22 Weeks Boy or Girl???

Well its been a little bit too long but we have been waiting on some fun pictures to make a special announcement!

So is baby Gochnauer a boy or girl???

It's a boy!!! Yay! We are all so excited to be getting a boy. A girl would have also been nice, and easy since we have everything already but a boy is most definitely an exciting edition to our family.

The past few weeks have been very busy as always and full of excitement as we discovered that we are having a perfectly healthy little boy. Everything looked great for baby aside from a little bit of a low lying placenta which we will reevaluate at 28 weeks.

Everyone also may be wondering what his name is and where it came from.....

Baby boy will be named Harrison Allen Gochnauer. Harrison is the middle name of one of brads best friends Tom who is an amazing man and has shown us nothing but love and support throughout our 5 years of marriage. We are very thankful that Tom is willing to share his name with our son and i am quite confident that this will be a great name to find on a doctors or lawyers office someday or anywhere professional. Allen is my oldest brothers first name, my fathers middle name, and the middle name of both brads father and brother. We found it quite fitting since it is a family name on both sides of the family.

Here are a few pictures of baby boy at the 21 week ultrasound.

And this was my crossfit workout right after the ultrasound!

Heres our weekly Stats! 

This week baby is...... about 11 inches long!
This week our baby weighs..... 1 pound!
This week  baby... is really starting to develop into a miniature newborn. His lips, eyelids, and eyebrows are becoming more distinct. He also has lanugo, the fine hair that covers their body in utero.
 Boy or girl? It's a BOY
Showing: yeah i definitely show now and am even starting to show through my scrubs at work. I feel bigger than with adrienne but have gained less weight. So, we will see how this turns out.
Maternity Clothes: Ive learned that with the second maternity clothes are just way better than anything else. So if I'm not wearing yoga pants i wear maternity pants because who doesn't want to be more comfortable?
Best moment this week: Adrienne is a beautiful little girl, which i already knew but am rediscovering on a daily basis. The pictures that Ashlie took for us this week have helped me to see her beauty even more. It was so amazing to have a family photo session and just enjoy getting photographed exploring and playing together. We are also really enjoying teaching her about her brother and watching her start to embrace the fact that she is becoming a big sister soon. She now says Harrison and seems to acknowledge that there is a baby in my belly. We also visited a friend today who has a newborn and Adrienne was amazingly sweet and gentle with baby Joey, she wanted to hold and hug him and was very tender which make me feel reassured that she will LOVE her brother.
Food cravings: Not really sure.
Miss anything?: Sushi!! beer and wine! Poke.... essentially anything raw fish. I also miss my pre-pregnancy workout intensity capabilities but thats only going to get worse so we will learn to embrace it. This pregnancy i have decided to fight away excess weight gain by doing crossfit and am so far loving it, I've have concisely replaced my running with crossfit for the past month or so and plan to continue this routine as long as my body allows. I actually feel better when I'm working out than when I'm not, so probably more to come on that in the future.
Anything making you sick: nope
We call our baby: Harrison, Baby Harrison, Baby brother.
Looking forward to: setting up a nursery over the next few weeks!



Until Next Week,
Shyla, Brad, Adrienne, and Harrison