Holy Macerole, it's been a while!

Hey everyone! So I am still alive and I'm sorry that it's taken me so long to update my blog. A lot has happened over the past few months and life has been a wee bit insane. I have several new ultrasound pics, a couple of prego pics and an angry tummy pic which I will attach. Ok, so let's play catch up...I am now going on 35 weeks pregnant and completely miserable and about the size of a planet! We found out about 2 months ago that our baby has an issue with the connection of his esophagus to his stomach called esophogeal atresia, so he is unable to eat via his mouth, which means that he is unable to swallow the amniotic fliud and will need sugery following birth. And because he is unable to swallow the fluid I just continue to build up more and more until now I have twice the amount of fluid that I should and my tummy measures over 4 weeks over-due even though I'm still over a month away from his due date. My stomach is so full with baby and fluid that I feel like I could pop at any moment and my stomach looks and feels as though I'm smuggling a good sized watermellon! Our baby weighed approx. 4 lbs, 10 oz as of 6/11/09 and is still happy, active and healthy in all other areas. We had to switch doctors and hospitals in order to deal with his problem so now I will be delivering at UC Davis and if all goes well with our baby after birth, he should only be in the NICU for 2-4 weeks. The doctors have scheduled me for inducing on July 15, but they may push it up which I would completely encourage. Everywhere I go people assume that I'm having multiples or that I'm going to pop at any moment and it's getting a little old being reminded of how far away my due date really is. I'm in a lot of pain and am finding it very difficult to sleep much any more and I can't really drive or be driven very much any more, but I am not on bed rest, so I'm grateful for that and I'm finding that Bryce and I are being blessed in so many different ways. We finally were able to buy our house and we are loving our new home and neighborhood. Bryce just got a job as Wheatland Fire's first ever Fire Fighter Intern, which is extremely exciting and we are blessed to be able to have most of our family available to come and visit us after the baby is born. :) So That about sums up all of the crazyness for now. I love you all and hope that all is going well for you also!

It's a Boy!!!

Hi all!

We had our 20 week ultrasound today and it is definitely a boy. The image of our son's gender was our first view of him during the ultrasound, it was as if he was saying, "Hello world, here I am!" It was so special for Bryce and I to be able to watch him. The pictures I've posted are from top-down: 1) His gender parts, 2) His foot, 3) His head and body, and 4) a 3-d image of his face, it's kind of hard to see it, but his head is the oval shaped light colored thing in the middle of the picture and if you look hard you can kind of make out his little facial features, his body is beneath him and he has his arm raised next to his head. He was so sweet! We saw him hiccup several times and he was moving all over the place, he's a little athlete already! He has all of his parts and everything looks good so far, but his tummy wasn't full, so they were unable to get a good picture of his stomach, so I'll be going back on Monday for a followup to try to get a clearer image of his stomach. My due date has also been pushed back once again from July 25 to July 30 now, so I get to look forward to a nice hot summer! :)

-Crystal

Here's our first look at our future child! Also, Bryce and I had our third month checkup on Friday (1/9/09) and we were able to hear our baby's heart beat for the first time. It was absolutely incredible! We were also able to hear it move, so apparently it's alive and well, which is a good thing! We will be able to get the gender deciding ultrasound done in March, so we're looking forward to that! I am just starting my second trimester and am starting to feel a bit better, which I am grateful for.

Newly Pregnant Crystal

I've seen a few different people take monthly pictures of their belly growing and I thought that it was a pretty cool concept, so I decided that I would do that also. So here I am at 0 months, about 2 months, and about 4 months.

Some Wedding Pics.

Bryce and I were married May 26, 2007 in Rocklin, CA. Here are some of the pics from our wedding.

Hi All!

Welcome to my blog! I thought that now would be a good time to start a blog so that I can keep family and friends updated about what's going on in my life. Enjoy!

Love,
Crystal De Witt