The first trimester comes to a close...well, almost!

I'm about to begin my 12th week of carrying around this little creature inside me. It's amazing how you can love someone you've never met, and who has only just become a "fetus". Yes, Bean graduated from embryo status to fetus. Our child's first graduation!


I've been lucky as far as morning sickness goes, I really have only had bouts of nasuea, no throwing up. I count my lucky stars for that. I'm not a good sick person at all and poor Clay if he had to go through Kim hurling her guts up.


Moodiness is another story though. I'm the roller coaster of emotions, up, down, sideways, I feel it all. Happy one minute, total anger the next, and then crying my eyes out. Sigh, I'm so glad Clay thinks it's cute, because there are times I can't stand to be around myself.
I'm also sleeping like a wanna-be corpse. I tried to fight it at first, but quickly gave in and I enjoy every moment of my sleep. My dreams are getting more strange with each and every night, so vivid and odd.


We have our second doctor's appointment on Friday, let's see what this leg of the adventure brings!

Fetal development in pregnancy week 12

Even though your little Einstein’s body is still growing quite rapidly and is about 2 inches long right now, the overall super-speedy growth of their amazing brain continues to leave the head proportionately larger than the body— and is actually slightly more than one third of their total body mass! The head and neck are still straightening at this point as can be seen by their little chin lifting off of the chest. Your baby is also actively rehearsing “breathing” by using amniotic fluid to prepare the lungs for future air respiration.

The big news: your little pooper is now officially going to need diapers! Although a majority of the waste produced is transferred to the mother’s system for discharge (to avoid lingering in the amniotic sac), some urine is released to the amniotic fluid and your baby will actually breathe it in before it passing it on to your for discharge. Not to worry, urine--in this particular form is actually harmless to your child.

Fetal development in pregnancy week 11

Maybe you’ve noticed… your child is a stupendous grower! They will be gaining a substantial amount of weight this week, and have already achieved fruit-size-status comparable to a plum. Your little scientist is already starting to explore their body, focusing most intently on touching their head, and especially their face and mouth. The mouth in particular will provide them with hours of entertainment. This happens not only because your baby is gaining coordination, and is therefore able to move a hand on command, but also because their palms have gained sensation and can actually “feel” what it touches.They're also developing their swallow refllex this week. And lastly, your baby's smelling and other olfactory senses begin developing this week, which when combined with the maturing taste buds, will provide your baby with their first experiences of taste and smell.

Baby Bling!

we had fun at babies r us tonight starting our baby registry! clay got to use the gun to scan in all the goodies we found, and did we find a bunch. i think i'm addicted to frogs, so much of the stuff i found had frogs on it. we seem to have gone with the green / rainforest theme.

i found a baby boppy i would die for, and a pillow for my belly when it gets big. and the stroller clay found kicks ass! i wouldn't mind being pushed around in it!

Baby Things!!!

Kim and I just made a baby registry over at Babys-r-Us, there are plenty of cheap things on there...