{ Growing Big Time! }

There's no doubt about it --- This mama is showin' big time!  Here's a picture from last week (15 weeks and 1 day) Hoping that the beer belly look will soon turn in to that "cute little baby bump" that everyone talks about! ha! :) Here's to hoping right!?

The nugget is really over this

We had a check up on December 4th and although Dr. Taylor had to rush to a delivery we had a nurse practitioner come and check the heartbeat and everything was good.  160 and strong.  45 minutes of waiting for 2 minutes with the Doc -- but whatever.  Always glad to hear that noise!  It's fascinating!  Next check up is Jan 7th and then we can schedule our 20 week ultrasound!

What's up with Baby this week?

How your baby's growing:

Get ready for a growth spurt. In the next few weeks, your baby will double his weight and add inches to his length. Right now, he's about the size of an avocado: 4 1/2 inches long (head to rump) and 3 1/2 ounces. His legs are much more developed, his head is more erect than it has been, and his eyes have moved closer to the front of his head. His ears are close to their final position, too. The patterning of his scalp has begun, though his locks aren't recognizable yet. He's even started growing toenails. And there's a lot happening inside as well. For example, his heart is now pumping about 25 quarts of blood each day, and this amount will continue to increase as your baby continues to develop.

Now that we're in to the 16th week we're anxiously awaiting our appointment on Saturday in Bloomington to find out if we're carrying a Pheobo or a Pheobe!  Can not wait! Then our plan is to start buying some stuff!  Hoping to stop at Babies R Us in Ritchfield while we're up that way.  Might as well start getting prepared now -- only have 24 weeks left!  EEEEK!!  (Makes my heart beat super fast with excitement and a little anxiety!) 

Turns out this whole "pregnancy brain" thing --- totally the truth!  I have tried getting out of my car twice already in the last 2 weeks with my seat belt on and then instantly disgusted say "Damn Seat belt!" ha! Then I have to laugh cuz really!?  Is it my seat belt's fault?!  Also, I was trying to say the word "malnutrition" in conversation with a coworker the other day and I just could not get it to come out just kept stuttering on "mal...." and finally had to say "do you know what word i'm trying to say but i can't seem to spit out!?" and we both laughed cuz she knew I was struggling! :) Oh the joys of lack of brain cells lately!  

On Monday night, I'm almost POSITIVE I felt this little nugget move!!  I was watching TV with my 4 legged nugget, and during a commercial, like usual, I decided to play with him a little bit and tell him how much I loved him in a really high pitched voice and sure enough --- had a little hard movement in my lower right tum-tum!  At first I just thought "what tha!?" and then I had to try it again -- so here I am saying high pitched "I LOVE YOU NUGGET!" over and over again and about 3 times I felt it!  Could all be in my head -- but i'm pregnant so if i want it to be movement -- IT IS! ha :) 

I'm starting to come around to letting Mister get a little closer to my belly and touch and talk to it. He likes to put his ear up to my tummy and then goes "lots of gurgles going on in there"... well uhm i probably just ate something, beings that's all i seem to do lately, so... get out of there while it's still enjoyable! ha! 

Oooo... I got these really fancy new headphones so that I could start playing tunes for the baby!  Baby now has some of the internal ear stuff forming so I guess he/she can hear what's going on and is recognizing my voice now and it's suggested to play some tunes for them.  So... I got these and have been using them more for myself so far.. but the plan is to play a little Mumford for the baby here and there so she/he has some sense of good music before they are even a day old! :) And to all you country lovers out there --- keep your music away from my kid! k? Thanks!

Taking a good picture just doesn't really interest me much :)

oh and here is our Holiday card :) Had more fun than i should have making them!

Here are week 16 pictures!  and sorry to burst any bubbles but we won't be announcing the gender until Christmas :)  So... here comes another week of keeping a secret --- man i'm bad at that and hate doing it! ha! :)  Also, really appreciate those of you that have told me that you've been following the blog -- means a lot and keeps me on top of it!  Hoping it'll make a good keepsake for our little guy or girl some day!

As you can tell, Tyson's a little camera shy :)