Seven Weeks
Hands and feet are emerging from developing arms and legs — although they look more like paddles at this point than the tiny, pudgy extremities you're daydreaming about holding and tickling. Technically, your baby is still considered an embryo and has something of a small tail, which is an extension of her tailbone. The tail will disappear within a few weeks, but that's the only thing getting smaller. Your baby has doubled in size since last week and now measures half an inch long, about the size of a blueberry.
At a length of about half an inch right now, your baby is raspberry-sized. Growth occurs at about the rate of one millimeter each day, but that growth isn't necessarily just in height. Spurts can occur in the arms, legs, back, and other parts of your baby's body. A close-up view of your little embryo would reveal a more baby-like appearance. You'd see an upper lip forming, the protruding tip of that cute button nose, and tiny (and very thin) eyelids. And check out those hands and feet! Your baby's webbed fingers and toes are differentiating now.
Nine Weeks
Well, they're all back with a vengeance. The cravings, actually not so much yet, but the hormones and zits - yes. I look like a 13 year old girl with a speckled face and neck--and chest this time. So glad it's bathing suit weather.
And the hormones! Today I was running at the Y on the track that goes around the second floor. It runs the perimeter of the building and is 1/9 of a mile long. It wraps around and looks down on a first floor gym as well as the nursery and main floor. So, I'm running and in the gym is a summer camp class going on with about 75 kids between 7 and 10 I'd say. They were playing some game that would cause them to occasionally have to run past the monitors without being caught by them. So each time I run around that part of the track, they all start their game and start shreaking and laughing and obviously having a great time. It made me want to cry! I had to fight back gushing tears at the sounds of the happiness. And last night, I had to fight uncontrollable laughter - for no reason. Well, it started with the King of Queens (our nightly ritual to watch), but it was about to get out of hand.
And isn't that a shame really? When the urge to laugh is uncontrollable you should just go with it. So next time Honey, I might keep you awake with my laughing. But, hey, that's better than being kept awake by crying, right?
It's hard not telling people yet. We're going to Denver in a couple weeks where I'll see some old friends but it will be too early to say anything. But it will be fun when we finally do say something...now only 6 weeks away.
July 17, 2009
Seven Weeks
What's it going to be like with two babies to cart around? I am having trouble figuring that one out. If I want to go grocery shopping now, it's easy. Drew just sits in the cart and off we go. Maybe he'll ride in the cart while Little Two sits in the baby seat? And what to do about the one-seated stroller? Hmmmm.
Starting to have the super-smell powers of a pregnant women. Of all the systems, I guess this is a minor one. But I don't like it. Smells I liked before become repugnant (ie. the souvlaki I made the other night didn't smell as appetizing as I would've liked), and I can smell things from around the block. So I stay away from perfume and odoriferous items. Just to be on the safe side.
Andrew asked if I was feeling any inklings about the gender. Nope. And I was thinking about it this morning, I really don't care. Last time, I certainly did. But now, I think just to have a little one that is healthy and safe, I really do just want that this time. I will be over the moon with boy OR girl.
July 23, 2009
Eight Weeks
I know I say it every time, but time flies.
I told one friend this week, who also happens to be newly pregnant. So we can commiserate together - it will be fun to go through this with someone at the pretty much exact stage that I am. I am only about two weeks ahead of her.
I wonder about what it will be like to be a family of four. The standard 'family'. It's so hard to wrap my mind around even being a mom, much less mom to two kids! Andrew and I were talking about how they will eventually be older, someday teenagers - and we'll be parents of teenagers. How did we get selected to have this role? God must have some faith in us? Well, maybe it's the other way around. I have faith in Him, and therefore, he blesses us. We are truly blessed.
