of Drew. lol The man was SO sweet, and made sure everything was ok, and told us that there was a rest stop about 6 miles up the road. At that point, FULLY ALERT, we got on the road again. lol We make it about 3 more hours this time, but our bodies are saying STOP!!! I can't stay awake anymore!!! lol So....guess what!? We pull over again. This time in a rest stop. We learned our lesson on the last stop. lol We both fall asleep and this time for an hour and  half. We wake up feeling refreshed and head into the rest area to get some breakfast. We get our starbucks and are heading over to Buger King for some healthy food (haha) when all of a sudden it hits Drew..."I don't have the keys!" So he runs out to the car and sure enough...there are the keys on the seat and the doors locked. AWESOME! We call the locksmith and $45 bucks later we're on the road again determined to make it all the way to Indiana. And we did!!!! Finally.
So that was our eventful trip. : ) A time we will never forget. And a lesson learned....We are to old to try to make it 10 hours in a car with no sleep. LOL Next time we'll just wait.

3 months left.....whoa

So I am now 6 months along. : ) SO crazy. It seems like just yesterday I was suprising Drew with the news of the baby in my belly and now SHE is growing and kicking....kind of scary, but I'm incredibly excited to meet her. What will she look like? WHO will she look like? lol What part of my crazy ethnic background will come out in her? Whose nose will she have? What kind of personality will she have? Will she be a tomboy or  girly girl? lol So many things to find out.
At his point she is about a foot long and weighs a little over a pound. She's kicking alot and responds to sounds. I think she likes music. I like to sit and listen to music, and she almost always kicks. : )
The nesting they talk about is definitely kicking in. I've never been one to clean all the time. lol Usually I just get to a point where the clutter is to much, and I just have to clean, but lately I'll just start cleaning and I just can't stop. lol I guess it's a nice problem to have. Our bathroom is very nice and clean.
We get to go out to Indiana in 2 weeks!!! She will get to "meet" her Grandma and Grandpa Knight and Auntie Amanda! I'm pretty sure they have thought of different names for themselves (like "Grammie" and "PaPa"), but we'll see what sticks once she can actually form words. lol It's kind of crazy. The last time they saw me I did not have a rather large protruding belly. lol They have seen pictures, but it's not the same. I just wish they lived closer. : ( I know it's hard on them, being their first grandbaby and all. It will be nice, though, to spend the week with them. She'll get to hear their voices in person and not just over the phone. Yes....I put the phone to my belly so Amanda can talk to her. lol
Well, it's bedtime for now. Good night all!

Time to vent a little....

You know what really gets on my nerves sometimes (or "what really grinds my gears!")? When people say that we have poor communication. You know what communication is??? Picking up the phone and talking!!! That's it! There's no real trick to it. Just pick it up, dial, and talk. LOL Many, many things could be avoided if people would just pick up the phone (or with today's technology, email) and let someone know what's going on. Paper would not have to be wasted, as well as time. Work could be done more efficiently. People's stress levels would not be NEARLY as high. And it's always the people that DON'T communicate that complain when information is not relayed to them. lol Sometimes you just have to laugh because it is just absurd. Ok....that is all. I haven't blogged in awhile, so I thought I would let you into my thoughts of the day.

You know what I miss...?

I really miss college. People always said that the college years are some of the best years of one's life. Now, I know that's not true for everyone, but it was for me. Man.....I miss not having to worry about....much of anything (even though I probably should have worried a little more than I did). I miss being able to, and wanting to stay up to the wee hours of the night just because I didn't want to miss what was going on in the dorms (like dance parties, or movie/friends maratons, or Kathryn and Kristi beating the crap out of each other for fun. lol GOOD times. : )

just an example of the fun : )

I miss the volleyball/soccer/basketball games where we almost ALWAYS lost, but our fans loved us anyways. I miss the nicknames (most) that we called each other. I wish "SuckFace" would go away, but I know that's here forever. lol You know what's scary?? I even miss the cafeteria! They weren't always on point, but I had some good meals in that place. Pizza day?!?! Soul food day?!?!?! Breakfast for dinner day?!?!? (My absolute FAV!) I remember when we had favorite cereal day and Miss Deena got all the old school cereals. And make your own cookie day?! mmmmmm......white chocolate and cranberry cookies....SO good! I miss chapel everyday and some of the CRAZY people that came through that place. LOL It was always enlightening. Candy shop chapel....(I wonder how many people will NEVER forget that one). Pilot Aires Chapel!!!! "Turn it over to my Father".....Lady Preacher Chapel when everyone got ALL upset. hahaha.....
I miss how skinny I was. LOL at least the first year and a half. Then it all went downhill.
I really do miss all of these things, but learning what I did from those years, and having some amazing friends from college, I am so thankful for where God has brought me. What He's done in these past few years since college and what He will continue to do. It just seems so crazy to look back and know that those years are over. Sometimes I think it would be great to go back or still be there (like Van Wilder or another name that comes to mind...hahaha), but I realize that part in my life is past and it's on to a new one. A big one too. Having a kid is scary!!! I guess that's where all this nostalgia is coming from. This whole thing seems so....so.....adult. And sometimes I still feel like a girl in college. It's strange.

Nothing of importance

So I've tried REALLY hard to be good at this blogging thing. I've blogged at least once a week. I try to do more, but I'm just not whitty enough to think of something everyday. I wish I had interesting thoughts and words of wisdom each day, but my mind apparently can only come up with stuff once a week. lol BUT....today I've taken on the task of trying to Christmas shop early. This whole "having a kid" thing has made me realize (not necessarily improve) that I need to think ahead and prepare, instead of, what normally happens, me waiting till the week before when there are a BUTT load of people in the stores and nothing on the shelves. So my goal this year is to find inexspensive gifts for everyone that they will ACTUALLY use and not just put somewhere and forget about. This is always the hardest part, and I tend to spend more money then I want to trying to reach this goal. I could go the cheap way and use the excuse of having no money cause we're preparing for the baby therefore getting greeting cards for everyone, but I really like giving people things and seeing their reaction when they LOVE it! (That was a really long sentence) Anyways....this is my dilema. I just thought I would include you all in my thoughts. : )

Half way there!

So today I am 20 weeks along in this crazy adventure. We went to the doc this morning and everything's looking good. She's got a strong heart beat and she's kicking like crazy. That is a CRAZY feeling. Drew's upset casue he can't feel it yet. lol But only a couple more weeks and he should be able to feel the kicks on the outside. : ) This week she is about 11 oz, 6 1/2 inches from head but bum, and 10 inches from head to heel. Similar to the size of a banana.

I'm REALLY excited about the weather. I LOVE FALL!!! It's just so pretty. (not today, so much. It's NASTY outside today) I love being able to wear jeans, a hoodie, and my slippers? clogs? slides? Whatever you would like to call them. LOL that outfit has changed a little. My hoodies don't fit like they used to. The protruding belly kind of prevents that. I really want to go on a maternity clothes shopping spree, but 1. We're poor, 2. I'll only be wearing it for a couple months, and 3. We're poor. : ) Oh well.

Let it be known!!! IT'S A GIRL!!! : )

YAY!!!! We found out today that our little bundle is sweet little girl! : ) And she's healthy and kicking. Literally....LOL She DID NOT like that nurse pushing and smushing her around. Up until now I was pretty sure I could feel her kicking, but was never quite positive. Today we could see her moving around and when she kicked, I saw it and felt it! It was SO cool! She's a fiesty one. : ) The appointment didn't start out so great though... We got there and they brought me back to register me and all that good stuff. The girl asked for my insurance card and then looked at me and said "We don't take your insurance Maam." WHAT?!?!?! When I called to make my appointment the first question I asked was, "Do you take _________ insurance?" and they said......."Why yes Maam. We do!" (Ok, probably not like that, but still...she said YES!) So I told the woman that and she went to talk to her Boss. I am seriously suprised that I did not burst into tears. I know it's not that big of a deal. I would've just had to schedule another appointment somewhere else that did take my insurance, but we were so set on getting to see the baby today and finding out what it was. It just made me so sad. So the good part....She comes back and says, "We're just going to eat it." LOL And my response was...."huh?" lol They totally took the blame (cause it was there mistake) and they are going to pay for it!!!!! So great! And the girl was very sweet about it. After that, everything was great. (Except that I was told to drink 32 oz of water before I got there and I couldn't pee, and then they pushed on me like they wanted me to pee all over the table. HAHA But it was TOTALLY worth it)
Here are some pics from today. : )

 Here we are before going into the office. My make up is still intact.
















Our little girl's first picture!!!

Her sweet little hands! It's so crazy....look at her bones! We could see her trashing around.

This is her little bum. LOL This is how we know she's a little girl. Look at the arrow. : )

SO happy! (I know he was rooting for a boy, but this little girl's gonna have him wrapped around her little finger.

Make up no longer intact. LOL I was crying for about 40 mins. I just couldn't believe I was seeing her!

Good times. : )

Overwhelming.....

So I've started to take on the task of starting our baby registry. HOLY CRAP, I don't know what I'm doing. lol There are SOOOO many choices for every freakin item!!! lol There aren't just cribs. There are 4-in-1 cribs, but are they safe? Are they good quality? What color? What about a bassinet? Do I need one? Do I go with a theme? Have everything match? And if I do, should I get neutral stuff so I can possibly use it again if, Lord willing, we have another child? lol What about baby baths? They have the ones with a thermometer on them and a "rump bump" so the baby doesn't slide down. Will it fit in the sink? What about just a little inflatable pool? Stoller??? Have seen the sheer number of them?!?!?! Ridiculous. So this is my dilema. What do I need to register for? Someone help me! lol Just give me some hints. Point me in the right direction.

OH! By the way....update on Baby Knight. I'm 17, almost 18 weeks now. Baby is about 5 inches long and weighs almost 7 onces (according to babycenter.com). We go in less than 2 weeks for the sonogram to find out what it is. YAY! :)

uuummm....TERRIFYING!!!

Ok so I'm just going about my day, feeding my facebook addiction, and BAM!!! My friends status says "a woman in indonesia had a 19.2 lb baby! that's just not right." So naturally, I look it up. lol This is what I see.

That is a 19.2 pound NEWBORN baby!!!! and the one on the left is an average size newborn. Now I must say that the mother had diabeties and alot of times when this happens the baby gets too much glucose making them larger than normal, BUT STILL....crazy. I just thought I would share my horror and amazment with everyone else. :)

Looking back after a year...

I honestly can't believe that it has been 1 year since God took Anthony to be with Him. The first couple months were just shock, then the unsettling feeling of not having him around anymore and knowing that he wouldn't return, and now trying to figure out the task of moving forward. It's all very surreal. We've never lost anyone so close to us. We've never had a friend have to go through the pain of losing a husband, or a family lose a brother, son, uncle...We've never had to deal with emotions like this. What I do know, and have seen, is that God truly has His hands in ALL things. What seems tragic and horrible to us (and don't get me wrong....it SUCKS) God can, and has used to glorify Himself. He's shaped and is still shaping Kristi into an AMAZING woman of God. (She was before, but even more so now.) He's shown us that this life is not our own. We do not decide what happens. We have no say in how we think life should go. Our job is to follow the path that God has for us, and know that it is EXACTLY where He wants us to be. It's painful. It sucks. If I let it, it's angering. But what I've learned (and what we talked about in church yesterday) is to remember and be blessed by the times that we had with Anthony. To remember what God did that tragic September 22nd in putting His loving arms around us and letting us know that it was His will. And rather than mourning His death, to memorialize his life and the blessings that God brought us through that life and even his death. I wish Anthony could be here today to meet his "niece or nephew" :) but I know that his blessing in Heaven far exceed even our soon-to-be little blessing. lol

Sooo, Good News.....

1. Went to the Doc this morning, and baby has a really strong heart beat! Yay! :)
2. We go to get the sonogram in 2 weeks! (a long time to wait, but YAY!)
and
3. Drew got a call from Johns Hopkins the other day saying that they are moving him into the "next phase". I'm not totally sure what that means, but she said that they are going to send out tissue typing kits to Drew and I'm guess to the people who have shown interest in donating, and then I guess we go from there. It's VERY exciting to know that things are moving along, and that we have so many loving friends and family that are willing to get tested. I know that Drew feels truly blessed to have such great friends, as do I. :)

So I want to get some thoughts from everybody. We're still thinking up names. We've got alot of girl names, but the boy name list seems to come up short. Give us some ideas! :)

P.S. I think I've been saying this for 2 months now, but I'll put up baby bump pictues soon. lol

Make it go away!!!

So I have been sick now for almost a week....I just want it to GO AWAY!!! lol And as much as I would LOVE to take Dayquil/Nyquil I'm not trying to give my baby fetal alcohol syndrome. The Z-Pack the doctor gave me doesn't seem to be helping and now I feel like I'm regressing. (I'm gonna hurt a kid if they gave me swine flu!!!) OH well....On a lighter note....We hopefully get to find out what our little nudger is next week!!! Yes, we want to find out. I'm not a big fan of surprises, and it would be great to know what kind of things (cute pink and brown stuff, or adorable blue and brown) to get or register for.

Update on baby Knight (or baby Blue and Drew calls it):

It is about the size of an avacado now (like 4 1/2 inches).

They say you can start to feel the baby kick anywhere form 16 to 20 weeks, so hopefully that will happen soon! :) I promise I will put pictures up of the baby bump. (Even though I don't like the pictures...)  That's all for now.

Just to brag

So today has been one of those days were all I want to do is go sit at home in bed with something fatty and sugary to eat and watch some kinda of chick-flick to make me feel better. First thing this morning I get a "talking to" because the person wasn't informed of something. (even though they were working over the weekend which I was not aware of and didn't know that they needed to know what I was going to tell them today) Did you get all of that? :) ANYWAY....Needless to say, that did not make my day any better. Then "morning sickness" and pregnant ickyness (is that a word?) set in. THEN...Andrew, being the wonderful man he is, brought me this really sweet flower thing. :)

That made my day alot better. I still wish I was at home wallowing, but I guess I can make it a couple more hours. So if you see Drew, tell him he did a good job. :)

Some thoughts from a pregnant lady

Ok......So people say (and it's true) that your hormones are all out of whack when you're pregnant. This has become apparent to me the past couple months, but what's funny to me is, people think that ANY time I do something crazy, say something mean, cry, or laugh, it's because I'm pregnant. I'm still a the same person I was before I got pregnant. Only now there is a little one growing inside me. I don't think I am a mean person, but that doesn't mean that I don't get upset or have an opinion about things. I think people just ignore anything I say or do and brush it off as being the crazy, pregnant lady talking. haha.....Sometimes this is a good thing. I can get away with saying or doing things that I normally wouldn't. (Which I want to assure you I haven't taken advantage of....yet) But there are sometimes when I have something to say, and I want my point to come across and all I get is...."AWW....it's ok. You're pregnant. That's why you said that." NO!!! I said it because I meant it! hahahaha.....ok so maybe this is one of those moments that my hormones have taken over, but still... My point remains. Just because I'm pregnant doesn't mean I'm crazy. That is all. Thank you. lol

Our first blog....aaawwwwww. :)

So here goes. We've never written a blog before. Well I, Danny, have never written one before, and since I'm the main one writing....we'll see what happens. :) This is the beginning of our journey into parenthood. And by "beginning" I mean 14 weeks cause it took me forever to pick a template for this blog. (hehe) I was inspired by a friend, who's awesome at blogging, to start a blog for our family.

I'm not sure where to begin, but Drew and I are very excited about our little bundle. :) Right now the baby is the size of a lemon (about 3 1/2 inches) and can squint, grimice, smile, and suck it's thumb. Crazy, right?!?! We're both trying to get used to the changes in our life. Trying to prepare to take care of a life is a tiny bit terrifying. I keep telling myself, women have been having babies for thousands of years. Most of which didn't have books, dvd's, and classes telling them how to prepare. They just did it, so I think we'll be ok. Today marks the beginning my the second trimester! What that means I'm not really sure, but I know I'm supossed to be feeling better, sleeping better, and hopefully my hormones will be a little bit more under control. LOL (seriously....ask Drew. I've been crazy) ANYWAYS....that's all I've got for today. Hopefully I did a good job at blogging. :)


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