So Lisa got a haircut! She says that it would be her last opportunity in a looooong time, so she had to do it.  Well, i’m glad she did because it came out really good.  So once again i feel the need to take pictures.  Plus i have feel we haven’t been taking enough.  My original plan was to take hundreds so that we can look back and have like a full scrapbook of the full pregnancy.  Hopefully we can do that, and continue to document everything after this whole pregnancy is over.

Lisa Update: So at this time Lisa feels like she is  “big”and is starting to look really pregnant.  Her back is starting to get painful through the day.  But the pains are still here and there and not all the time.

 

 

This was from the long awaited baby shower.  Planned by the Korean Martha Stewart’s. 🙂  Good company made for a good day.

So this is all ours.  Minus the car. Well not ours, the banks.  But our’s soon…..in 30 years. 🙂  But for now, it’s in our names to officially be ours.  In 30 years.  It’s a work in progress and Lisa was simply amazing dealing with the morons over at MK Lending. Yeah you know who you are!  But anyway, after all the stress and escrow, the keys officially belonged to us on March 31st, 2011.  Hell yeah, we OWN the keys.  The house soon…..in 30 years.

So this is many many months after the original shot.  Coincidentally wearing the same outfit as the first picture. Coincidentally the same pose, position and made bed.  Not coincidentally, is that the smile is now gone from her face. 😛

So 30 weeks in.  Almost there.  No more pill popping queasiness.   What we now have is, no more sleeping on your back, pillow hoarding, neck, back and feet pain days.  Oh baby!  The baby kicks are stronger and they aren’t just taps here and there.  They are elbow grinding, knee pressing, belly bruisers.  But Lisa says she feels a closer connection with her.  Being able to feel more of her movements.  The bigger the kicks, the more she feels and the more real it gets.  I can’t wait.

Okay, so this is Lisa at 6 months in. Still not “BIG” yet. Still not waddling yet.

This was taken from a placed called Prenatal Peak in Torrance.  Lisa wanted to make sure that it REALLY was a girl! All i remember is being really excited and having clammy hands.  They play classical music while we watch, to i guess add some dramatic effect.  Also the technician wears scrubs? For what? Umm, all you’re doing is rubbing a lubed up wand across a womans belly.  Anyway, It was kind of weird to finally see her moving and catch a glimpse of what she kind of looks like. Looks like ME! Hopefully. No, but as cliche as it sounds, i really just want her to be healthy. Seriously….. And not have my feet.

So, 22 weeks in.  Still smiling. Nice. But for how long?  Dom da dom dom!

So here’s another shot i think right before going to Cerritos Mall.  Only a few months in, no cramps or pains yet, just pill poppin’  queasy cheesiness.  A little bump.  Not enough for people to comment on because its at that in-between stage of  being pregnant, or just getting really fat.

So this is it. The day we find out if it’s a boooooy or girrrrrrl!!  Very interesting day, and I’ll tell you why.  So we’re going through the whole sonogram process again checking the baby’s size, heart and movements.  Yeah, yeah, yeah okay so i just wanted to say  “come on lady just get to the point!”  But anyway, as she moved into the lower Netherlands of the baby, i begin to stare hard, staring, trying to focus, then finally, i friggen see nothing.  So i just look at the doctor, “weeeell?”  All this while Lisa just lays there saying nothing.  No expression.  Any guy would be happy with a boy,  as  were the case with me, but i somewhat was convinced due to that fact of Lisa’s boasting of how a girl would be that much better and sweeter, swayed my intentions of somewhat wanting a girl a little more.  Anyway, i’m still staring at the doctor, then at the screen, then back at the doctor, then she speaks  “Okay so what you’re having is a ……… …… .. GIRL!  Hearing the news I became sooooo happy, giddy, and couldn’t keep still. “A girl? Really? A girl? Yeeeeeees!” Okay, so all this time i was assuming that Lisa and I were on the same page and slightly leaning toward wanting to have a girl.  But as I am celebrating I look over to her to expect a somewhat similar reaction, but, she just has no enthusiasm at all and is like ” a girl? really? a girl?

Me –  “you didn’t want a girl this whole time?”

Lisa –  “No, i did…  But i guess deep down i REALLY wanted a boy.  But, i am still happy. 🙂 ”

Me – “um yeeeeah okay, interesting… lol”

Lisa – “are you sure it’s a girl??”, “Can you check again??”

Kris – “oooooh my,  well hopefully it’s just a boy with a non existent penis.”

So now we’re in deep thought of the news and also begin to visualize the future of our child as a girl.  All in all it was an exciting, memorable aannnd interesting 🙂 experience that I’ll never forget.  I can’t wait to see HER!

Okay so this is this second time we went to get the sonogram and have a clear shot of how it’s growing and if everything looks pretty normal.  But i doubt they could really tell if anything was wrong at this point.  Could they?  I don’t know but once again i’m in awe just by hearing the heart beat alone.  And to now see the full body inside Lisa just adds to the whole experience.  I can’t wait!

BTW it’s still too soon to find out the sex of the baby!  I guess if it’s a boy the penis would still be way too small to recognize. lol

Well here it is! Don’t know if it’s a boy or girl yet because it’s puny.  As you can see the doctor said around the size of a Lima bean.  The only sign of life you could see was the itty bitty flicker of light which was the heart beating.  Which also sounds really fast.

Okay so here’s a few things Lisa has to use on a daily basis.  The puke pills and the belly greasers.  She gets the gag reflex every time she takes the pills and on numerous occasions has thrown up instantly after swallowing them.  Oh how fun! 🙂  Buuuut, they’re supposedly good for the skin, hair, nails, overall health aaaannd for the baby.  Win win right? Ask Lisa and she’ll tell you differently.

This was the day we visited the doctor to find out if Lisa was REALLY pregnant. It was a couple of weeks later and within those weeks were a good amount of additional home pregnancy tests.   We did this why? I don’t know. But as you can see from the pictures we were still in some sort of disbelief until we got the official confirmation from the doctor.

And YES! It’s Official!!

Ok this is the first shot of our future mamma’s belly.  Only three days after we took the tests! Did we REALLY expect to see a bump yet? 🙂 So, this was suppose to be a weekly thing, but i guess that all depends if Lisa was feeling fat or not that week. I’ll try to get as much of these shots as possible.  Seeeexxy!

And so it begins!  I’ve actually replayed this through my mind many times before it actually happened, and what i always imagine was me, jumping for joy and going nuts being extremely happy.  It was around 6 months in the making and when i came home from work Lisa was grinning and itching to tell me the news.  I really couldn’t believe it.  I was extremely happy, but in such a shock that i really didn’t know how to act.  Excited. Of course. Happy. Without a doubt. Nervous, scared, concerned, and in disbelief were all the emotions that also fell on me that very instant. Are you sure? 😛 Whatever the case, we were extremely blessed and could not wait for the journey to begin!