Vranicar Family: Party of 5

It seems baby has Kevin's night owl syndrome. :) Or perhaps baby thinks that when I lay down at night I should actually still be moving around making noise. Apparently that is what is preferred for the little one. We were pretty entertained the other night watching my stomach move this way and that. It doesn't prevent me from getting sleep (trying to get comfortable does that) I really love the feeling of the baby twisting, turning, kicking and punching. I joked with Angelica that the baby must be playing Wii in there. Today marks month 6. Thinking back to the night walking to the Wild game when i told Kevin we were going to be having a baby, it seems like it has gone by so quickly. I really cannot believe that in 16 short weeks (give or take a few) we will have a brand new little person at home with us. It is such an amazing and exciting time.

Yep- I am now at the point where it would be hard to not tell that I am pregnant. The little papaya is getting bigger and stronger everyday- I am happy that so far most of the kicking is done while I am awake. :) I am anticipating some serious growth now- I've read that the baby's weight will double in the next four weeks. Which would still only make baby a little over 4 pounds. Tonight we are going to go a few more places to look at nursery furniture. We need to decide on a crib- the one that we thought we wanted....we no longer do. We also need to go and check out a few daycare centers. Our neighbors generously offered the info they have on their experience in selecting a center which was very helpful. (Although we are still quite amazed at the price of childcare- especially knowing what providers charge "up north") Many things on our to do list and we are enjoying doing them. Hard to image I am nearly 6 months now- soon we will be counting the days!

Last week I woke up every morning feeling as if I can grown a size or two over night! It is fun to finally feel like people can tell I am pregnant. Plus the baby is getting stronger and stronger. During last weekend's Miss Minnesota pageant the baby seemed to enjoy the loud music that played as the girls did their talents. Several of my friends have joked that the baby must be a girl and she is practicing her talent too. I am back at work today, tired and happy to be back to my normal schedule but glad that last week went so great. We have a new Miss Minnesota- Brooke Kilgarriff - she is going to be a wonderful representative this year. Need to play catch up a little today- tomorrow marks 23 weeks...more then. :)

Later this morning myself, the rest of the state board and 17 of Minnesota's most talented, intelligent and ambitious young women will start Miss Minnesota week 2009. (I do realize that that sentence sounds canned and well...fake, but believe it or not... check out their info at the beautiful showcaswe site that our lovely Nicole Sutterfield put together this year! Check in will start today at 1pm when the Quality of Life Finalists come to the Holiday Inn Select for their interviews. This interview and award do not have an affect on the overall outcome. It is a separate scholarship which the "girls" (which they are fondly referred to) submitted an essay on their community service work with their personal platform. Platforms range anywhere from Financial Smarts, Music Education, Diabetes Awareness, Mentoring, Volunteering, Getting out the Vote, you name it. In the year 2000 alone local and state contestants donated nearly 600,000 volunteer hours. To top that off each conte...

Yes, a nasty cold has taken over my body. It's just a cold, but the way that I am coughing, sneezing and "watering" all over the place I am sitting at home trying to get as much work done as possible. I'm thankful that I can work from home on days like these so my co-workers aren't exposed to this and so I can let my eyes water, my nose turn red and just feel like I'm falling apart without getting pitiful looks! :) Hoping tomorrow I feel better!

Week 21 is a banana! This makes conplete sense to me, all day it feels like I've got a little monkey in there bouncing around! More later.... next week is Miss MN week- which means alot needs to get done before then. :)

Yesterday Kevin and I got to really see our baby. This was a very fun appointment, being to spend so much time looking at the baby, watching it wave its arms and kicks its legs. Baby is measuring two days ahead in almost every category but its head, which is measuring four days ahead. The doctor claims our baby must have alot of brains. :) The pictures that we were able to capture don't do justice to how clear we could see everything. I really don't think we will be getting to see baby again now until their birthday this fall. But then again, who would have thought I would have so many ultrasounds in the first place! Me on the other hand, I asked the doctor about my weight gain. (I really didn't gain anything the first four months) this time however I sure did! haha She assured me every month would not be like this and that I am measuring right where I should be. Maybe the fact that I tried to squeeze into a few cocktail dresses for Miss Mn week and didn't even come c...