13 Weeks

2nd Trimester!!!! I am not a complete nervous wreck anymore, thank goodness.  The past week was a good one!  We shared our news with our work "family" both a Rockwell Collins and MHE. I was in the office for our sales meeting and brought in pink and blue cupcakes to tell my team, and announced on Facebook with the sonogram Sunday afternoon.  We are excited to let the news be known because it has been so hard to keep it a secret especially with my growing belly which is growing way faster this time.  Whitney's wedding is this coming weekend and will be at the end of the 14th week so even more exciting things going on.

How far along? 13 Weeks

How big is baby?   Size of a peach 

Total weight gain/loss:  0 still but don't let it fool you, I have a belly.  my only explanation is sadly I am probably loosing some muscle :(

Maternity clothes?  Yes, in this picture I am wearing maternity jeans which I love.  My other jeans still fit but not the most comfortable things

Sleep:  getting a tad harder to lay on stomach, I feel a small "rock"

Best moment this week:   Announcing 

Movement:  not baby I don't think but a few times something is moving. ( body parts shifting is my guess)

Food cravings: Cinnamon bread, apples

Food Aversions: none really anymore

Gender:   not finding out

Labor Signs:  nah

Pregnancy Symptoms: Cranky pants at times but I am happy! ( i know it doesn't make any sense)

Belly Button in or out?  in

What I miss:   College ( went downtown Iowa City at night and felt awkward when all these young, cute, petite girls were prancing around and I feel like a whale)

What I am looking forward to:  Whits Wedding!

Upcoming appointments/events:   September 18th

Weekly Wisdom:   Be happy :)

Milestones:  Telling the world

Bump Picture:   up top ;)

12 Weeks

Praise the Lord!  We have made it past the 12 week mark and had our NT scan to check for any abnormalities.  WE PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS!  Baby was bouncing/ kicking away during the ultrasound, it was so cool to see.  The ultrasound tech told us right away that baby passed with a lot of room to spare!  Making it to the 12 week mark is always such a great feeling even though we know too well anything can happen.  The Doctor had nothing but great things to say and reassured us that what happened to Ian with a cord accident was EXTREMELY rare.  I know I will always worry a bit more but we have some great guardian angels watching over this little one ( big brother included!).  We were also able to hear the babys heartbeat on the doppler for the first time which is always cool, even though the doppler will forever get my heart a racing.  The nurse has to take my heart rate and blood pressure after I hear the heart beat otherwise I freak out and my numbers are off the charts.  It was a great week and we even started to tell some of our close friends.

How far along? 12 Weeks

How big is baby?   Size of a plum

Total weight gain/loss:  0

Maternity clothes?  very soon I think

Sleep:  good sleep

Best moment this week:   NT scan

Movement:  no

Food cravings: popsicles

Food Aversions: none really anymore

Gender:   not finding out

Labor Signs:  oh no

Pregnancy Symptoms:  headaches

Belly Button in or out?  in

What I miss:   Still not much

What I am looking forward to:  Telling more people

Upcoming appointments/events:   September 18th

Weekly Wisdom:   Be happy :)

Milestones:  12 weeks!  risk of miscarriage is low!

Bump Picture:   Next week!

10k at 11 Weeks

Saturday morning we headed out for Chicago for the 10k on Sunday.  It was a lot of fun to run with Karina and spend time in Chicago!  Even got to see our friend Ellen and tell her the baby news!  The run was HARD, it felt like a marathon to me and I was extremely slow and had to dump several bottles of water on me to keep my body cool.  The weather was beautiful and not too hot but boy did I sure feel warm! Next event is just a 5k in a few weeks so I should manage.  I really hope to keep up the swim, bike, run in the next few months.

How far along? 11 Weeks

How big is baby?   Size of a lime

Total weight gain/loss:  0

Maternity clothes?  no, but belly is getting bigger

Sleep:  Good!  get up about 1-2 a night to go potty.

Best moment this week:   10k with Karina, so proud of her!

Movement:  No, not yet :(

Food cravings: Lemonade, lemonade, lemonade

Food Aversions: Chicken a little bit

Gender:   not finding out

Labor Signs:  No, and thank goodness

Pregnancy Symptoms:  Not much besides growing bigger belly, and less endurance for sure.

Belly Button in or out?  Innie

What I miss:   Not much.

What I am looking forward to:  The NT scan in a week :)

Upcoming appointments/events:   Aug. 16th

Weekly Wisdom:   Don't be crabby pants

Milestones:  11 weeks almost fully developed 

Bump Picture:   First one coming in week 13 :)  yay