Week 12

Hi Baby!

HAPPY EASTER!

 

I love Easter! It is one of my most favorite holidays. I can't wait to celebrate with you and see you all dressed up in your Sunday best, hunting for eggs and digging through your overloaded Easter basket. It's going to be so great :) We are headed over to Mary and Joe's house (your Grandma and Grandpa Gordon) in a little while to share a nice meal together......probably ham, asparagus, scalloped potatoes, homemade rolls......mmmmm I love it all!!

 Here are some pictures from this evening:

Your Mom and Dad.

Your Auntie Allison and her beautiful centerpiece.

Our Easter loot!

It is the last night of Spring Break, we'll have to make it an early night so tomorrow morning isn't so rough going back to school. BUT - tomorrow afternoon we have a doctor's appointment with Dr. Mary Janowiak. It is the first official apt. with the Doc so I am really excited to meet with her. Later in the week we have another ultrasound apointment too. I'll update this post afterwards with some new pics of you  :)

Here are some developments about you this week:

The most dramatic development this week: reflexes. Your baby's fingers will soon begin to open and close, his toes will curl, his eye muscles will clench, and his mouth will make sucking movements. In fact, if you prod your abdomen, your baby will squirm in response, although you won't be able to feel it. His intestines, which have grown so fast that they protrude into the umbilical cord, will start to move into his abdominal cavity about now, and his kidneys will begin excreting urine into his bladder.
Meanwhile, nerve cells are multiplying rapidly, and in your baby's brain, synapses are forming furiously. His face looks unquestionably human: His eyes have moved from the sides to the front of his head, and his ears are right where they should be. From crown to rump, your baby-to-be is just over 2 inches long (about the size of a lime) and weighs half an ounce.

Love ya baby, me

Week 11

Hi Baby!  

This week was GLORIOUS Spring Break for your Dad and I. It was pretty cool weather last weekend, but it has turned warm and beautiful the last few days. I went down to Arizona and visited my Grammy and Grandpa Cudnohufsky (your GREAT grandparents) for a few days. Aunt Bonnie and Cousin Henry were also there visting from Alaska. It was a really great trip. I shared the big news about YOU with them - of course they were absolutely thrilled. It was so much fun to tell them all in person instead of over the phone. Then I had to call Aunt Cindy and Uncle Michael/Aunt Kim/Cousin Chase back in Michigan and share the news with them too. They are all very happy and excited!

Here are a few pictures that I took (Henry has some really good people shots, so I'll have to update again later):

While I was gone your Dad refinished/stained all of our kitchen cabinets. We are getting new granite counter-tops soon (exciting I know) and we wanted to update a few other things in the house first. Last night we installed new handles and knobs on all the cupboards, put warmer light bulbs in the kitchen lights and replaced all of our ugly brass doorknobs in the house with pretty brushed nickel knobs. We are chipping away at making our little nest nice and cozy.


So here are some Week 11 preggo developments:

I haven't gained any weight (actually lost a few lbs), but I feel like I am expanding around the middle a bit. My clothes are starting to get a bit uncomfortable.  This week I purchased my first official 'maternity clothes' - two pairs of leggings and a black & white striped tunic (like a dress). Also, my Momma mailed me a cute wrap-around blue dress with white flowers. I think it will be really comfy. Still feeling icky nauseous, mostly in the evenings. But your Dad is still pumping me full of good food - ALL THE TIME.

Here are some updates about you:

Your baby is starting to look less alien now. Woot. He or she has hands and feet, a tongue and a nose and some bones are starting to harden. See ya shark baby, you look more like a chicken nugget with legs now. Just over 1 1/2 inches long and about the size of a fig, she is now almost fully formed. Her hands will soon open and close into fists, tiny tooth buds are beginning to appear under her gums, and some of her bones are beginning to harden.

She's already busy kicking and stretching, and her tiny movements are so effortless they look like water ballet. These movements will become more frequent as her body grows and becomes more developed and functional. You won't feel your baby's acrobatics for another month or two — nor will you notice the hiccupping that may be happening now that her diaphragm is forming.

Pretty cool!

P.S. Your Dad and your Auntie Allison think you are a girl....I think you are a boy - who knows yet!!! But we will be finding out and sharing the news as soon as we can ;)

Love ya, me