Week 15

It's been a busy month!  I really didn't intend to wait this long between posts, but both Bill and I were hit with food poisoning two weekends ago and we were out of town last weekend.  But I promise this is a good one.
- the baby is the size of: a navel orange!
- I am two weeks into the second trimester and feeling pretty great.  no more queaziness.  I'm more tired than I was before the pregnancy, but nowhere near as tired as I was between weeks 6 & 9.
- as you can see I haven't really "popped" yet, but I feel like my belly is maxing out the space it originally had.  I don't feel like there's anywhere else for it to go but out at this point.
- the baby has grown A LOT.  it's now about 4 inches and 2 1/2 ounces.
- we had both our third and fourth appointments.  at the third appointment with the doctor, we heard the heartbeat and a new noise: the baby's little kicks!  it was exciting to know that the little one is in there moving around, especially because I haven't been able to feel anything yet.
- it was at the fourth appointment on Friday (15 weeks) that we had a nice surprise.  because I was asking a lot of questions during the appointment, the doctor and I got into a long conversation and both of us forgot about listening to the heartbeat.  so, as I was checking out, a nurse came to get me so that they could check the heartbeat and they pulled me into the ultrasound room.  so, instead of just listening to the heartbeat, I actually got to see the baby on a 3D ultrasound!  So much has changed from that little smudge we saw at week 7!

there it is! a head with an eye and two little arms and two little legs!  and it was moving it's tiny arms around.  it was the most incredible thing i've ever seen.  but because I was not scheduled to have an ultrasound and we had our last appointment so close to this one, I had told Bill it was not worth coming to this one.  So, I felt TERRIBLE when I was in there getting to see this without him, especially when she showed me this:

so, surprise, it looks like we're having a girl!  I commented to the ultrasound tech that maybe you couldn't tell for sure this early, but she (almost offended) said she was sure of it. of course I'm ECSTATIC (we both are) about having a girl, and we'll definitely know really truly for sure in four weeks at our 19 week appointment.  

- i was so certain it was a boy, and i was so wrong.  

Week 11

- the baby is the size of a: lime!
- we had our second appointment with the doctor last week.  he said everything was looking good.  we also got to hear the heartbeat again (166 bmp).  alright!
- not much has changed in three weeks (on the outside), but the baby has grown a lot.
- i've been feeling better and better - my energy is up (which is great because I need the extra energy to get through the last two weeks of tax season!).
- Bill is also taking great care of me (and the baby) by having a delicious dinner ready for me every night when I come home and making sure i relax for the few hours i'm not at work.
- other than that, it hasn't been very eventful.  we have been speculating on whether it will be a girl or a boy, and for some reason i'm certain it's a boy.  i guess we'll see in 8 weeks!

Week 8

Week 8:
- the baby is the size of a raspberry!
- i've already started feeling better - possibly because i've been eating a handful of saltines before I go to sleep and immediately after waking up.  banjo's been getting a bonus meal every day from all the crumbs scattered around my side of the bed.
- i also try to eat a little something anytime i start to feel a little sick, and that's helped a lot.  although, it's also made me feel like i eat ALL THE TIME!
- cravings: fruit!  i just want to eat fruit all day long.  bill read somewhere that means we're having a girl.  also: cheese, water (of course) and pizza (really, when DON'T i want pizza?).
 - right now, i'm having more food aversions than cravings.  Oatmeal, several veggies, and brownies are on the "get that out of my sight" list.
- bill seems to think that i'm starting to show a tiny bit, but i'm pretty sure i'm just bloated 95% of the time.
- we started thinking of nursery theme ideas
- best moment this week: we told several of our friends over the past week and it's been so much fun getting to share the news.
- other than being tired and having moments of slight queaziness, it's been a good week!