3 Months

Wow!  Time flies when you have a newborn.  We are so in love with our little guy and we are having so much fun watching him change and grow.
At 3 months:
-He is an awesome sleeper!  Steven has been sleeping from 7pm-5am since 8 weeks old.  He then wakes up for the day around 7am.

-He is so happy!  His smiles are contagious and he loves to show them off.

-He loves his Jumperoo.  He jumps and jumps and is entertained for quite awhile.

-He is cutting a tooth.  He has not complained too much, but is hands have become his new best friends and he is quite the drooler.

-This week he moved to his crib for naps and he is doing such an awesome job....we'll tackle nighttime next week:)

-He loves to see the world.  He does not like to be confined in one place for too long...

-He knows what he wants, and can be quite stubborn if he does not get it....wonder where he got that from:)

We cannot wait to see what lies ahead with our little guy.  He surprises us everyday!

It's a Boy!

Steven Donald Knutson was born on Friday, March 29, 2013 at 8:30 P.M.  He was 5 lbs. 13 oz. and was 18 in long.  We are beyond in love with our Easter Blessing.

On Thursday night, I was starting to have some mild cramping, nothing too painful, so I decided to go to bed.  As I was getting into bed, I felt some water and I told Troy that I thought my water had broken.  We went to the hospital and they confirmed that my water broke. 

Since I was not having heavy contractions, they gave me medicine to begin the labor process and told us to get some rest.  Needless to say, getting rest was not so easy because we were super excited!

At 5:30 A.M., I still was not contracting on my own, so they gave me pitocin to get the contractions started--and boy did they ever!  By 7:30, I was ready for the epidural.  My contractions were 3 minutes a part and very strong...let me just say I have so much respect for women that labor without drugs!

By 5:00 P.M., I was ready to start pushing, but because of the epidural, I was having a difficult time and so they reduced the medicine so I could feel what I was doing.  I pretty much felt it all!

I pushed for 2 1/2 hours and finally delivered our baby boy!  He was perfect in every way and we instantly fell in love.

Pretty much 40 weeks

Looking and feeling great. Getting ready for a due date hike tomorrow morning. We can't wait to meet Steven or Sophia.

33 Weeks!

8 months and counting! 
Last weekend, my mom, sisters and Annie threw me a wonderful baby shower.  Baby Knutson is so spoiled already with all of the generous gifts that we received.  Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures to post of the day, but hopefully I will soon.

Baby Knutson is a mover and a shaker.  We laugh daily watching my belly move around in waves.  It is especially funny when they get the hiccups and my belly vibrates:)  I am pretty lucky that I still feel pretty comfortable and baby hasn't caused any pain  yet!

We are also almost done with the nursery.  I will post some pictures when it is all done.  We are getting really excited for the little one's arrival....

Babymoon!

I know, we are weird...most people babymoon somewhere warm, but we both love the cold and outdoors, so Lake Tahoe was the perfect spot for us.  Unfortunately, on the drive up, we had a little bit of car trouble (okay, a lot of car trouble) and we had to stay the first night in Stockton:(  But, the next morning, we were on our way!

We had a great stay at Plumpjack Inn in Squaw Valley!  We had an excellent dinner and I even had my dessert bought by the mayor because his wife was celebrating his birthday also.

Because there was not as much snow as we thought, we took the opportunity to take a hike to Shirley Lake.  It was a gorgeous day and the hike was amazing! 

Squaw Creek

Rosie had so much fun playing and running in the snow.  She was dead to the world for awhile after we got back!

What a beautiful day!

On Sunday, we took a drive around the Lake.  We couldn't have asked for better weather to enjoy the day.

On our last day, somehow Troy convinced me to take the tram to High Camp.  I made it up there alive and we enjoyed a nice lunch overlooking the Valley.

24 Weeks

6 months went by so quickly!  I am still feeling really well and feeling the baby move quite a bit. We are getting really excited to meet the little one soon:)

Last year in December we traveled to Antigua for our honeymoon and while we were gone our house was tented, so we were not able to get  a tree or put up lights.  This year, I was anxious to get into the decorating mood!

Troy and I have a tradition to buy a tree that is wrapped and not to look at it opened up until we get home.  I know it sounds crazy, but we always end up with a great tree, and this year was not an exception. 

Happy Holidays!

Half Way There!

21 weeks

So, we are officially half-way there! 
I am starting to feel little belly pokes here and there, but haven't experienced the full blown kicks yet.  It feels so surreal to feel the little one moving inside of me...  We had our anatomy scan on Wednesday and everything looks great.  The baby is measuring perfectly and is very active.  We are still "Team Green", but the tech that did the ultrasound gave us an envelope with pictures that would tell us the gender "just in case we changed our minds".  It is tempting, but I figure that if we've waited this long, we can wait another 20 weeks.