Salsa Anyone?

Watch what you say... tiny bones forming in baby's ears mean the little one can now pick up your voice. Eyebrows, lashes and hair are starting to fill in, and taste buds are forming. And, if you're interested, an ultrasound might be able to determine gender.

Gender you say? We'll we're going to do just that on Friday :)

Florida Baby

EEK! Baby is nearing the end of week 15!

Continuing the march towards normal proportions, baby's legs now outmeasure the arms. And, finally, all four limbs have functional joints. Your fetus is squirming and wiggling like crazy down in the womb, though you probably still can't feel the movements.

14 weeks!

It's crazy to me that baby is already around 3.5 inches long.

Your adorable little fetus is busy with thumb sucking, toe wiggling, and (not so cute but equally amazing) making urine and breathing amniotic fluid as the liver, kidneys and spleen continue to develop. Lanugo (thin, downy hair) is growing all over the body for warmth.



Aw! Keep growing baby!

What's in a name?

Ahh. Only three more weeks until we find out if Baby B is a boy or a girl. We're so excited. Suddenly, I've become panicked about the names we've picked out and have gone on a crazed hunt to find new ones that I love. DH picked Benjamin Mason for a boy. (Which is a huge surprise, because he was set on the boy's name) and I can't pick a girls name I like. I'm afraid that we'll be ready for a boy and in three weeks, we'll hear "it's a girl!". But I'm also afraid that I'll spend the next three weeks picking out girls names and it'll be a boy. Better get crackin'

Woot!

Our doppler came today! Baby B's heart rate was around 150 bpm. It was nice to hear that everything is going well in there! I can't wait for DH to get home to hear it too!

What a day already...

My mom called me this morning to tell me she and my father are driving to South Florida this morning. My dad's high school friend, and close friend of our family, is having brain surgery this morning. Brain surgery. Completely out of the blue. He's had headaches for years and turns out there is a cyst in his brain. So they dx him last night and are operating this afternoon. Scary. My prayers are with him.

On a happy note...
Our doppler was one city away as of last night so now I'm waiting for the mail like a kid at Christmas.

AW!

Hematologist Update

*Looks* like everything went well. The Dr. said I was 'lightly' anemic. I have to go back in a month to see if I have the Von Willebrands factor. :/

I guess we'll see.

Woot! 13 w 3d!

Well I'm officially in the 2nd tri now according to everyone! It's really surreal how fast we're here. Thursday we're going to a nice dinner to celebrate! Mmm crab cakes. My sister's best friend is due at the end of August so I'm glad I have someone IRL to go through this with.

Yay, second tri! We're officially 1/3 of the way there :)

"Shipped"

The Mr. bought us a doppler to listen to Baby B's HB since he probably won't go to anymore appointments (except for the big u/s!). He checked last night and it said it had already shipped. I can't wait.