{thirteen weeks}

Ohh how I love peaches! I was so excited to see you were the size of a peach! I just wrote my 12 weeks blog about 3 days ago, so it feels funny writing so soon, but I love knowing we've made it another week. Weeks are really starting to fly by, now that we're not in the scary part of pregnancy.

You are nearly three inches this week. Your teeth and vocal cords are forming, although I'm thankful that they are not functional at this point. :) The size of your tiny body is slowly but surely catching up with the size of your head, and from now on you'll just concentrate on getting bigger.

So I'm going to admit an embarrassing secret! There is a test on the market these days called Intelligender. It is a first morning urine test that is supposedly 80% accurate in predicting whether you are a boy or a girl. I caved and bought the test even though I told myself I wasn't going to. If the test is accurate, you are a little boy! Although I know there's a chance it could be wrong, I'm still so thrilled and excited at what you MIGHT be. :) Daddy & I don't agree on anything boy--names, nursery ideas, anything! We will hopefully find out for sure what you are two weeks from today, at a place called Sonotech in Roseville. They can see you much earlier than the usual 20 weeks, and they even give you a dvd and 10 pictures. Much better than what Kaiser has to offer!!

No matter what you are, we are so excited to have you in our arms! Whether you are wrapped in a pink or a blue blanket, we have always wanted more than one of each gender so we are thrilled to take whatever! If only they did 13 week gender ultraounds ;)

Love,
Mom

{twelve weeks}

I thought this day would never come, really! (Actually it came about four days ago, but I've been too tired to post!) I have been waiting to say I was done with the first trimester for months and months. I know technically the end of this week is really the second trimetser, but this is good and close enough to me!

So exciting stuff: I heard your PERFECT heartbeat last Tuesday. My N.P. said you sound like a boy, and estimated the heart rate to be about 145 bpm! (Apparently the slower the heart rate, the bigger chance it's a boy) I asked her if that was just an old wive's tale, and she said it is, but it is sometimes statistically true. So I get all excited of course and start looking at little boy nursery ideas just for fun. I had bought a cheapie doppler on amazon.com so I could hear my little plum's heartbeat whenever I wanted, and I wanted to see if she was right about the 145 bpm, and ummm, I think she was way off! Every time I have used the doppler, it has always been above 155 (which according to online is in the "girl" range). Anyways, yes I know it's probably all a myth, but it's still fun to think about!

More about you: You have shifted into the growth and maturation stage! After weeks of critical development, almost all of your systems are fully formed. Wow. Now all you have to do is grow, grow grow!! I'd like you to be a bit bigger than a plum when you join the world, okay? You can now move spontaneously, suck your thumb, and even get hiccups! How cute.

About mama: I finally feel like I'm getting out of that ugly pooch stage, and my baby bump is becoming more hard instead of, soft and mushy. Which is completely fine with me! I've started a pregnancy workout dvd, and it feels SOOO good to work out. It's definitely harder to work out than it used to be, but it's supposed to keep the baby healthier, labor easier, and make it easier to "bounce back" after the baby is born, although I have said my sweet goodbyes to my 25 inch waistline, cause I don't expect that to come back. ;)

It's such a big week for us. I love knowing you are nestled safely in my tummy and with me all the time. I love protecting you and changing my life and habits to accomodate you.

You are the best thing I've had a hand in making.

Love,
Your mama!

**Baby bump picture to come soon, I'm at work right now :)**

{eleven weeks}

I can't believe you have been growing for 11 weeks! We are one week away from the end of the first trimester, the huge milestone for which I have been holding my breath since the very beginning of your dear, little life. I have been quite skiddish with this pregnancy, after having my miscarriage, but I'm glad to say the "statistical" miscarriage time frame is coming to an end.

This week you are nearly 2.5 inches, the size of a lime! I could hold you in the palm of my hand. Your nail beds are forming--you have skin--and even hair follicles! Such big stuff. Keep on growing and getting cuter :)

So yesterday I fainted while getting ready. I hadn't eaten breakfast yet (I usually don't eat it until I'm at work), and I started feeling funny. Good thing I have fainted several times before and know what to expect! I told Steve I knew I was going to faint and next thing I know he had laid me on the couch. I have no idea what I would have done if he wasn't there! I guess from now on I need to wake up and get straight to the kitchen to eat! Other than that, the nausea is slowly going away! Woohoo! I get to hear your little heartbeat Tuesday, which I am thrilled about! And only 26 days until I find out your gender..too many things to be excited about!

I love you, you little lime you.

I swear I'm usually not this white, but this is the day I fainted so I was a little pale. Oh and don't ask why I'm facing two different ways. I'll blame Steve!

GLee Cast - You're Having My Baby (HQ)

So I watched this on Glee last night and totally sobbed! It's such a sweet song, and Finn has a dreamy voice. I imagine it's my Stevie singing these words to me :)

{ten weeks}

My big prune baby!

I can't believe you have been inside me for ten weeks and we are one quarter done with this pregnancy! So amazing. 30 more weeks and you will be in my arms. This week, your kidneys, lungs, genitals, and the gastrointestinal tract are all present, though far from fully formed. Your bones are beinning to form in your arms and legs, and soon you'll be kicking and punching me. I can't wait. Your body length will amost double in the next three weeks. Whoa, that's a lot of growing!

How has mom been doing? I've been very busy opening a new dental office. So many things to set up and get going before patients come in. It's a beautiful office though, and I love working there with fantastic coworkers! Nothing new has been going on symptom wise really--my gums have started to get a little sore though. I'm one of the 1% of Americans that floss everyday, so I can't imagine if I didn't how badly they would hurt!

I find myself being a very lazy housewife. If I were an actual housewise that stays home all day, then I'd be amazing! But after an 8 hour work day and a piano student here and there, all I want to do is eat and sleep and cuddle with Steve at the end of the day. Steve has been so sweet about making me dinners and even carrying me to bed when the occasion calls. Our baby is going to be so lucky to have a dad like him, he's such a sweetheart.

Well my little nutrient sucking parasite love, I will see you next week, when you are 11 weeks! The weeks are flying by! Pretty soon we'll know if you are a boy or girl and will be buying out all of Pottery Barn Kids! I love you even more than I did last week, which was quite a lot.

Love,

The mama!



My boss asked me today if I was sure I wasn't having twins.