10 weeks, a little late.

YOUR BABY THIS WEEK

This is the first week that your baby's weight is substantial enough to be measured! Still, he or she is tiny, weighing about 5 grams (0.18 ounces). About the size of a small plum, your baby is between 1.25 inches and 1.75 inches (4.4 cm) long.

Your Baby: This week signals the end of the "embryonic stage" and the start of the "fetal period". And with it comes rapid growth spurts. The good news is that the critical stage of development is over, and there is very little risk of developing congenital malformations from this point on. That doesn't mean you still don't have to be careful. Exposure to certain drugs, x-rays, alcohol, cigarette smoke, or even stress can still cause your baby harm.

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Is it just me or is that ticker thing FREAKING out? I tried to fix it- and it is doing the same thing still. Either I went into a coma for 9 weeks, or their site is wigged a bit.

We are still moving. It will never end. Aside from out clothes, part of me just wants to leave the rest as a "gift" for the new people. Moving is evil. Don't do it if you can avoid it. You realize just how many toys one can collect for a single child in just about a year and a half.

Drumroll Please!

Here is is! Sorry it took so long. Between dummy hubby and getting ready to move this weekend, well, you know.

Hopefully we will get to see this peanut again soon! And maybe a profile this time? Huh baby? Intead of a backside- PLEASE?

If they won't do it for you...

Do it yourself. Cookies and I are dragging our tushies down to Bum's work to pick up the damn picture. I swear he is blonder at heart than I am sometimes. After all of my nagging, you would think he would remember to bring the lil thing home.
On that note- I can't seem to remember my pin number for my debit card. I use it almost every day- but my brain is being sucked into my uterus and I can remember squat. Actually, not true. I can remember the little details of my friend's schedules. Like a walking appointment book. "Hey Kim, when is field day?" Next Thursday. Oh, and don't forget your Doctors appointment on the 6th. Yep- I am a loser.

Providing all goes well, there will be a picture on here in the next few hours. Let me warn you, the child is mooning us already, and so it is a lovely shot of baby's backside. My kids rock- even in utero.

Okay, I haven't posted because my dummy husband keeps forgetting the picture at work, and, well, I want to post a picture!

Update

We have 1 perfect lil baby! 154 beats per minute, right on track for January 11th, 2008!

My body has almost completely reabsorbed the 2nd sac, so even though we started with 2, we have 1 now, and that is a-ok with me. Bum is really upset, but I think he will be okay.

I will update more after my dr's appointment tomorrow morning. Promise :)

Water and Big mouths

I remembered yesterday why I didn't want to tell anyone outside of the computer that I was pregnant. We went out on the lake with my parents, siblings and a few of my parent's friends. Despite the fact that I asked that they don't tell anyone- my parents told their friends. While typically not a big deal, they neglected to tell them that they are NOT to say anything around my sister. We had a close encouter with her finding out.

The reason we are not telling her for as long as possible, is because she hardly takes care of the daughter she has (my parent's care for her 90% of time), and is the type of person who would go try to get knocked up just because I am. She wants to be the center of attention at all times. Bum asked last night if we could not tell her until the day before I was due. I told him- with the way I show... I don't think she would mistake it for being fat. All we can do is hope she doesn't try to copy me when she does find out.

Cookies LOVES the water- LOVES it. We had to watch her very carefully because she wanted to swim so much. She and I sat on the back of the boat, and I held on to her life vest while she slid into the water over, and over, and over again. Time for swim lessons I think. It was nicer when she was a little more afraid of the water- because then I didn't have to hold on to her the whole time. She comes by it naturally- Daddy was a life guard, Mommy was on the swim team, Grandma hydrofoils , and Papa waterskis. I just hope she learns quickly where the boundries are when it comes to the water.

Ultrasound

Wednesday at 2:30. So we will know more in a week- and of course, I promise to update here!

Double Tags

I was tagged by Canape and Ladybugs and Lizards. One was for 7 random facts, the other for 10 things you don't know about me. I don't think I can pull 17 things out of my tuckus, so will 10 random facts you may not know about me be okay?

1. All my "friends" in highschool told me that they would be surprised if I got married before I was 30. Not for any other reason than they thought they would get married first because they were prettier and had more boyfriends.

2. I am terrified at the idea of having multiples. Not because I am afraid I can't handle it- but because I would want to EBF (exclusively breastfeed) both of them, and doing so would never sleep again. Also because my lil Cookies deserves all the attention in the world, and I want to continue to give it to her.

3. The only person I talk to on the phone aside from my husband is my Mom. Everyone else talks to me through IM or text messaging. I think they do it because I sound like minnie mouse on the phone. Along with this fact... I have only met maybe 2 of my friends in real life. The rest of you wonderful people live in the box.

4. I am terribly obnoxious and am surprised people tolerate me. I think stupid things are hilarious, and I say silly things a lot. I think it is half total geek and half insecurity.

5. I used to show dogs full time- traveling almost half the year to shows all over the country. I loved it and hated it. It is hard to live out of a suitcase- but what a thrilling, fulfilling job to have. I miss it, and will never get to do it the same way again.

6. I have to rub my feet together before I can fall asleep.

7. I put sentimental value on everything. Drives Bum insane, because I find a reason to keep everything.

8. My brain melts faster than any other preggo I know. I forget long remembered phone numbers, I forget words, and even how to get to places. Fortunately, I only have these memory slips and have never done anything like leave the water running or not put the car in park.

9. I am addicted to musicals. I can pick up the music faster than most, and I still remember most of the choreography from my highschool show choir.


10. I think too much about what other people think of me- if they are dissapointed, or are judging me, or whatever. I am one of those people who wants to please everyone.


Ok, that is my 10. You all have tagged pretty much every one who would read this blog. If you haven't been tagged yet, I tag you!

OYE!

So I pulled this little April fools joke on my mom's board back before I knew I was pregnant, saying I have to go to the ER because of severe pain, and when they did the US at the ER they saw 2 sacs.

Went to the ER because of severe pain: check

Went to the Dr's for a follow up today and saw 2 sacs: check


The irony- eh?

We saw 1 baby WITH a heartbeat (thank you God), and then we saw a second sac. Couldn't see a baby, and the sac was slightly abnormal- so that may be what caused the bleeding and I am just reabsorbing the sac-- OR baby #2 is just a few days behind the other.

I have an ultrasound again next week to verify the HB, and to see what is going on in sac #2.

I am a bit in shock, and Bum has been strutting his stuff since the appointment. I am just hoping baby with a HB continues to thrive!