Baby Mittelstadt

5 month update

2010-01-22T17:15:00.000-08:00

Bradie is now 5 months old! He's over 20lbs now and breaks our back when we carry him in either the car seat or the Bjorn. He truly lights up our days when he smiles and laughs. He's rolling over to one side, he loves both his Johnny Jumper and his excer-saucer. He has two teeth coming in and has tried both rice cereal and bananas! He usually sleeps through the night but the past week he's been waking up at 1am for a brief feeding and back to bed he goes. We think he's waking up because he's got a little cold right now.

Last weekend Bradie stayed with Gma & Gpa Laws while mom and dad were in Dallas for Matt & Corley's wedding which was soooo fun! It was great to get home though and gave a whole new meaning to "coming home."

Baby Bradie has Arrived

2009-09-03T09:42:00.000-07:00

As many of you know by now, baby Bradie Steven Mittelstadt was born a few weeks late on August 14th 2009 at 2:26am. He weighed in at 9lbs 14.6oz and 21 inches long.

He has been warming up to his new home nicely and is a lot more comfortable now that he has pooped on the couch, peed on both of us and also zuked on Bentley...Bradie has no shame :)

He is a good eater at this point he seems to prefer meals every two hours during the day unless there is a long nap and about every 4-5 hours at night. We were shocked when our little angel slept for 7 straight hours one evening last week, and we were hopeful that that was his new normal, but we weren't so lucky. We can't complain though we do get a fair amount of sleep for having a newborn at home.

My sister Debbie stayed with us all last week to help me adjust to things and it was so wonderful having her here. We've nicknamed her the Baby Whisperer because it seemed as though she was the only one who could calm Bradie. We are obviously missing her this week!

I know that I shouldn't be so shocked by this but the amount of diapers and wipes that we have already gone through is amazing, I had no concept of how many diapers we'd be changing...correction...Eric would be changing ;)

Some other exciting news is that at our 2 week check up Bradie received a clean bill of health and weighed 10lbs 1oz. He is one strong boy, he has pretty good control of his head and neck, he tracks well and is very aware of his surroundings. He loves going for walks in the Bjorn and I love it even more because he usually falls fast asleep!

We are gearing up to take our first road trip next week to celebrate Matt & Karee's wedding in Pullman. Eric and I are both in the wedding so we've enlisted the help of GLove Linda & Grandpa Steve to help us watch Bradie. We are all super excited for the big event!

I am running out of juice on my computer so I am going to cut this post short, plus I hear someone waking up :)

Nursery

2009-08-07T14:37:00.000-07:00

The nursery is lonely...it needs something...but what would make this nursery complete?! Oh, I know...A BABY!!

Cheers

2009-08-07T14:33:00.000-07:00

My first glass of wine...will this work to get him out!? NOPE!!

Big Brother Bentley

2009-08-07T14:30:00.000-07:00

Bentley knows that something is up...I think he's going to be a great Big Bro ;)

August 1st -- Our Due Date

2009-08-07T14:23:00.000-07:00

Yep, we went out on the boat on Seafair! I thought it would induce labor, we weren't not so lucky. It's a week later and still no baby.

Thanks Deb & Jade, we had a great day on the boat!!

And we wait..

2009-08-03T14:36:00.000-07:00

It's clear to me now that babies come when they are good and ready. It doesn't matter how much you will them to come, they have their own agenda. I think it might be a character trait of LEO's (that is the boy's astrological sign). I am very thankful that my lil one has enjoyed his stay at the Holiday Inn known as my womb :)

I can't tell you how excited I am to meet the lil guy and see who's been kicking me for so long! I am making a Moroccan Chicken Stew that has been proven to induce labor...it's pretty involved but I think it will be worth it. If nothing else, I will have a delicious dinner tonight.

Thank you to everyone who is has been checking up on us and wishing us all well!

Love,
Soon to be Mom & Dad

Karee's Bachelorette Party

2009-07-27T16:02:00.001-07:00

Trying hard to keep up with the non-pregger ones was tough but I am so glad I was able to hang for awhile...yes we are at Cowgirls!

This heat is more draining than anything.

Belly Shots

2009-07-20T10:03:00.000-07:00

32 WEEKS AND COUNTING...

2009-06-05T16:39:00.000-07:00

An enjoyable boat cruise with friends and family on one of the record hot days in early June. These pictures were taken shortly before the wind storm blew in fast and furious! I can't believe that I am going to continue to get bigger and bigger, I don't feel like there is any room to grow.

Rainier 'the beer from here'...built in shelf.

2009-06-03T22:00:00.000-07:00

Katie on Lake Washington!

2009-06-03T21:56:00.000-07:00

Booze Cruizzzing!

Baby Momma Gooooooving!

2009-05-09T15:32:00.000-07:00

Steph's21st...Happy Birthday! Great night! Helping Katie to the car! Thanks Matt!

Baby Daddy Proposes to Baby Momma

2009-04-28T17:04:00.000-07:00

Baby now has parents that are engaged to be married...the baby is very excited about this and is kicking momma all the time :) So I guess we won't hyphenate the last names after all. We both thought Kjorvestad - Mittelstadt would look great on the back of a sports jersey.

Matt is excited for his Bambino!

2009-04-24T19:58:00.000-07:00

Aunties

2009-04-13T20:13:00.000-07:00

They are still waiting for 'the boy' to kick.....maybe someday!

Love me some SUN!

2009-04-06T11:11:00.000-07:00

Nuff said!

IT'S A BOY!!!

2009-03-29T21:08:00.000-07:00

Today we found out that we are having a baby boy! We had a "Sex Party" to reveal the sex of the baby to our immediate family and it was such a fun experience for us all. The Grandmas cried of course and all four aunties jumped with excitement at the news. It feels so surreal and we can't believe that this is actually happening.

Eric's Second Cousin - Baby Ricky

2009-03-25T11:23:00.001-07:00

Eric holding his Second Cousin "Lil Ricky" on his first day in the world. Eric looks like a natural :)

Big Brother Bentley!!

2009-03-23T16:45:00.000-07:00

He is sure looking forward to the new "Bambino"!

21 Weeks!!

2009-03-23T16:35:00.000-07:00

Katie at 21 weeks. You Bet! Kate is Pregnant? What the......

Ultrasound #2

2009-03-13T17:45:00.000-07:00

So yesterday we had our ultrasound and everything is looking good and healthy with the bambino. The baby had a heart rate of 135 bpm, so those of you that think you know what the Sex will be from that...there you go! The new delivery date is July 29th, two days earlier than what they originally told us. The baby was punching quite a bit which concerns me a little; we may have an ultimate fighter or boxer in the womb :)

Eric got a new camera lense in the mail this week and he's been busy figuring out how to use it so we will be able to capture professional looking pics of the baby once he/she is here.

We picked up the crib on Wednesday and I must say it's a little weird to have baby furniture in the house, it's becoming so real so fast.

New Dr & New Hospital

2009-03-06T16:32:00.000-08:00

I finally chose my new Dr yesterday and I couldn't be more excited. I think it's going to be a perfect fit! I am going to be at Swedish Midwifery in Ballard.

One other benefit is that I will be delivering at Swedish Ballard...yeah! I really liked how comfortable and low-key it was when I last visited.

17 weeks and 6 days ;)

2009-02-27T16:37:00.000-08:00

Kinda blurry, but you get the gist of it! Yeah, I am finally starting to look prego and not phat.

Thanks everyone for all the kind words, we love you all!

17 Weeks...almost halfway there

2009-02-22T13:57:00.000-08:00

17 Weeks has gone by so fast and I assume that the next few months will fly by too. It's been so great to get valuable feedback from other moms and dads on what to do and what to buy.

Yes, I actually stopped a couple w/kids in Target yesterday to ask how to pick-out a car seat. They were so sweet and helped to give me some tips.

Eric has been working hard on getting the backyard ready for a much needed shed. Last week he did about 3 - 4 dump runs and organized a bunch of junk in the backyard...he's my hero! Since su casa is super small we need a shed to put all that stuff that we don't use everyday. We are already running out of room and the baby and all the "stuff" that they come with isn't even moved in yet. I'm hoping that once we get the office turned into a nursery that we will have purged a bunch of things...anyone doing a yard sale soon, we have a lot to sell :)

See what the baby looks like now: http://www.babycenter.com/fetal-development-images-17-weeks

1st Ultrasound

2009-02-17T17:26:00.000-08:00

This is a belated post only because we weren't blogging when this took place but I thought it would be a good idea to revisit.

Our first ultrasound was on January 12, 2009 and I was about 11 weeks pregnant (ewww bentley just farted and it really stinks), and it was a routine first appointment at the Dr's office which they call the intake appointment. You don't actually see a Dr but you do get a lot of face time with a well qualified nurse. We first did the Doppler, which is what allows you to hear the heartbeat but we weren't so lucky to hear a heartbeat from some reason or another. The nurse said we were going to need to to an ultrasound which we were happy that it was going to happen on that day!! (Waiting really stinks) So we went upstairs and had ourselves an ultrasound, which was quite possibly the coolest thing that Eric or I had ever seen! There in fact was a heartbeat (a strong one) and the lil peanut looked less alien like than I thought. It was moving so much that the tech said we had a healthy swimmer on our hands! Oh no we thought to each other...it's going to be active just like Eric was when he was little, just ask his mom.

All in all the baby looked healthy and we left with the first most expensive black and white picture of our little one...amazing!

Movies

2009-02-17T17:18:00.000-08:00

We just finished watching a movie that I rented at the library, "From Conception to Birth." We think we remember watching this in 9th grade health class but it was a nice refresher without being too in your face.

By the way, Libraries are wonderful! I just went to my local library for the first time since I was in elementry school and these establishments have really come a long way. The way it scans your checked out books and movies is really top-notch. Plus I think it took me less than 3 min to get a library card which used to take over a week to get in the mail. I just hope I can remember to return the books and movies on-time...that was always an issue for me.

Learning and Loving it,
Kate

16 Weeks and Counting

2009-02-17T17:10:00.000-08:00

Due to sheer boredom we are blogging about the progress of our lil peanut. We'll add pics and updates as they become available. Please feel free to ask us any burning questions you may have ;)

Do you wanna see what it looks like? Click here: http://www.babycenter.com/fetal-development-images-16-weeks

Lots of Love,
Eric & Kate