13 Weeks!

Thank goodness for blogging- it gives me SOMETHING to do while I am at work this week- this is our last week in the Shop before we close for the season and let me tell you, it is SLOOOWWWW. I just got done serenading Bohemian Rhapsody to Brutus before I realized I could do my 13-week update on the blog!

I had to the most fun having dinner with my friend Sarah last night. She is due with her 1st in 2 weeks! We had all sorts of fun talking about pregnancy, the goofy (and not so goofy) fears we have as moms, weird things that happen to your body, diapering, childbirth, men... all of it. I still can't believe that this time of my life has arrived. She recommended I look into hypno-birthing and gave me a hilarious book, The Girlfriends Guide to Pregnancy - Or Everything your Doctor Won't Tell You.

She is about to POP and part of me is so jealous that she has such a cute round belly and will get to meet her little one in a matter of days. But, until then, I will enjoy my normal pants and the mysterious growth going on within me. I am sure the belly and anxiousness she is experiencing will be here before I know it.

(taken with a timer this morning .... before I brushed ANYTHING - my apologies - I still can't believe I am actually putting pictures of myself on the WWW voluntarily showing my belly - preparation for the actual birth when all self respect and bashfulness goes out the window?)
Mic, do you recognize those shorts? You gave them to me as a b-day present our Sophomore year - someone take me shopping)

Today I am 13 weeks impregnated.... Boy the weeks fly. Here is what babycenter.com says about the little guy or gal:

Babies Growth:
Fingerprints have formed on your baby's tiny fingertips, its veins and organs are clearly visible through its still-thin skin, and the body is starting to catch up with the head — which makes up just a third of its body size now. If you're having a girl, she now has more than 2 million eggs in her ovaries (holy fertile!). Your baby is almost 3 inches long (the size of a medium shrimp) and weighs nearly an ounce.

What is going on with me:
This is the last week of my first trimester, and my risk of miscarriage is now much lower than earlier in pregnancy. Next week marks the beginning of the second trimester, a time of relative comfort for many women who see early pregnancy symptoms such as morning sickness and fatigue subside. More good news: Many couples also notice a distinct libido lift around this time (too bad Pete is hundreds of miles away with a bunch of men). Birth is still months away, but your breasts may have already started making colostrum, the nutrient-rich fluid that feeds your baby for the first few days after birth, before your milk starts to flow.(Notice the nice smooth butt and legs on this lovely "drawing" - that TOTALLY looks like me!

Now, here is a picture of a REAL baby -- cutie pie Cash, our new nephew. Amy, Cash, Grandpa John, Grandma Jo, and Amy's friends from Minnesota came to visit me in the Shop last week. He is growing up! He still has that fantastic crazy hair though - my favorite! I think he is always sleeping.