Week 15 update

Welcome to your week 15 update. Not too much going on, just everyday routine. It's hard to believe that next week is Thanksgiving, and that Christmas it only 4 weeks after that. Where has this year gone?? I once heard that the older you get, the faster the years fly by, and I'm a firm believer on that one.

As soon as we found out that I was pregnant, I signed up for weekly updates from a website to help us track our baby's growth and progress. This week our baby is about 4 inches long, from head to rump, and weighs about 2 and a half ounces. Pretty much comparable to an apple. What I thought was interesting is that the baby's taste buds are  fully formed, even though there's not much to taste. Also even though his or her eyelids are still fused shut, he or she can sense light. If we were to shine a flashlight on my belly, the baby would move away from the light. Pretty cool huh??

But I'm sure that you are all ready for the weekly pictures so I won't keep you waiting any longer...

Not much else going on. I'm still feeling good, and sleeping well. I head to the doctor this Thursday, for this month's appointment. So hopefully good things will come from that.

As you can tell, the girls are super excited about what is going on around here these days... Sidney just loves the camera. Every time it's out, she's all for a picture opt.

As for Briley, she could care less about a picture opt. But then that's our Briley, calm and cool no matter what's going on around here. Silly puppies...it's crazy how different they are, but at the same time, how much they are alike, and get long with each other. We refer to them as sisters, and truthfully, that is what they are, sisters.

Hello Second Trimester!!

Welcome to my second trimester! It's hard to believe that I'm already in my second trimester. I don't understand why the second trimester doesn't start until week 14, but what do I know? This week has been pretty uneventful. I did have to buy bigger scrub tops this week. The old ones weren't fitting like they should.

Even with the new scrub tops, my belly is still sticking out a bit. But I guess being 14 weeks pregnant will do that to someone. =)  

On a non-pregnancy note, Mike got himself a new surround sound system this weekend. Of course once we bought that, we had to buy a new tv stand, so that everything will fit...but we did find a screaming deal on both items, so that makes everyone happy.

13 weeks down, 27 more to go...

Hello week 13!! Holy moly I can't believe that I'm almost done with my 13th week already!! How time has flown by. 

As promised, here are a few pictures of the baby belly. I've started to feel pregnant this week, and I've started to actually look pregnant, while I'm in my scrubs for work. Until now, I just looked like I had put on a little weight across my belly.

Baby bellies are so much fun. Another exciting event this week, is that I have started to the baby moving about inside. At first I wasn't sure what it was, but after doing some reading, and talking to a few people, I'm pretty sure that I'm feeling him or her moving about. At first it was every so often, but here lately it's been almost once a day, if not several times a day. The nice thing is that this kiddo seems to be pretty active during the day, but calms down in the evening. Maybe this will continue, one can only hope.

Just had to share this random picture. Mike was playing with the camera, and he snapped this one. Just a little bit of the silliness that is going on in our house.

Week 12

Welcome to week 12!! Sorry for missing last week, but it was a very crazy week, and no matter what we did, there just wasn't enough time to get everything done. I did have a doctor's appointment last Monday, and everything went well. Everybody was very pleased, and the baby's heartbeat was good and strong, a little slower than before, but still very strong.  So that brings us to week 12. This time, there is pictures to go with this week.

A view from the side

And a view from the front. If you look closely, you can see the the lines starting to be more defined. I have a small circle on my belly. 


I still don't feel like I'm 12 weeks pregnant, time has really flown by. I still feeling great, no sickness. =) The fatigue is starting to be less and less. I am now able to start staying up a little later than I was. Which is good, since going to bed at 9 or 9:30 really made me feel like I was getting old. It's hard to believe that I am almost in my second trimester. Wow.... 

Silly, silly puppy

This Sunday morning, we were making breakfast, and Mike went back to the bedroom, and this was what he saw.

Briley was just chilling on the bed, enjoying the lazy Sunday morning that we all were having. But Sidney was no where to be found...

He came back out to check on how breakfast was coming, thinking that Sidney might be hanging out where the food was, but he was wrong, she wasn't here.

Here was our baby dog, all curled up in our bathroom. Why you ask??? Once when she was a tiny puppy, we were cooking breakfast, and whatever we were cooking, popped out some grease, and hit her. So now, whenever she hears some sizzling, she runs and hides. This is new though, usually she just went and laid down on her bed, which is in our room. I guess she feels safer in the bathroom. The funny thing is that our bathroom is right behind the kitchen. So in reality she is closer to the sizzling than what she wishes to be. Just don't tell her there. Silly puppy....

A day at the zoo

This past weekend, the entire family here in Kentucky made a trip up to Cincinnati zoo. It was a beautiful day, and we truly enjoyed ourselves.

Some of the animals were being very silly, and showing off a bit for everyone.

Since it is October, and getting close to halloween, the zoo had special activities that they had the animals partaking in. At certain times, each animal had the opportunity to have a pumpkin smashing. Even though we didn't see any of these smashings, we saw the aftermaths of many of them.

Some animals just didn't seem to care that there were people out and about checking things out. They were just as content to go about their normal, daily routine.

We couldn't have asked for a nicer day. The weather was great, and we enjoyed looking at all the animals and just hanging out with each other. It was a great weekend to spend together as a family.

10 weeks down

As we roll into our 10th week of pregnancy, I thought I would post a few belly pictures for all the world to see. Well, not all the world, but a fair amount of the US, since we have family spread across the states.

As far as how I've been feeling. Great! I've had a fair amount of fatigue, but I've been told that not only is that a good thing, but that it will pass here in a few weeks to a month. So with that being said, so far, so good. It's been pretty easy being pregnant, and for that I have been very very thankful.