Week 7

Stats

Belly - 36 inches

Weight - 150 lbs

How I am feeling:
Still a little nauseous which sucks! It makes me feel out of shape, which I am. Today I was watching 16 and pregnant on MTV (while laying on the couch and eating combos :-/), and they were talking about how the labor was so much easier for this girl, because she had been in great shape, so it got me to thinking that I need to be in better shape, so I think I will save that for my second trimester when the nausea and acne (which is lovely) passes, and I start to feel more productive and less like a couch potato (thank GOD that I now have a comfy couch to be a potato on!!)


Thoughts:
Today I did get moving a bit in the house. I got a new job so I want to have everything in order when it starts on the 20th! So today I did the move of the dog kennel into the kitchen/living/dining area and the cubby (minus some dirty clothes and an empty bookshelf) is ready to be turned into the baby area. We are going to treat it kind of like a second bedroom except we know better than to put a bed in there since chances are just like Dylan this baby will be in our room. So maybe instead of a crid we should just buy a king size bed!!! (brillant!! I need to run that by Josh!!).



Dylan:
Not to much to report on the Dyl front. Although he is completely obessed with watching this video....

http://www.babycenter.com/2_inside-pregnancy-weeks-1-to-9_10302602.bc?intcmp=Nav_Global_photosandvideo_inside&pn=BC%20Homepage

I was watching it the other day and he came in and was like what is that, when I said this is what are baby looks like I think he took it as "this is our baby" so he likes to check in frequently, which is so sweet, he seems very interested!




This weeks major developments:
Hands and feet are forming

Baby's Size:
The baby is about the size of a blueberry!

Week 6

Stats
Belly - 35 inches
Weight - 146.6 lbs

How I am feeling:
This week I am mainly really tired, around 3 I feel like I have to lay down and take a nap than I can still go to bed around 9 and sleep through the night (if granted that rare opportunity). Along with the laziness comes an increased appetite which I think has very little to do with the baby and more to do with me being lazy and not staying quite as busy which allows for more eating opportunities. (plus Josh had a tendency to spoil me when I'm pregnant, so I get about anything I ask for (food wise) expect for last night when I demanded a Giovanni's pizza bread and he couldn't make that happen, but we are going to the store today to get the ingredients to try.

Thoughts:
I am starting to become less concerned with the sex of the baby and more concerned with space for the baby. Our apartment is very small and when I picture all the stuff the baby will use (swing, bouncy chair, play pin, bassinet, changing table, and various other stuff) I get a little nervous and in the mood to get rid of anything I don't feel is a necessity. The baby won't be here for 8 months but it feels like I am just ignoring the issue if I do nothing to try to prepare and make more space, however short of moving or having some construction workers come in I don't think more space is something that I can control, so I am trying to make peace with it! (we will see how that goes :-/ )

Dylan:
I think he will get excited when he can actually see my stomach getting larger (from baby not Taco Bell) and be able to feel it kick and see the ultrasound and all those fun things. Right now the biggest issue is teaching him to be careful near my stomach (for good practice) and my chest which feels like it is always exploding. I never realized how much we wrestle and jump around and play, so not kicking me and jumping onto my belly has been more of an issue than we realized. But he understands. Sometimes he does it on purpose (which is a whole other issue) but he's a good boy and although he is very confused and thinks that in 8 months (or when it snows, which is the timeline we gave him) that I will poop the baby out, never the less I think he will be excited!

This weeks major developments: The nose, mouth, and ears that we will spend so much time kissing in eight months are beginning to take shape.

Baby's Size: 1/4 of an inch - (about the size of a lentil bean)

5 Weeks

Stats

Belly - 34 inches

Weight - 145.8 lbs

How I am feeling:

So far so good! Just like with Dylan I have had no morning sickness and I feel great. When I found out I was pregnant I immediately start taking better care of myself by eating better and trying to rest more, get in my exercise and take all my vitamins, so I think I feel better now then I did 3 months ago.

Thoughts:

I wish so badly that we knew the sex of the baby. Somehow by knowing the sex it makes it seems more real and allows me to picture the baby in our lives more easily. As most parents would tell you, all we want is a happy healthy baby, but I think secretly we both would like to have a girl since we already have our boy, but either way, we are thrilled to be parents again it's been a long time coming!!

Dylan:

Dylan has taken the news very lightly, we read a book about being a big brother and he seems very excited, but not in comparison. For example, we told Dylan we were having a baby and he smiled and said. "yeah", but then the next day we told him we would getting a new couch and he was extactic..lol...jumping up and exclaiming "WE ARE GETTING A NEW COUCH!!!! YES!!!". So given the choice at this point I think he would take the couch..lol.