He's finally here!

The little love of my life Damon James Keith is finally here. I can't believe my pregnancy is over already. The last week when I was overdue was kind of hard it is more than worth the wait. Now I get to hold the most perfect little human being in the world.

We have been home from the hospital for about 30 hours and the first night was pretty rough, but I know it will get better. I just can't wait to see what everyday brings. I'm so excited...and a little nervous about what the future holds, but I know it will be amazing.

Come on Damon!

Today Damon is two days late. We are scheduled for an induction on the 23rd, the day before Christmas Eve! If he waits until then, we will be celebrating another birthday every year during this time. I have always loved Christmas time and now I'm going to love it even more because it will be a time to celebrate my first baby boy! :) Hopefully he will decide to come a couple days early though, because I want him to come on his own. Now this time I really hope the next time I post I can post some pictures of my newborn baby boy. :)

Apparently he wasn't listening

Damon did not come on Thanksgiving, but thats ok! Maybe he will come today haha... I don't really think that's going to happen. Regardless of how early or late he comes we have three weeks or less and although I am not a patient person, I think I can hold out until he's ready. I am just so anxious to meet my little baby! Last night I put all of our names on our stockings and hung them up and I thought about how I will be putting those stockings up every year and hopefully adding a few more in the coming years. It made me very excited thinking about Damon waking up and looking in his stocking every year on Christmas morning. I can't believe my first pregnancy is almost over! Although I may have complained a little along the way it was not even close to as hard as I thought it would be and it seriously flew by! In just a few days I will get the most rewarding gift of my life and I already feel so blessed. We will see if I make it back for another post. ;)

Me and Damon Had a Talk...

I talked to Damon today and I told him how much fun he was going to have once he gets out here and I promised him that it would be way better than being inside my stomach. I am trying to convince him to come out and join us just after we hit 37 weeks. He doesn't have to come any earlier than that but anytime during that week would be great. Nick didn't think it was a great idea because the day I turn 37 weeks preg is Thanksgiving, but I really don't care! Thanksgiving is normally my fave holiday but I would much rather meet my baby than stuff myself which inevitably will happen...unless of course I am in the hospital in labor. I know that I'm really close, but I am losing patience! All I want is to hold Damon in my arms...and not be pregnant anymore!

My first baby shower

This past weekend I had my first baby shower for my lil baby Damon. :) I can't believe how much stuff this guy got! My aunts and I counted 47 outfits! I'm pretty sure that's more clothes than I have. His closet is almost full already. We also finally ordered our crib and it should be here by next week. I can't wait because than the nursery will be pretty much complete. Its a good thing too, cause its getting so close. I will be 32 weeks tomorrow and now I'm starting to understand why pregnant women complain about being uncomfortable! I feel like my belly weighs 100lbs! I'm on the verge of buying one of those weight belt looking things just to hold my belly up! And, I don't even want to get into the heartburn and indigestion I've been having. Its terrible! But despite everything I couldn't be more excited about being so close to meeting my first baby boy! I never imagined I could love someone so much that I've never even seen before.

Kicking (and punching)

I have been feeling Damon kick for several weeks now but it wasn't until yesterday that it really became intense. He started out the day by kicking right into my rib. He kicked so hard that it made me jump. I have heard pregnant women talk about this happening before, but I really didn't believe it, until I experienced it myself. I was just sitting at my desk working when Boom! He kicked me so hard it kind of scared me. Throughout the day he pretty much stayed focused on the rib area, but gave me a little break from the really hard kicks. Last night it continued again when I laid down in bed. This time he was focusing on my left side and I had the comforter over my belly with my arm over it and he kicked so hard that it made my arm move! Then I started thinking about his last ultrasound pics and how I thought his legs looked really muscular and his feet looked huge! Plus he only weighed 1lb at that time. He is probably around 2.5lbs by now and I'm sure his legs and feet are only getting bigger and bigger! Basically, I don't even want to know what its gonna be like when he gains another 5lbs. He will probably bust right through my belly!!

Maternity clothes...Ugh

So I am now at the point in my pregnancy where my pre preg clothes are definitely not an option. So this weekend I had to go maternity clothes shopping for the first time. Seeing the jeans with the elastic waistband hanging on the rack nearly brought me to tears they are so ugly looking! But the thing is, regular clothes just don't work anymore, so I am left to choose between being uncomfortable or being slightly unfashionable. I went with the comfy option! After trying on the elastic waistband jeans, I had to have them!! I've been wearing my "regular clothes" for way to long when I could've been in elastic heaven this entire time! I have seriously been missing out! Also, I found a really cute dress in my pre preg size that fits like a really cute shirt. So even though maternity shopping isn't my idea of fun, it still turned out ok, and now I have plenty of room to grow into my new clothes (oh how exciting).

Damon's First Duck Game

So I am taking my belly full of baby to the Boise State vs. Oregon football game tonight! I am very excited and I am hoping for a Duck victory!! I wanted to make a shirt that said "future duck fan inside" or something cute like that, but I didn't find out that I got tickets until yesterday, so I didn't have time, but don't worry my shirt is extra tight so you can really see my belly!!



This is my first post so I want to let you know that everything has been going great so far with my first pregnancy. I have added a ticker to countdown the weeks until Damon's due date. I will try to put up some belly pics as soon as I have the courage to actually take any ;). I want to do this blog as a little journal of how things go over the next few months of my pregnancy so I can have this as a record for me to look back on when Damon is a teenager and really pissing me off I can look back on this blog and remember how excited I was for his arrival. Haha.



I first found out I was having a little boy two weeks ago and Nick (my husband) is completely out of his mind with excitement. It is the cutest thing ever to see how excited he is to be having a son. So far Damon is just kicking away and I think he must really be going through a growth spurt about now because every morning when I wake up my belly (along with everygthing else) looks bigger!

I will hopefully be returning tomorrow to blog about our little boys first game being a victory for the Ducks!! :)