Active little guy

Our little guy has been really active the last two weeks. It was such a drastic switch from the week before when he seemed pretty quiet. I think he must have been going through a growth spurt that week and now he's full of energy again. He's been kicking, stretching out, and moving around like crazy. He is big enough now that when he moves he makes my belly pop out and moves around. People at work have even noticed my belly moving as I'm talking to them at times. Quite frequently I see my belly moving out of the corner of my eye, it is just so amazing; I'll sit for hours and just watch him move around. Andy has really enjoyed getting to feel him kicking so hard and see him moving as well. He gets to feel his little boy kick more frequently these days and sometimes it's totally by surprise when we're just sitting reading or watching tv. We can feel him in my belly as well and tell where he is a lot of times, we'll try to guess which body part we call feel and how he's laying.

He's getting taller/longer, I feel him both kicking my sternum and punching near my hip at the same time or punching on my left and right side at the same time. He's up in my ribs these days a lot more and yesterday morning he woke me up with a big kick to the bladder. I'm guessing once he's actually here he'll find lots of other creative ways to wake us up in the mornings. This morning he decided that starting at 3am it was play time and a great time to practice karate moves. So we (the little guy and I) sat by the Christmas tree and watched Juno early this morning.

8 month appointment

I had our 8 month appointment yesterday afternoon. I can't believe we're already at 8 months, only 8+/- weeks left to go. The check up went well, his heart beat sounded nice and strong right around 150 bpm. Our doctor was happy because I've put on a chunk of weight since our last appointment two weeks ago and before then I had been a little on the  lower side. It is ironic because I was kinda shocked when I found out how much I'd put on but I guess it's a good thing. She did say that I'm measuring a bit small, I'm at 30cm and I should be at 32cm. At my last appointment I was 1cm on the small side. So while I am gaining weight I'm still a bit on the small side. She's not really worried about it, but we're going to have an ultrasound at our next appointment in two weeks to check his size and make sure that everything is still growing in the right proportions, check the placenta and find out just how big he is. Everything looked good at our 5 month ultrasound so we're not too worried. She said that I may just be measuring small because I am small and we may be having a smaller baby, or because of the way he is laying. However, she wants to keep an eye on him and make sure all is still as it should be.

Other than that the appointment went well, and we'll get to see another ultrasound of our little guy in two weeks! I'm really glad that we have a doctor we are so comfortable with. It was really easy talking to her about all the different questions that we have as they come up.

The Av's

We’ve gotten to go to a few Av’s games lately and we’ve had such a great time! Andy’s company has two sets of season tickets and we’ve been lucky enough to get tickets to a few different games lately. One pair of tickets are glass seats which were awesome, I’ve never sat that close at an Av’s game before but the action is right there in front of you! The other pair of tickets is club level which is really nice as well; you get a great view of the ice no matter where they are playing. Sunday’s game was incredible, so exciting, and they really played well and pulled off a great win! We also picked up a cute Av’s hat for our little guy; it’ll probably be too big for him for a while, but it’s really cute and was fun to get a little something for him, it’s shaped like a hockey helmet. Of course he'll be an Av's fan like him mom and dad.

We’ve always had a great time getting to go watch the Av’s play. They are such a great team, especially this season, and we love getting to watch live sports together. This year it has been especially nice. We haven’t been going out as much while we’re trying to save for our little one. So it’s been an extra special treat and a great date night out. We’ve also been going out and getting coffee on our way home and just talking for a while. It’s been really nice to just sit and spend some time together talking. Sunday after the game after getting some coffee we went by the judicial building to look at this years lights. We loved getting out and spending some quality time together! Andy is my best friend and I love that we get to share our lives together.

30 weeks

I went to the doctor yesterday for my 30 week appointment and everything still looks good. His heart beat was at 150 which is a bit slower than at our last appointment when it was at 153, our doctor said it was perfect and sounded great. When she first started to check things out during my appointment she said 'can you believe that you're already at 30 weeks?' Nope, no I can't actually. We are 3/4 of the way there, or as Andy puts it .75 or 75%. She said that I'm measuring a bit small but it's not anything to be worried about and that it's probably just because I'm small and I might be having a smaller baby. I think I was around 6.5 lbs and Andy was 8lbs 6oz so we'll see where our little guy lands. I'm hoping more towards my birth weight but still on the very healthy side.

On babycenter.com it says that this week his eyesight is continuing to develop, although there's not much to see now and his sight isn't very keen yet. Also when he's born his eyesight will only be 20/400, so he'll only be able to see things that are a few inches from his face. (He must have gotten that eyesight from my side of the family). But his eye's will get strong as times goes on and his eyes strengthen.

I realize that I haven't posted any belly shots for quite a while and there is a lot of growth that has occurred since the last ones. The first one is at 27 weeks then the next is at 28 weeks or 7months and the last one is at around 30 weeks at the baby shower.

Christmas Tree

Over the weekend we had planned on going and getting a real tree to set up like we've done every year since we've been together. We got up early Sunday morning and headed out to go get a tree in the snow, we decided on our way that if we got a real tree the snow on it would melt all over the house for the next few days. We were excited to get our tree put up so we went the American way and got a fake tree. I actually like it, it looks nice and is much less of a mess. Andy was really excited about what the rock star job we did decorating our tree this year. The ornaments are ones we've collected over the last few years together. We started out with just some really cheep balls and it's grown. Although there are a number of glass ones that I think we will have to be put away after this year it exchange for some more kid friendly ones. 

Andy brought back the baby ornament  from Crested Butte when he had to go for work back in September. It's adorable, and the perfect addition to our tree this year!

Christmas is a bit odd this year. It feels different for some reason to us. We're still excited for it, we had a great time getting the tree set up and decorated. We've enjoyed listening to Christmas music and we're looking forward to going and looking at lights once it's not quite so cold out. But this year Christmas is a holiday that we need to get through and then we can just focus on being excited for our little guy. We have this amazing event that is going to happen shortly after Christmas that will change our lives! We are really looking forward to getting to meet our little guy and have him be part of our family. After Christmas we'll have about a month and a half left.  This year with out a doubt the most amazing gift is that God has blessed us with a little baby boy and he is healthy and developing and growing just as he should be. We will get to 'open' our gift a bit later this year, however it will be worth the wait. God's timing is always perfect.

Little Pultorak Baby Shower

We had a fabulous baby shower sat! Thank you to everyone who came and celebrated little baby Pultorak with me. And big thanks to Shannon, Mom(Grandma Pultorak) and Becca(Aunt Becca) for all of your help in putting together a great shower. It was really great to see so many good friends and family, and get to spend some time relaxing and having a good laugh together! We had a delicious spread of brunch foods, which at lest for me hit the spot.


I was skeptical of baby shower games at first mostly because the most popular one seems to be guess how big the mom is, which doesn't seem like that much fun to me, however we had some good games that provided lots of laughs. The matching what size fruit or vegetable he was when certain millstones in development occurred caused a lot of discussion. What type of cantaloupe was it, because they do vary is size or squash vs eggplant, which is bigger. Then the guess what type of chocolate candy is melted in the diaper. They looked so realistic it was scary! However Sharon knows her chocolate, even melted and in a diaper, no matter how grouse it looked.


Thank you a ton for all of the lovely and generous gifts! Andy and I really appreciate it. Baby Pultorak is getting well prepared for and pampered. I will take a picture of his nursery soon and post it so everyone can see how it's coming along. So far so good though! Thanks again for a great shower to everyone who was a part of it, I had a really lovely day.

Yoga & Tap Dancing

I’ve been taking a prenatal yoga class at the rec center since September and I’m really enjoying it. I’ve always wanted to try it out but just never did it. When we found out I was pregnant we decided that now would be a great time to go for it. They say yoga is really good during pregnancy, both for momma and for growing baby, so that was my motivation to finally sign up for a class. It’s just once a week for an hour but its great, it’s really relaxing, and good stretching and excercise. It also helps with those aches and pains of pregnancy. It’s been great to get to know some other mom’s-to-be in our area as well and connect with them. They also have a postnatal class I'm planning on going to after our little one is here. I look forward to yoga every week, I really missed it last week when we didn’t have class because of Thanksgiving. I think our little guy likes it as well, at the end of class when we do our few minutes of relaxation time he always starts kicking and moving around a ton. I love it.

Also, it being at a rec center there are all sorts of different classes in the surrounding rooms. There is a little kid’s tap dancing class next door that is right in the middle of our yoga class. It only lasts about 20 minutes or so but it’s hilarious. Right now they are mostly learning to walk in a circle in time with each other. How adorable must that class be.