Bitty B - The Newest & Bittiest Bryan

New blog

2009-08-30T06:09:00.000-07:00

Since Alivia is now officially a citizen, (her social security card
came in the mail and everything) she has moved on to bigger and better
blogs (mostly just because the website is easier for family to remember)
She and I are out of town with the volleyball team that I coach.. So
there isn't much to the blog right now, but that will change...
Someday... When I get a spare minute (not holding my breath though)
even as I type this blog with 1 thumb from my iPhone (because Alivia
is currently occupying my OTHER hand) it's 5:30 am, I have 1 and a
half hours of sleep in me for the past 2 days- and I am headed outside
to wake up 12 high school girls for some team-building exercises. In a
few hours we will all be hiking to Silver Falls, spending the day
bonding then making the 3 hour trip back home... Life is a little
crazy and chaotic, but indescribably good.

Visit the new blog: http://AliviaLynn.blogspot.com

-Kristin Bryan
Sent from my iPhone

Finally at home / sunbathing for jaundice

2009-08-15T10:24:00.000-07:00

More pictures in no particular order

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Day 1 pics

2009-08-13T08:45:00.001-07:00

more pics

2009-08-13T07:15:00.001-07:00

A ton of pictures, in no particular order... blogger does not have the most efficient photo upload tool... and i don't have the energy to fix them right now :-)

Alivia Lynn

2009-08-13T06:56:00.000-07:00

8/12/09 3:21pm
6lbs 8ounces
19.5"
Perfectly healthy

Quick update

2009-07-31T19:06:00.001-07:00

Only 1 cm dialated. Still thick (sorry if this is too much info for
you). Need to make some more progress next week for the induction to
happen on Sunday.
That's where we're at.

-Kristin Bryan
Sent from my iPhone

Newborn beanie I just finished making

2009-07-17T19:36:00.000-07:00

-Kristin Bryan
Sent from my iPhone

Everything is almost ready!

2009-07-17T15:46:00.000-07:00

The vinyl letters are UP

Sassy princess piggy bank

2009-07-17T15:38:00.001-07:00

Had to post a picture of this piggy bank that I found at Target today
so my mom could see it (she doesn't have email.. Crazy lady)

2009-07-15T11:32:00.001-07:00

I don't have any pictures. I just noticed that it has been an
excessively long time since I last blogged.
Update: we are 2 weeks away from being full-term, so she could come
anytime after that. And we are a little over 3 weeks from the
tentative inducement date.
Then we will have lots of pictures!

-Kristin Bryan
Sent from my iPhone

CAR SEAT COVERS

2009-05-19T17:16:00.000-07:00

I bought some fabric and had my mom's friend make me some new car seat covers (thanks for the car seat Gina!) and she finished them (well, the canopy is still coming.. but.. still) and I love them!
so I thought I would share...

as with everything else they are cuter in real life.. this is our girly one thats pink with brown polka dots and brown and green paisley (brown minky dot down the center)

And this is the one that we will use if we have a boy in the future (but still really cute for a girl, if I do say so myself) It's brown minky dot down the center and brown and green paisley on the sides.

I love them!

3D Ultrasound pictures

2009-05-11T09:43:00.001-07:00

We went and had a 3D/4D ultrasound done yesterday while we were in Las Vegas - and this just served to prove what we already knew to expect - our little girl is sassy. We spent a REALLY long time watching her suck on her feet (yes her feet) and her hands... and a whole lot of time watching her cover her face with all 4 of her appendages. Basically, she knew we wanted to see her, so she made it difficult, I'm pretty sure of it. But what we DID get to see of her was cute (if I do say so myself... but I may be a little biased) The ultrasound tech could not get over how big her feet were, how long her legs were, and how stinkin' long her fingers were (maybe she will break the curse of fat little flintstone fingers in our family) she seriously commented on them probably 50 times.
Fair warning - there are a million pictures (only 42 actually, but that may as well be a million) and a lot of them (and I do mean a lot) aren't good - but who has time to organize and go through pictures these days... i decided to just put the whole lot up here, and let you chose which ones to look at.

Oh also, the large elfish looking ear that you will see on her right side (the left side looking at the pictures) is actually her fist - (trust me, I was worried myself) - but i was assured (a few times) that she just had her arm up (again) and that it wasn't an abnormally large terrible ear.
All in all - it was a lot of fun, even though we didn't get many good pictures. It was fun to WATCH her kick as I felt and.. and to have proof that she spazzes out constantly (the tech even commented on how busy she is constantly compared to most, she slept for about 2 minutes of the appointment) It was just fun to have a little glimpse into her world, and see her do all of the things that I feel all of the time. bottom line.. 3 months is a long time to still wait for her!
We have a DVD too, but I can't find a free program to convert it to AVI - so I'm not sure I'm going to be able to post any of the video.... we shall see...

This is her heartbeat, not that exciting

alien?? no, her turning her back on us so we couldn't see her face... look at all those ribs..

this is kind of like one of those trick pictures.. where you have to stare at it really hard to figure out what you're looking at.. it's actually her face, on it's side... cuddling with the placenta (the other way she didn't cooperate, she was constantly cuddling with something so we couldn't get a full shot)

Just a fist... not a large ear...

Both arms tucked behind her head.. those are her elbows sticking out either side

Sucking her thumb..

again.. just a fist.. not a large elf ear...

See both those hands on either side of her face and elbows out in front?? (I do this when I have a headache.. but my mom and I are believing that she won't get migraines like the rest of us.. so I think she was just showing us how annoyed she was with us)

Hand in front of the face... toes up touching her hand... talent really..

If I remember correctly, these are either both of her feet or both of her hands crossed together

Sucking her thumb.. are they supposed to start that this early?

We needed confirmation (now that the nursery is almost done, and we have a ton of girl clothes) that we were indeed having a girl.. i was terrified that she was going to find a little pee pee.. but this is the really obvious between the leg shot.

Sucking on both hands at once.. how about that?!

I'm number 1?? or is she scolding us?? or is she simply trying to figure out how to get it back into her mouth??

In case you can't tell what this is... her head (half of it anyway) is to the right.. and then she is all curled up in a little ball. that left hump is her little butt and the right one is her shoulders, arms and legs tucked under.

Crib Bedding and Nursery

2009-05-09T10:26:00.000-07:00

The crib bedding is here!! and the nursery is starting to look like a real nursery...
The pictures aren't great, sorry about that, it's cuter in real life ;-)

We also leave for Vegas tomorrow morning and we are getting a 4D ultrasound done there, so we will have some pictures and hopefully some video from that too. and I promise to be better about taking pictures while we are there (you might even see my massive belly in some of the pictures) - so stay tuned for those.

a little behind in the blogging world

2009-04-27T09:08:00.000-07:00

so... apparently it's been almost a month since I last blogged... oops :-/

and today isn't going to be much better - but I have a doctor's appointment this afternoon, and maybe I will get to blogging tomorrow, so in the meantime - here are the fruit and stat updates.

that bebe is negative four (-4) months old this weeks (that makes me 6 months along, if you're keeping track) and she's just over a foot long and just over 1 lb.

so here is an ear of corn for length, and a mango for weight - enjoy!!

Changer/Dresser & CLOTHES

2009-03-30T10:58:00.000-07:00

Baby's changing table/dresser is being delivered today (see photo below) so this weekend, in preparation for the arrival, Luke and I spent a day removing tags from all of the clothes that we have thus far (**NOTE** I think we have plenty of 6 month onesies - so when baby shower time comes around ... we don't need any more of this size, thanks) reading washing instructions (I already have a love/hate relationship with this super cute white sweater that we have that apparently has to be hung up to dry - my least favorite thing about laundry) and doing 3.75 loads of baby laundry (most of the clothes have to be dried on "delicate" so I am counting 0.25 extra loads for each extra drying cycle) Then we folded them, and organized them by size - so excited to get the dresser put together and put the clothes away!
We also spent some time researching baby names and their meanings - and have compiled a work-in-progress list to take with us to the hospital. And, to all of you who have been asking about what we have named her - we aren't going to name her until we actually SEE her, but we will have our list narrowed down by then - and we will post as the list gets shorter.

19 Weeks (we skipped week 18 on the blog)

2009-03-25T14:27:00.000-07:00

I just got the email "your pregnancy: 19 weeks" so I figured it was time to give you a NEW FRUIT.

Heirloom Tomato - that's the size comparison this week... which seems a little absurd to me, because I think the turnip looked bigger.. but apparently not.

I also included the "non-fruit" version... mostly because it looks like it's really start to suck in there.. and I had to giggle at the fact that she still has like 5 months in that tiny little cramped space - glad you only have to go through that once in your life...

Ultrasound pictures

2009-03-17T15:09:00.000-07:00

Here are the digital files of our ultrasound pictures. I'm sure this won't be anything to special to most of you, because I never thought ultrasound pictures were before.. usually I couldn't tell what I was looking at, and even when I could... all the babies looked the same. But I do have to admit that it was different being in there and watching it live. (plus.. if you look at her nose.. it doesn't look like she got my nose.. which is a really good thing)
I didn't include all of the REALLY interesting ones like "cross section of the heart" "long angle of the spine" "left ventricle something something" (I didn't know what he was talking about for MOST of the appointment)

So here she is:

This one looks like she's praying.

and here she is shaking her fist at the personality-less ultrasound technician that kept messing with her trying to get her to turn over.

Just a little hand waving goodbye.

oh and also...

2009-03-17T09:14:00.001-07:00

I forgot to say that she's completely healthy.. heart looks good, no problems there.. the spine is coming together (no spina-bifida.. or how ever you spell that) brain looks good.. hmm.. what else? I was more concerned with if she was cute and trying to figure out whether she was a she or a he..
but I WAS glad to hear that she was healthy :-)

ULTRASOUND NEWS

2009-03-17T09:04:00.000-07:00

We had our ultrasound this morning at 7:00am (ultrasound people start their workday early apparently)
We went through the whole ultrasound (which took longer than normal because our baby is obstinate and wouldn't turn over so he could check the heart thoroughly.

We gave the technician a blank card and envelope and asked that he not tell us the sex during the appointment but rather write the news on the card and seal it up.

Then we went and got coffee and opened our present!! (it was a lot like Christmas morning)

here is what we saw:
and here are some scanned (so not good quality) ultrasound photos of the little girl spud. We are getting a copy of the CD so we will have better quality digital photos later.. and our ultrasound technician was a really weird guy.. and he wrote "hi mom and dad" on ALL of our copies.. so.. there's that..

I need your help ---

2009-03-15T09:11:00.000-07:00

First - our crib came on Tuesday, and my lovely husband got it all put together (it was best I wasn't in town to "help" with this process) Our "guest room" is officially no longer a guest room. It is a nursery with one piece of furniture (and a blackjack table, poker chips, card shuffler and a Rubbermaid full of office supplies that still need to find a new home) but regardless - it's starting to feel more like a nursery.
Here is a picture of the crib that we chose:
(It converts into a daybed, toddler bed, and eventually a full-sized headboard and footboard.

Now here is where I need help - I found some crib bedding that I really like, and THEN I made the mistake of showing it to my mom... who doesn't like it - and she created reasonable doubt in my mind.. so I need your opinion. Is this crib bedding a winner.... or not?
(now, I realize that it looks like there is a LOT going on, but I think that's mostly because they have the bedding and ALL of the accessories right next to each other... so try to picture this stuff spread out throughout a reasonably sized room - and with a white crib of course)

and here is a closeup of the print itself (not the striped part - just the circles):

a little over 17 weeks - and baby's first trip to Vegas!

2009-03-13T15:41:00.000-07:00

Well, we are 3.5 days away from the much-anticipated ultrasound - I went to Carters today and bought a bunch of only-girl clothes and only-boy clothes (as opposed to the unisex outfits I have already) I had a good coupon. And we will simply be returning the stack of clothes that we WON'T be using after Tuesdays announcement. Unfortunately, I got home and started putting the clothes away only to find that my mom and I picked out approximately 5 TIMES the boys clothes as girls - I'm wondering if that is a sign??

I took a (very) last minute trip to Las Vegas last Sunday to watch the OSU girls golf team play in a tournament (my sister is the assistant coach, in case you weren't aware of that) I lost $80 - which is sad, because the last 4 trips to Vegas I have come out ahead - but it was still a very good time. Whenever someone smoked near my I simply got up and waited until they were finished before returning to the table that I was playing at (I don't like the smell of cigarette smoke anyway, but when you're thinking about the health of an unborn baby it because even MORE appalling)

Just got back from (another) weekly doctor appointment - this time.. I PASSED the test!! no more weekly appointments - I GAINED a pound (they were very proud of me - which made me laugh, becuase I think pregnancy is the only time in your life where you get to rejoice over gaining an extra pound) And anyone that has seen me lately knows EXACTLY where that pound has gone, because my "baby bump" is getting quite large (I swear I'll post pictures someday)

Until then... here's the 17 week TURNIP (yep, baby's a turnip now)

16 Weeks, doctor follow up, and almost ultrasound!

2009-03-05T09:22:00.000-08:00

I'm a little over 16 weeks today, and I have that follow up appointment with my doctor, but I figured I could safely blog before it, because I don't think that there is going to be anything newsworthy that comes from this appointment. Either I stopped losing weight or I didn't, I'm sure it's not a big deal.

The BIG deal is that we are LESS than 2 weeks away from our ultrasound and finding out the sex.
So don't forget to weigh in on the poll. >>>>>>>>

as expected - I have a fruit picture to mark this weeks development.
(I don't know what the quarter is all about.. i think it's supposed to just show the relative size)

And a more "accurate" picture..

Week 15 (and a half)

2009-02-28T14:34:00.000-08:00

Yes that half a week makes a big difference (at least in my head).
I had another doctors appointment this week, and I have another one next week now too.
Apparently, despite my growing belly, I have lost a significant amount of weight.. and have continually lost more each appointment I go to (I can't imagine how when I throw everything up..)
so my doctor prescribed yet ANOTHER anti-nausea medicine, and required that I come back in a week to make sure I haven't lost any more.
BUT - on the positive side - heartbeat is still going strong at 150 BPM (down 10 bpm from last time.. but she assured me all was still well)
We also got to schedule our ultrasound, March 17th at 7:00am (first thing in the morning, because I'm not a very patient person) so I added a little poll on the side there for you to weigh in on whether you think it's a boy or girl >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I am definitely starting to show.. and I feel like it happened overnight. My pants still fit, but shirts don't look that great anymore (especially since I'm in the stage where most people would just think you're really fat and not actually pregnant).

As has become a tradition, I am including a photo of the fruit that corresponds to this week (but one website said "apple" and one said "orange".. so who knows really?

oh... also, we have decided for sure that we are going to be cloth diapering, so if anyone has any good resources, tips, etc... please.. lay them on me.

Update and 13 Weeks

2009-02-11T10:45:00.000-08:00

So I have failed at posting pictures of our trip, and updating you on our doctors appointment and hearing the heartbeat. I don't suppose it's a good enough excuse that I have been sick for 17 days now?

The day of our doctor's appointment was the climax of the flu that I got, so I had a fever and felt like.. well.. poo during the appointment. We got to hear the heartbeat, but it's not really that exciting when you're focusing on not throwing up on the nice doctor. (according to Luke it was really amazing to hear the heartbeat.. I will let you know after my NEXT appointment, when hopefully I will be feeling better)

My fever broke that night, but that just led into getting this coughy, throat, cold thing the next day. So I went a few weeks without sleeping because I was up all night coughing. and I spent all day coughing so hard that I couldn't keep food down. After about a week and a half of this I decided I should probably go see a doctor, since I pretty sure it's not good on the baby to be without nutrients or sleep for that long.

After seeing the doctor things started to get better, but I still don't feel GOOD.

It's been a fun few weeks :-)

Bitty B has grown from a lime to a peach (I like peaches better anyway) and we're now only 5 weeks away from getting to find out if the room will be pink or blue (I'm not actually sure that we will do pink OR blue.. but it got the point across) It will also be nice to get some clothes in the nursery closet that aren't unisex. If it takes much longer than 5 weeks we aren't going to have any room for gender-specific clothing.. the closet is already half full :-/ (Carter's had a GREAT sale).

Good times.

Week 11

2009-01-29T10:05:00.000-08:00

We have our first appointment today with the doctor (we just saw the nurse last time) and we are supposed to be able to hear the heartbeat today (very excited) we tried to get the nurse to try a couple of weeks ago, but she was way sassy and wouldn't... I liked her ;-)

We also just got back from Mexico where the little bitty graduated from an embryo to a fetus.. it was a proud day... I will post pictures later (Just of our trip.. there isn't much to see of the baby yet) and along with those pictures I'll let you know how the doctors visit went.

Countdown ticker is getting better

2009-01-02T14:10:00.000-08:00

I just noticed that the picture on the countdown ticker is getting significantly less gross (still a little scary, but LESS scary)

Also, I think the picture below that I posted is incorrect. I have a feeling the internet may have lied to me (curse you google image search) I think that baby is much farther along than ours is.. but I still think it's cuter than the current version of ours.. so I'm going to keep it up there.

that countdown ticker is totally grossing me out

2008-12-23T10:34:00.000-08:00

I'm not quite sure why the little picture over there on the countdown is so alien-ish - I've done some research, and I've seen photos on the internet of a 5 week old embryo (we're actually 6 weeks now) and they don't look NEARLY that scary.

So I decided to post a better/less scary picture.. just to make myself feel better.

In about 8 months...

2008-12-20T08:47:00.000-08:00

We were originally going to wait until after the first trimester to announce the news, but we quickly found out that it's really hard to keep it a secret.
We are a little over 5 weeks pregnant (ok, that's a lie.. only one of us is pregnant.. if WE were pregnant then Bend would make the news again) but we're both excited, ecstatic actually.
I'm due August 19th.. yes, I'll be pregnant in the heat of summer, thank Jesus for air conditioning! (and my mom and dad - what a good wedding present)
So far, I feel great, no morning sickness, not too tired (well, not any more tired than usual, I still go to bed early)
Having a hard time drinking 100 ounces of water a day (that is a LOT of water to drink).

So, that's the scoop, we will keep you updated.

oh -and I know the countdown is a little scary at this point - but someday (hopefully soon) it will stop looking like an alien and more like a baby... at least that's what we're hoping.

Glory

2008-12-15T20:08:00.000-08:00