Im having a BABY!!!!!

*note these photos where from August 8th at 17 1/2 weeks or 4 months! People see me now and I think they are surprised when they hear my January due date, expecting me to say November-my baby is making an early debut is what I say! Oh sweet boy! Also note how cute my boy is with his little hand resting on his knee, as if he was tapping to the beat of music!

So as most of you know I am pregnant!

With a sweet baby boy, that's soo handsome, infact who looks like Mike-I promise!

There is so much that has been going on, but I will back track a bit and then start here at 19 1/2 weeks along!

*I started showing since I was 11 weeks-when I was offered my first subway seat-thanks lady on the cross town bus! And was congratulated by the pizza guy in the neighborhood-just by the size of my belly! Soon after people - total strangers- would start pointing to me and say "so boy" "your straight out" "you look boy", thanks Jamaican nurse, Chinese woman, and Mike's coworker...then my cravings followed suit, not sweet for this sugar obsessed woman, no no this baby like SOUR SPICY and HOT-lets just say that I stopped for fast food Chinese, which I haven't done in years, for Kung Pou Chicken and to top it off when asked do I want sauteed or fried...Uhhemmmmm FRIED, of course! ;)

And Mike spoils me and I am no longer Misha, I am Misha and baby (whose name you will all have to wait till the birth for). Mike seriously anxiously awaits to hold my belly and talk to our boy through the megaphone-aka my belly button-yes that can be awkward! I remind Mike that babies hear low deep sounds best-thanks National Geographic In The Womb-but that can turn out funny, the baby might be surprised when he realizes his father isn't Darth Vader! ;) Oh and even on my days off he cooks and cleans for me in fact he gets irritated if I do the dishes on my days off! Crazy man! And when we walk down the street he sticks out his hand, "Why" I say "I want to carry your purse," he says, not that I don't run the streets of New York with multiple bags in tow when I am alone but I love how he loves me so well. Hey with this kind of treatment I told him I am going on 10 kids! Really I love being a princess, Thank you lord for giving me a real solid glimpse into how you love me so sweetly.

Also our little sweet love is a mover and a shaker! From week 8 at like an inch big he was jamming side to side doing a jig-the doctor was like "Wow, look at your baby go!" Our babe was like "I have arm buds and I am going to move 'em!" (like his mother everyone said, and with pride I beamed!) And to be honest I thought I could easily become one of the moms with the bumper sticker that screams "My kids on honor roll...." bc hey I wanted a sticker that said "My baby moved at 8 weeks in the womb!" And then at the next ultrasound at 12 weeks we could hardly get the proper angles bc of his action, which started in a headstand and then multiple flips side to side and waves and clapping and non stop motion! The technician switched to check out my ovaries to which I said, "Oh, what are you looking for," and she replied "We are just waiting for your babies cooperation." To which I started laughing - ohhh to think my sweet baby could have a cooperation! ;) Then when we heard the heart beat at the 13 week appointment the rhythm was off, I wasn't concerned but I noticed it, then my doctor-who I love and is so fun and outgoing and maternal and who often high fiving me exclaiming, "You're having a baby!"- said "Do you hear those sounds that's the baby moving around!" Even the heart beat was muffled he was soo active! But at this time we didn't know if he was our little boy just yet, but we prayed for God to open our hearts to receive the perfect human he was and is creating in there!

So just 2 1/2 weeks ago at 17 weeks my doctor gave us another ultrasound where we saw our sweet baby boy..with a little carrot! "Its obvious" she said! Of course we cried. When I see this little person growing inside of me I always cry (and laugh too). The first time I thought "Wow, Lord you love me this much" and the second time I was just filled with joy and laughter and this last time I thought "Wow Lord really me a son, what a grace gift." My little grace gift so undeserved a reminder of Gods rich and deep love, I mean who deserves to have a human that God designs grow in their womb and then to raise it and be filled with life long unconditional love...wow Thanks God for giving us humans this treasure.

So Motherhood has begun, and one thing I have realized, I am not in control. Of course I can make wise choices and pray and love and nurture my son, of course-but everything is in God's hands he is in control-Thank God!

**Funny updates:

You know you're pregnant when your wearing compression socks-wait you didn't have to wear those, oh that's right cramps are supposed to go away after a stretch or two...opps...well after two doc appts and a $15 pair of socks which ripped after the first wear! I still have a leg cramp-going on the sixth day! Electrolytes it is for me.

You know you are pregnant when one morning you wake up and think or exclaim, "My back, my back!" Yes then I remember just like in Pilate's turn to the side and gently lift up!


You know your pregnant when you want to turn in your breasts for the night, yes take them off and lay them on the night stand please...and to think the milk hasn't even come in yet! Hey at least they look great! Well according to friends and of course my husband!