We meet!

Today we got to see our baby up on the big screen! It was so exciting. Little blueberry was moving all over the place and sucking his thumb. It was so incredible! We even saw his little hands and feet.

12 Weeks!

How your baby's growing:
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.

Our Little Kumquat!

How your baby's growing:
Though he's barely the size of a kumquat — a little over an inch or so long, crown to bottom — and weighs less than a quarter of an ounce, your baby has now completed the most critical portion of his development. This is the beginning of the so-called fetal period, a time when the tissues and organs in his body rapidly grow and mature.

He's swallowing fluid and kicking up a storm. Vital organs — including his kidneys, intestines, brain, and liver (now making red blood cells in place of the disappearing yolk sac) — are in place and starting to function, though they'll continue to develop throughout your pregnancy.

If you could take a peek inside your womb, you'd spot minute details, like tiny nails forming on fingers and toes (no more webbing) and peach-fuzz hair beginning to grow on tender skin.

In other developments: Your baby's limbs can bend now. His hands are flexed at the wrist and meet over his heart, and his feet may be long enough to meet in front of his body. The outline of his spine is clearly visible through translucent skin, and spinal nerves are beginning to stretch out from his spinal cord. Your baby's forehead temporarily bulges with his developing brain and sits very high on his head, which measures half the length of his body. From crown to rump, he's about 1 1/4 inches long. In the coming weeks, your baby will again double in size — to nearly 3 inches.



And in other news...I am enjoying the latest version of evening sickness...whoever named it morning sickness had it all wrong. Having a puke attack at 11:30 pm isn't my definition of morning sickness! haha

Spring Time is Upon us!

Our flowers are beginning to bloom :)

Prego Dreams!

Once I again I had one of my weird prego dreams! Some of them tend to be repeaters. This one was in a weird way. As I remember it, it gets funnier (to me anyway) So my first intense prego dream was before I knew I was pregnant. It was the week before. Aunt Joey was the only one I wanted in the room being as she is a nurse and all. And I had two babies that popped right out of my stomach! Haha. One boy, one girl. And they just popped their hands right through my belly.

But last night...I was in walmart and Adison from grey's was my doctor! haha. so I walked around a lot and then my baby came out of my stomach...again and I was freaking out because Dr. Adison was nowhere to be found! So I started screaming and running all over walmart with my little baby for help. I had to breathe life into the baby. I knew how to do it because I always watched it on the movies...the baby was the size of a little bitty seed. And then thank goodness, Dr. Adison finally shows up. And then boom. all of a sudden our baby is the normal size again. At first I thought it was a girl, but upon further inspection, we had a baby boy. Who was so cute and had all his teeth in. (it just kept getting weirder) and he looked like a little Tony. I kept calling him tony. And the best part was I was breastfeeding him ( Because I am obsessed with the joys of breastfeeding) Next thing I know...we also have a baby girl! And then next thing I know I am back to being pregnant with my gigantic belly, and oh so happy taking pics with my prego belly and our little babies!
Oh and I forgot. The baby was kicking like crazy, moving and grooving! It was intense. I just kept putting my hands over my stomach and we could feel the baby :)

Week 9!

How your baby's growing:
Your new resident is nearly an inch long — about the size of a grape — and weighs just a fraction of an ounce. She's starting to look more and more human. Her essential body parts are accounted for, though they'll go through plenty of fine-tuning in the coming months. Other changes abound: Your baby's heart finishes dividing into four chambers, and the valves start to form — as do her tiny teeth. The embryonic "tail" is completely gone. Your baby's organs, muscles, and nerves are kicking into gear. The external sex organs are there but won't be distinguishable as male or female for another few weeks. Her eyes are fully formed, but her eyelids are fused shut and won't open until 27 weeks. She has tiny earlobes, and her mouth, nose, and nostrils are more distinct. The placenta is developed enough now to take over most of the critical job of producing hormones. Now that your baby's basic physiology is in place, she's poised for rapid weight gain.

A little heartbeat!

Today we heard our baby's heartbeat! It was such an exciting and amazing moment. It was incredible. Our doctor asked if we had any questions and I must have been in heartbeat bliss because I could not come up with any and last time I had an entire list :) It was sooo cool. I wish we could hear it all the time. All I keep thinking about is the little life growing inside of me and our baby's beating heart...