An Eventful Holiday Season!

Lots of fun baby things have been happening here! On Friday, I was at school and felt Kellen move. It was the first time I had no doubts it was him. Ever since then, I have felt him pretty much every time I sit or lie down. It has been so fun to feel him and I have even gotten a couple serious kicks! This morning, Chris had his hand on my belly and felt him move too! He was very excited... he has been anxiously awaiting that moment for a while now.

Friday night we had our family Christmas at my mom's. Kellen got a super cute car seat cover/shade, a personalized pool towel for Amma's pool, and a handmade teddy bear that my mom has been saving for over two years. It was a very fun night.

Saturday, Uncle Brendan came over and helped Chris paint the nursery. They did an excellent job! We will be adding wainscoting - kind of like white paneling to the bottom, that's why the whole wall isn't painted.

On Sunday, a friend dropped off bags of baby clothes from her three boys. Chris and I went through everything, plus some from our neighbor, and now have 4 garbage bags full of 0-6 months clothes, 2 bins full of 6-12 months clothes, one bin and garbage bag full of 12+ clothes! I'm pretty sure this baby will never wear all his outfits! Everything is too cute though and we feel so blessed. 

We have an ultrasound coming up on Thursday. As you might recall, Kellen wasn't cooperative last time so the doctor didn't get all the pictures she wanted. It will be fun to see him again! Hope you all are having a wonderful Christmas.

The most photographic baby :)

I know I'm a bad blogger since I haven't updated in awhile but things have been busy! So, the biggest news to report is that we are having a boy! I know most of you already know this, but we are sooooo excited! We found out a couple weeks ago at a 3D ultrasound. My mom, stepdad and brother were there. Chris' parents were listening in on the phone (they are in Arizona right now). At first the tech couldn't say for sure if he was a boy, although she suspected he was. He wasn't cooperating and giving us any good angles. I got up and walked around a little bit and lectured him :) When I came back, he was much better and couldn't stop proving that he was a boy! Chris and I both cried when she said he was for sure a he. It was amazing to see his little profile and see him moving all around... totally amazing that something that looks so human can be moving inside me and I couldn't feel him! His name is Kellen Lee Kays and we couldn't be happier. Here are a few of my favorite pics of the night:

My mom gave us an adorable hat and overalls (she had a boy gift and a girl gift ready to go!). We got a little bear with his heartbeat recorded inside it and a DVD showing him moving. We couldn't wait to share the news and this is the picture we sent out letting everyone know... We might be slightly obsessed with our cats.

Last week we had our doctor's ultrasound. They confirmed that he's still a boy and is probably going to stay that way :) Everything looked very healthy - no issues that they can see! We even got to see something very rare - Kellen was practicing his breathing. The tech said they only do that once in a while this early, so we were lucky to see his chest moving up and down. Otherwise, he was a very naughty baby boy! He wouldn't cooperate and we have to go back for another ultrasound because they didn't get all the pictures of his heart that they wanted. They measured the thickness of his skull and Chris said, "if he takes after his mom, it might be on the thicker side." Nice. We were very happy that everything looked good and feel like we're on cloud nine. They did take some pictures of him, but none are that awesome. My blood pressure was way down, which was great news, and I've only gained 3 pounds the whole pregnancy. 

On Saturday, we went to cut down our Christmas tree. On the way there, I think I felt Kellen move for the first time! I have felt it a few more times since then, but it's definitely nothing regular yet. Here's a picture of our last tree without Kellen. It's crazy to think that next year he'll be sitting up and babbling while we put the tree up!