16 weeks......Getting ready for a Growth Spurt!!!!

''Get ready for a growth spurt. In the next few weeks, your baby will double his weight and ass inches to his length. Right now, he's about the size of an avocado: 4 1/2 inches long (head to rump) and 3 1/2 ounces. His legs are much more deceloped, his head is more erect than it has been, and his eyes have moved closer to the front of his head. His ears are close to their final position, too. The patterning of his scalp has begun, tough his locks aren't recognizable yet. He's even started growing toenails. And there's a lot happening inside as well. For example, his heart is now pumping about 25 quarts of blood each day, and this amount will continue to increase as your baby continues to develop.''

I LOVE LOVE LOVE my baby so much!!!  I can't wait to get every weekly update on how the baby is growing and learning about each little development that is happening--truly amazing! I can't wait for my 18 week scan.. In 2 weeks I will find out the gender! That's amazing. My belly has definitely grown. If I wear baggy shirts you can't really tell I'm pregnant.  

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Partytime!!

This Sunday it was Kallie's birthday! And ofcours I bought a big present and went to her big party. It was so much fun. We danced and just had fun.. I thought I would just enjoy the time that I still can do what I want and not to worry about the baby. It's crazy...next year I will need to find someone to take care of the baby so I can go to Kallie her birthday. Everything is going to change. But it was so so sooo much fun. and again: Happy Birthday Kallie!!! 

I've Got an Apple in my Belly! 15 Weeks.

''Your growing baby now measures about 4 inches long, crown to rump, and weighs in at about 2 1/2 ounces (about the size of an apple). She's busy moving amniotic fluid through her nose and upper respiratory tract. which helps the primitive air sacs in her lung begin to develop. Her legs are growing longer than her arms now, and she can move all of her joints and limbs. Although her eyelids are still fused shut, she can sense light. If you shine a flashlight at your tummy, for instance, she's likely to move away from the beam. There's  not much for your baby to taste at this point, but she is forming taste buds. Finally, if you have an ultrasound this week, you may be able to find out whether your bab's a boy or a girl! (Don't be too disappointed if it remains a mystery, though. Nailing down your baby's sex depends on the clarity of the pictures and on your baby's position. He or she may be modestly curled up or turned in such a way as to ''hide the goods.'')''

I just love being pregnant! I feel great and have a little belly now, I can't wait for this lil' bugger to arrive. Zach absolutely loves my new ''belly'' and can't get enough of it. I find him constantly staring at it and smiling. He loves touching it, rubbing it and kissing it. He has been doing so much research lately (more than I have) about what I should be eating, when to start plaing classical music to it, and much much more. He cares about me and this baby so much and tells me everyday. I'm so happy with him! At school I'm wearing just baggy shirts. I thing everyone knows it at this point. But some how I just feel more comfortable. I did got some negative comments about it.. who cares? I'm just happy that I got a lot more support. 

2nd Trimester, Here We Are!

''Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his tumb! Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features from one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around him -- a process he'll keep up until birth. He can gasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you ma even catch him sucking his tumb.

In other news: Your baby's stretching out. From head to bottom, he measures 3 1/2 inches -- about the size of a lemon -- and he weighs 1 1/2 ounces. His body's growing faster than his head, which now sits upon a more distinct neck. By the end of this week, his arms will have grown to a length that's in proportion to the rest of his body. (His legs still have some lengthening to do.) He's starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair, called lanugo, all over his body. Your baby's liver starts making bile this week -- a sign that it's doing its job right -- and his spleen starts helping in the production of red blood cells. Though you can't feel his tiny punches and kicks yet, your little pugilist's hand and feet (which now measure about 1/2 inch long) are more flexible and active.''

Our baby is the size of a LEMON! When I read that this morning, I pulled out a lemon and put it up to my tummy....I can't believe our baby has grown so much. Time is going by so quickly, I can't believe our baby is going to be here in less than 6 months!!

I woke up to this...

And had to take quite a few ''second looks,'' because I feel like it just appreared out of nowhere. Last night I was at Zach's house, and out beautiful Taryn was there ad she kept wanting to tub my lil' belly. She told me how hard it was, so I felt it. (for some reason, I haven't really felt my bell since I've been pregnant, so had no idea what to expect). To surprise, my belly is really hard....I guess I expected it to be squooshy or something.

We've got some curvature going on here...Zach and I went to see my Dad today. This has been the first time I've seen him since I started ''showing.'' Being the honest man he is, he told me ''Sam, I can really tell your hormoned are kicking in. You look fluffy.'' Yes, my dad used the word FLUFFY. I couldn't stop laughing, because only my dad would say that and think nothing of it...ha ha!

and I'm feeeeelin' gooooood........

Other than having insomnia, indigestion and my face breaking out, my energy is returning, my breasts are feeling less tender, and my queasiness has completely abated. Ya! thuis pregnancy thing isn't too bad anymore.

Lately, I've been taking time to plan, daydream, and enjoy this amazing time. I guess its normal to worry a bit now and then, but I'm trying to focus on taking care of myself and my baby, and having faith that I'm well equipped for whats ahead. I haven't read any pregnancy preparation books yet, because right now, my chief goal  is to be physically fit, nutritionally stocked and emotionally calm! Because in the end, as long as myself and the baby are healthy, I think figuring out the other stuff will just come.

Yesterday at school, there where some girls coming up to me and they where like ''So, you're pregnant'' So I just said ''yeah'' and they where laughing me out in my face. Like seriously? Go somewhere else and laugh. I didn't say anything. I was tired of those people. So I just walked away. I think there are going to be a lot of those people.. I think that half of my school knows it by now. The only class I told was my math class..but there are some ugly people in there. So thank you very much! I don't care what they think of me. I know what's best for me and my baby.