17 Weeks

  So...last Thursday we found out that Baby Foster is a BOY!  We are totally thrilled!  No names yet, but we have purchased a book and are giving it a lot of thought!  As soon as we decide, I'll post it for sure!  Cool stuff happening this week; skeleton is changing from cartilage to bone and sweat glands are forming!  He is 5 inches and 5 ounces, about the size of a turnip! 
I am feeling good, but not all to happy with my expanding waist line.  It's not so much that the baby is bumping out, everything is just...wider.  Cameron did take me baby bump pants shopping and I am much more comfortable in my work clothes!  Whew.  And I have decided that I do not like the words "pregnant" or "maternity" so I will not be using them!  AND I am having some majorly weird dreams, which aparently is totally normal for women with a baby bump!  What an adventure!!

16 weeks!

So I've missed a few weeks of blogging...but everything is still going great!  Baby Foster is the length of an avocado and weighs 3.5oz!  How amazing is this; Baby Foster's little heart is pumping 25 quarts of blood each day!  That is just incredible!  And even more exciting I should be able to feel the baby moving sometime within the next two weeks!
We have a doctor's appointment on Thursday and we are looking forward to finding out the sex of our little bun!  Hopefully the baby is cooperating and not being too shy!  I'll post the results as soon as we know!!

13 Weeks

So...Baby Foster is 3 inches long!  Baby Center compares the size to a shrimp, but I feel like that is a step backwards in comparison to last week's lime.  AND he/she only weight ONE OUNCE!!  That is so tiny and fragile!
I have to wear the B-band or bellaband with jeans now.  Haven't quite figured out how to make that work.  It seems all my sititng on the ground and moving around at school gets the thing all fouled up.
I am faithful to my 25 minute 5:30am walks with Dixie, but FitPregnancy Magazine says that I need to be walking for 40 minutes 6 days a week.  Better get it in gear!
My appetite is returning a little, but only for the foods that aren't so baby-building friendly.  Go figure!
Off to cook dinner!  And hopefully enjoy a nice walk in this fall weather with my hubby!

12 Weeks

So, the first trimester is almost over! One more week and I will be in phase two! I have told my principal at school and my kiddo's. The kids were SO excited! They all think that I should name Baby Foster after them...ha! They are also super protective of me now; "Don't pick that up!" "Don't bend like that!" And when the go to hug me they leave an invisible barrier so the don't squish the baby! And they ALL want me to bring the baby up to school! Uh, hello germs...I don't think so!

The growing baby is the size of a lime! And this week's big accomplishments are reflex development, functioning kidneys, growing intestines, and synapses forming in the brain!! It it all just so incredible amazing!

I am feeling pretty good these days! No more morning sickness, but not a huge appetite either. I am tired, but no more tired than any other hard-working teacher I know! I am not showing, but I think that is due to the appetite/morning sickness problem! I'm sure that will all change very quickly!

No names or baby shopping, but I did buy a BellaBand for when my pants get too tight! Oh, and I had to get a bigger boulder holder!

Cameron and I are adding another branch to the family tree! We expect to welcome our first Foster Kid into the world on April 3! That makes me 11 weeks along, but who's counting! I have felt like I've been living a double life ever since I got the 2 pink lines on the pregnancy test! I had a doctor's appointment today and got to hear the heartbeat again! So amazing! She gave me the O.K. to tell people...so I am! Besides a little morning sickness and a loss of appetite I feel great! At my next appointment on October 21 we get to find out if we should shop for PINK or BLUE!! We welcome any prayers for a healthy baby! We feel so blessed and send our prayers of thanks up to Him daily!

Bahamas

Cameron took me on another amazing trip this summer! We went to Nassau Bay in the Bahamas! This first slide show of pictures has no scuba pics. I will do a separate video for those!

Blog Shmog

So I thought I was all fancy since I just completed this 11 tools prof dev for school. I decided that making a family blog would be no sweat. Boo hiss. I was wrong. It's all off-centered! You have to use the little bar at the bottom to scroll over! WHY? Anyone out there (me shouting down an empty hallway) please comment and tell me how to fix my jacked blog!!