Living The Knight Life

A new day

2010-05-16T21:47:00.000-04:00

So today I begin my journey into "going natural" with my hair. lol This may not sound like a big deal, but having never seen what my actual natural hair looks like, it was kind of scary to tell my hair dresser to "chop it off"! But that she did and here it is!

My natural hair is pretty curly. Crazy, right?! It's going to take a while to get used to, but I'm excited to see what will happen when it grows out.

I needed a laugh.....

2010-04-09T09:48:00.001-04:00

Haiku's are easy
But sometimes they don't make sense
Refrigerator

-Threadless t-shirt

Not profound. Not deep. I just needed a laugh today. :)

A month has flown by....

2010-03-25T17:28:00.000-04:00

and I have been motivated by another recent new mommy's blog to finally update you on our little bundle of joy. :)
Malakai Ray Knight was born on February 25th at 2:55 pm. Today, he is one month old and the absolute love of my life (besides Drew, of course). This past month has flown by. He's grown so much just in this short time. Today, at the doctor, she told us he's gained 2 pounds in 2 weeks....GOOD GRACIOUS! lol He's a growing boy. That's for sure. :)
So, going back to birth day....My doctor wanted to induce me because of my high blood pressure. So on Wednesday the 24th at 6 am we were ready to go have a baby! We called the hospital to make sure we could come in and get things started. They told us to wait 2 hours and call back. The computer system had shut down and they were running around trying to get everything straight so they didn't want me coming into all that which I was thankful for. Buy now we have 2 more hours of waiting. I was very pregnant, uncomfortable, but most of all....just ready to have this baby! So what did we do? We went to IHOP, of course! LOL Kristi (who had taken the day of work to help me) went to breakfast with us. We sat and ate waiting for 2 hours to pass. When the time came I called the hospital and again was told to call back a little later. SERIOUSLY?!?! Get this baby out of me! lol So now what? Let's go watch Lost. We missed it the night before cause we went to bed early thinking we were going to have a baby the next day. That didn't seem to be the case at this point. Now it is noon and we REALLY have nothing to do. So we take a nap. Well.....Drew took a nap...I laid there staring at the ceiling and slept for, maybe, 30 mins.
Finally, at 2pm we get the call to go to the hospital BUT there are absolutely no beds open. Apparently everyone and their mother was having a baby that day. After sitting in the waiting area for an hour we went to triage where I got my preliminary tests done. We were there for 2 hours. During this time I was having contractions, but they were still 8-10 mins apart and not that strong. I was 3cm dilated.
And then there was hope! The nurse came in and said that there was a room available!!! I didn't have to go back home!!!! And this room was awesome! Anne Arundel Medical Center is awesome. We were in the biggest birthing suite which was made and dedicated for Pat Sajak (Wheel of Fortune!). We felt kind of special. LOL
At 7pm they started the Pitocin and within 5 mins the contractions came! They were not lying when they said Pitocin contractions are intense. WOW! At this point, it was apparent that I was not having this baby today. I made it to 2:30am and I couldn't take it anymore. They were going to give me some drugs (not an epidural) to help dull the pain, but they were concerned about the baby's heart rate dropping so epidural it is!!! Just as fast at the Pitocin started the epidural kicked in! MAN it was great!!! I actually slept for 3 hours. :)
The next morning they increased the dose of Pitocin to get things moving and it sure did. By 11am I was 6cm dilated and this is when they broke my water. Drew had left to go to dialysis which was really hard. For me, cause I didn't want to be alone, but even more for him. I knew he wanted to be there for every moment. At 1pm I was 8cm dilated and getting more and more nervous about actually having this baby. Then, around 2:15, they checked me again and it was GO TIME!!!
Kristi, who was flying from work to get to the hospital, barely got there in time. I had been pushing for 10 mins when she got there, and 23 mins later Malakai was born. :) Pushing, although it was somewhat painful even with the epidural, was more exhausting than anything else. There were a few times I thought I was going to pass out. It was great to have Dottie and Kristi in the room with us. The nurses thought they were HILARIOUS! lol Dottie bombarded them with questions before they even had a chance to talk to me. The room was full of laughter (including my doctor) while I was pushing and I couldn't think of any better way for Kai to come into the world then to the sounds of happiness and joy.
Looking at him for the first time...I was overwhelmed. I didn't cry at first. I couldn't believe I actually just gave birth; that he was finally here. I sat there with a look of shock on my face. Drew, on the other hand, had to be told to calm down. He was hyperventilating. LOL He was just so excited. It wasn't until they brought him back, all wrapped up, looking into my eyes, that it really hit me. This is my son. My flesh and blood! And then the tears flowed and didn't stop till the next day. :)
We brought him home the first night and were promptly back in the hospital the next day. Although he was eating, Kai wasn't getting enough when he was breastfeeding which resulted in him becoming dehydrated. He had a fever of 100.6 which is very high for a newborn. After multiple tests to make sure it wasn't anything else more serious, 2 more days in the hospital and worrying like I never knew I could, we brought him home for the second time. This time it stuck and he has been happy and growing ever since.

It has been a crazy time of not sleeping and a crash course in parenting, but I wouldn't change it for anything in the world! :) And look how cute!!!

I'm having a baby tomorrow.......

2010-02-23T12:15:00.000-05:00

Seriously?!!?!?! I'm going to have a baby tomorrow. (hopefully I'm not in labor for longer than a day, but you never know) The range of emotions I've had in the past few days has kinda thrown me. One moment I'm super excited, the next I'm terrified of the pain. Then I start thinking of the huge undertaking raising a child actually is...Then I just can't wait to meet him and see who he looks like. LOL I'm a little exhausted just from thinking. Everyone has reassured me that this is normal, and I'm sure it is, but it's so scary not knowing.
So here I sit....the day before I am induced, with my feet elevated cause they look like elephant feet, trying to occupy my mind with things other than thinking about the pain. All I want at this point is to see my little man. :)

The end is near..

2010-02-18T12:44:00.000-05:00

And we're ready! :) This morning we found out that I will be induced, if I don't pop before, next Wednesday morning!!! WOW.....I WILL have a child in 6 days....or less, maybe. These 9 months have seemed to fly by, but these last 2 weeks seem to be creeping by. lol We are just so excited to meet our little man! (That's still pretty crazy, but alot easier to say, now that I've had some time to get used to it).
It's funny (and amazing) to see how God works, and to realize over and over again, that He is truly in control of all things. Even the little things. My good friend Dottie had been trying to get that baby shower together, but EVERY time she scheduled it the snow would come. 3 dates later and we finally were able to have it, but if we had it on the original date I would have had even more pink! I was overwhelemed with what we already had. I can't imagine more. God knew! :) And now our little man is set! The amount to stuff we got was CRAZY! We are truly blessed with amazing family and friends who have given and continue to give to us so generously.
So now we wait. Everything is set up...Car seat installed, pack 'n play set up, bassinet in place, clothes washed...whatever comes out (boy or girl) we'll be ready. LOL

Wow.......

2010-02-10T23:24:00.000-05:00

So most of you have heard the news. "She" is really a "He" and finding this out at 37 weeks kinda blew our minds. Not to mention the plethora of pink items that have overtaken our room. lol And it was totally by surprise that we even got the sonogram. We thought the nurse was making a funny (but not-so-funny) joke and when she just stared at us with a blank look on her face, we knew it was for real. We have been talking to our little boy like he was a little girl! (I really hope that doesn't scar him for life). Now, nothing is for sure till this little one comes out, but the nurse AND the doctor seemed extremely positive that it is, in fact, a boy. The doctor walked in and said, "So it looks like your daughter grew a penis!" lol....nice.

All I could do was laugh. Whether it was nervous laughter or laughter of sheer disbelief or just laughter of joy...I don't know. All three I guess, but for a good 5 minutes all Drew and I could was laugh. As the day went on, the more it sunk in that we are going to have a little boy. Now don't judge me for the next statement. After it sunk in, I was a litte dissapointed. NOT because it was a boy! It doesn't matter what comes out. I will love this baby SOOOOO much! But there was a little part of me that was sad for losing the idea of my little girl. Now before you say it, I know that it's not like I coudln't have a little girl further down the road, and I know that she wasn't even real. But it's the dreams and the ideas of that little girl that are hard to let go of. But now I look ahead to dreams and ideas of our little man! I never thought I could love something so much before even setting eyes on it. I can't imagine what it will feel like to see him and hold him for the first time. Amazing.

So now to the task of getting rid of pink and bringing in the blue and green. lol Although, nothing is going away until this baby comes out and we know for sure what it is. :) I've learned my lesson. Next time we're just gonna go for the surprise. Way less stress.

Here are the sonogram pictures.

This was at 21weeks when we thought it was a girl.

And this is at 37 weeks.....BOY!

Technology is great, but it's not always right. LOL

I guess I should thank her....

2010-02-04T18:49:00.001-05:00

I will probably never get this amount of rest ever again. lol So thanks are in order to my little one inside because I am now on bedrest for the remainder of my pregnancy. High blood pressure is not a good thing....especially in pregnancy which is why my doc wants me to lay down all the time and not be stressed. :) So don't stress me out, k? I had planned on working up until I popped so that threw me off a little. I feel bad for leaving work so suddenly, but my baby's health is more important that answering phones and making copies. lol I just hope my co-woker doesn't go crazy with no one to talk to. :) I promised I would call once a day just to check in.
I'm pretty sure I'm gonna get a little crazy laying at home all day, but I have thought of a couple projects to keep me busy AND can be done laying on a couch. LOL Not much time left. She will be here soon and rest will be a thing of the past so this is why I am thanking her. Thank you little one!!!

So....guess who sucks at bloggng... :)

2010-01-26T20:47:00.000-05:00

Now to be fair, I warned you all I was horrible at blogging. lol I always think....I should blog today...then 2 weeks later I finally do. Well today is the day. : )
I am now 35 weeks. 35 WEEKS???!?!?! It's RIDICULOUS how fast the time has gone, and even more ridiculous that this baby could really come at any time now. I hope she waits a litle longer though. She needs to bake some more. : ) Right now, she is pretty much developed and just gaining weight. I hope she's all cute and chubby.

This is my huge belly.

And these are my Nutty Professor feet...

LOL It's pretty bad. We are not new to this though. Back when Drew had a semi-working kidney his feet used to swell up REAL bad and, being the good girlfriend I was, I would sit and push the fluid out of his feet. Now the favor is being returned. LOL Sometimes it's wierd having a husband whose been through more of the pregnant experiences then I have. He's had the swollen feet, stretch marks (after his transplant), an epidural (which he totally recommends), and the complete loss of dignity from tons of doctors pricking, poking, shaving, and observing. He's definetely more used to being in a hospital bed then I am.

Now that the time is getting closer, my mind is in hyperdrive. Do we have everything we need? Do I have enough of this or that? Will everything go ok? Is the house ready for the baby? What can I clean? Have I finished everything I needed to at work? Am I going to be good at this? The questions continue....I can't seem to make them stop. But with those questions comes dreams of... what she will look like? What kind of personality will she have? Will she love music and sports like mom? Will she be smart and strong like her dad? Will she have his eyes? So many things I can't wait to find out. My only prayer is that she is healthy. : ) I know that God has already planned her life and knows who she will be. I just pray that we can raise her and guide her in a way that is pleasing to him. This adventure is just beginning.

ugh.....

2010-01-05T15:28:00.000-05:00

Today has been a rough day. Woke up with a migraine and a sore throat. Sweet Andrew, being the great man he is, forced me to stay in bed. lol To make the day even more wonderful, the stress of life seemed to come down on us today. Life is overwhelming as it is....add baby worries (providing, protecting, etc...) and I couldn't stop crying. lol Now to be fair, hormones DO NOT help when you're already feeling sick. The thing that continues to amaze me, though, is God is IMMENSELY bigger than any sickness, any stress, any hormone in this world. We have been reminded time and time again, and today is no different. He shows His love through family and freinds that love us and would do anything for us, and by providing for our needs even when it looks like there is no way out. I just knew I couldn't end this day without praising God for loving us for no other reason than He loves us unconditionally. We definitely don't deserve it.

New Camera...New Adventures!

2010-01-01T02:43:00.000-05:00

So this Christmas Drew and I decided that our gift for each other would be a new Flip Camera. We've wanted one for awhile, and now, since we're going to have a new addition to the family, it would be nice to be able to document all the crazy times that will come. Drew, of course, can not stop playing with it, so here is a video of our day out in DC. Good times. lol I almost confiscated the camera from him, but in the end, it was a really great day. lol No cupcake, but still a good day. Watch and you'll see. : )
Dandrew's Big Day Out!

Time for a baby update! : )

2009-12-05T14:53:00.002-05:00

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...

2009-11-23T12:48:00.000-05:00

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

2009-11-07T22:39:00.000-05:00

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....

2009-11-03T12:30:00.000-05:00

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...?

2009-10-22T15:20:00.001-04:00

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

2009-10-20T12:47:00.000-04:00

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!

2009-10-15T14:39:00.000-04:00

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!!! : )

2009-10-08T13:52:00.001-04:00

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.....

2009-09-29T09:32:00.001-04:00

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!!!

2009-09-24T11:05:00.000-04:00

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...

2009-09-21T09:19:00.000-04:00

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.....

2009-09-17T12:22:00.000-04:00

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!!!

2009-09-15T10:26:00.000-04:00

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

2009-09-08T14:15:00.000-04:00

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

2009-09-04T12:22:00.001-04:00

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. :)

2009-09-03T14:48:00.002-04:00

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. :)

The Knights