One of Those Flat Tire Kind of Days

So today marks 12 weeks for V-Baby!  Mister and I tried taking our first belly photos this morning.  Needless to say they are awkward to take and I'm absolutely not comfortable at all with this whole "stare at my belly" thing yet!  Kind of feel like I've got that "flat tire" look going on around the waist!  I know this all part of the gig, but doesn't make it any more comforting.  

This week I've definately felt my mid section growing.  It's not the same as the bloated feeling, but more of a "there's no way i can suck this in" type feeling! :)  It's great to know that the baby is growing at a fast enough pace now that I can actually tell a difference.  Mister still wants to be touching the baby bump but I'm not quite there yet!  Guessing in the next couple weeks things may change a bit, as the baby goes from being the size of a lime at 12 weeks to the size of an apple by week 15!  

 What else is going on with the baby right now? 
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. - Taken from babycenter.com

Our next doctor appointment is December 4th.  We'll be nearly 15 weeks at that time.  Hoping to hear a good healthy heartbeat and hearing that everything is right on track the way it should be.

Week 12 Questionnaire:

Total weight gain/loss: Approximately 1 lb since the appointment on the 6th.

Maternity clothes? I've ordered some, but of course they are huge! although, i wore one pair of maternity leggings to work and felt like i was in sweatpants all day <3 loved!!


Stretch marks? None yet, but i have a pretty good friend who was looking out for me and hooked me up with some great body butter that i cake on DAILY! 

Sleep: ............. what sleep? ha!  Still pretty tired but having trouble getting a good nights sleep.  Wake up more often than not to get up and watch a couple hours of TV before falling back asleep.  I've now seen almost every episode of Fraiser that's on the Hallmark channel between 1:00 am and 4 am :)

Best moment this week: actually being able to physically see the bump start to form and checking myself out in the mirror constantly to see if it's still there! 

Have you told family and friends: yes!  we told them right after the doctors appointment on the 6th!  They had a really hard time with keeping it quiet! 

Movement: none yet that i've noticed

Food cravings: Really liking cereal and cheese and crackers

Anything making you queasy or sick: the smell of coconut... ish!

Have you started to show yet: yuppers!

Gender prediction: I'm 85% positive it's a little Lady in there!

Belly Button in or out? In, way in... ha!

Wedding rings on or off? Still got that bad boy on!

Happy or Moody most of the time: MOODY!  Poor Mister -- hoping the swings stop soon for his sanity!

Weekly Wisdom: SLEEP SLEEP SLEEP and then drink some water, pee, and SLEEP more!

Oh and here are our ultrasound pictures from our appointment.  We went in on November 6th and we were thinking we were just under 10 weeks pregnant and to our surprise we almost a week farther along then we had thought!  Here's VBaby at 10 weeks 6 days.

Body View (head is down)

little tiny nugget feet and tooshy! :)  Doc said this
would have been the "money shot" if looking for gender!

Another body shot (head down)