Latest Belly Pic

Here's a pic of my belly from Friday. I'm 15 weeks here. My belly doesn't look like that today, that's for sure! I must have been really bloated! : )

Nursery Update

I need to post pictures, but last week, we got our nursery furniture delivered! It's so beautiful! I can't wait to set it up in the room!

We started painting the nursery yesterday. It's almost done. My mom just needs to come over tonight and finish the trim since I can't get on a ladder and since Steve is horrible at trimming. Once she's done w/ that, we'll be able to move the furniture in place. I'll take pics when I'm done. I think it's going to look gorgeous! I really can't wait!

Friday I had Steve take a picture of my belly! It looks HUGE! Today it's a lot smaller. I'm thinking I was really bloated on Friday. I'll post it anyway! I need to take one in the morning and one in the evening. There's always a huge difference in my belly size.

I'm finally reaching the point where I get full, really fast. Last night for dinner, we had taco soup. I had about 4 bites and I was full, so I stopped eating. Maybe this is why I've only gained 5 lbs so far?! HAHA! Today at lunch, I didn't eat much either. So, who knows? I remember my sister in law having this problem as she got farther along. It was just hard for her to eat normal portions. It seemed like she was snacking a lot. So maybe I'm getting to that point.

Anyway, I'll try to have pics posted by the end of the week, along w/ an update on how Beanie Boo is growing!

GREAT Check-Up!

Tuesday we had a check-up.

We went in just expecting to hear the heart beat & just the other regular things. Well, as I laid on the table and the doctor was searching for the heartbeat, she told me she wasn't able to find it. She said it was normal since the baby is still so small, that you have to be RIGHT on top of it to hear it's heart. I looked at Steve & he kind of had this panicked look on his face. I told him I'm sure everything is okay. I wasn't too worried about it.

So, we go and get an ultrasound. As soon as the doctor put the ultrasound thing on my stomach, she says, "Your baby is perfectly fine!" She turned the screen to us and we saw the most amazing thing ever. Beans was jumping up and down like crazy! It was soooo cute! We both started laughing hysterically! It would jump up and then slowly float back down, and then jump again and slowly float back down. It was the cutest thing I've ever seen!

I just kept saying how weird it was because I don't feel any of that movement yet. So, it's weird to see something moving inside of me, but I don't feel it.

We just stared at it for a while, then it stopped jumping and opened it's mouth...TWICE! WOW! Talk about cool!

Steve told me after our ultrasound that he finally felt connected. I think it's hard for the dad to feel connected, since they don't feel all the symptoms, and they aren't the one carrying it. But I was glad to hear him say that! :)

Here's a picture of our little Baby Beans! It actually looks like a person now! :) HOORAY!

Here's how Beans is growing this week.

This week's big developments: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around him — a process he'll keep up until birth. He can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch him sucking his thumb.

In other news: Your baby's stretching out. From head to bottom, he measures 3 1/2 inches — about the size of a lemon — and he weighs 1 1/2 ounces. His body's growing faster than his head, which now sits upon a more distinct neck. By the end of this week, his arms will have grown to a length that's in proportion to the rest of his body. (His legs still have some lengthening to do.) He's starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair, called lanugo, all over his body. Your baby's liver starts making bile this week — a sign that it's doing its job right — and his spleen starts helping in the production of red blood cells. Though you can't feel his tiny punches and kicks yet, your little pugilist's hands and feet (which now measure about 1/2 inch long) are more flexible and active.

HOORAY FOR 2ND TRIMESTER!

Hey!

I've entered the 2nd Trimester today. HOORAY! I'm REALLY hoping things will be better for a while. I hear the 2nd Trimester is the best...we'll just see about that!

I'm VERY excited because in 7 short weeks, we get to find out if Beans is a girl or boy! **Fingers Crossed for Girl!**

I need to take another pic of my belly. I don't think there has been much change since my last picture, but I'll take one anyway.

So, I ordered some Juicy Couture maternity jeans and just received them earlier this week. They are ADORABLE! I had to have my mom hem them because well...I'm sooo short that unless I buy "Petite" pants, everything is too long. I'll wear them this weekend and post a picture!

I think I felt Beans move last Saturday. I'm not 100% sure. I was laying in bed after I woke up, and I felt this really weird fluttery/bubbly sensation in my lower stomach (where Beans is). It didn't feel like a gas bubble, those typically are uncomfortable. This was just kind of like a tickly feeling. I don't really have anything to compare the feeling to, so like I said, I'm not 100% sure if it was Beans or not.

I'm really looking forward to when I feel the baby move on a more frequent basis. I think that will be so exciting and so neat. I know for a while no one will be able to feel it but me, and I think that's really cool. I mean, afterall, I am the one carrying this thing, so I should get SOME special perks, right? : )

Here's how my little sugar is growing this week.

Fingerprints have formed on your baby's tiny fingertips, her veins and organs are clearly visible through her still-thin skin, and her body is starting to catch up with her head — which makes up just a third of her body size now. If you're having a girl, she now has more than 2 million eggs in her ovaries. Your baby is almost 3 inches long (the size of a medium shrimp) and weighs nearly an ounce.

Week 12

Week 12 has started out rough.

Yesterday I was MISERABLE! I got such a bad headache after lunch and it didn't go away. : / It doesn't help that I can't take anything but Tylenol, which does NOTHING for me.

I broke down & started sobbing last night. I am just so tired of feeling crappy. Around week 12 things are supposed to start getting better, or so people say! My headaches have been becoming more frequent and longer lasting.

I ended up putting on the movie Elf and falling asleep around 7:00 p.m. and slept the whole night! I got 11 hours of sleep!! I must have needed it!

This morning I'm feeling pretty great...except I feel like my headache might be coming back. : / I told Steve this morning that women who are pregnant should be allowed to stay home during their 1st trimester. Most of the time I felt great, but geez, there were some days I didn't think I was going to make it.

Here's how Beans is growing this week....

The most dramatic development this week: reflexes. Your baby's fingers will soon begin to open and close, his toes will curl, his eye muscles will clench, and his mouth will make sucking movements. In fact, if you prod your abdomen, your baby will squirm in response, although you won't be able to feel it. His intestines, which have grown so fast that they protrude into the umbilical cord, will start to move into his abdominal cavity about now, and his kidneys will begin excreting urine into his bladder.

Meanwhile, nerve cells are multiplying rapidly, and in your baby's brain, synapses are forming furiously. His face looks unquestionably human: His eyes have moved from the sides to the front of his head, and his ears are right where they should be. From crown to rump, your baby-to-be is just over 2 inches long (about the size of a lime) and weighs half an ounce.