13 Weeks

Let me start this off with an ultrasound photo from last week. Here is my little 12 week old baby. Ultrasounds are going to be much less frequent from here on out (unless there are problems, God forbid). This baby is so active. It is all over the place when I try to listen to the heartbeat. Last night Kari, Erin, and Jamie wanted to listen so I broke out the doppler (which totally made Erin cry). Baby just kept swimming away from it...maybe it's uncomfortable having the transducer pressed into it's personal space and is just moving to accommodate the change. Who knows? I'm just glad it's moving! And now for the 13 week belly:
I look totally scrubby in these pictures. But I don't care. I'm too lazy to take more right now. The belly looks a little bigger than last week. I can't wait for it to get even bigger so I actually look pregnant and not just like I drink too much beer. LOL. Justin is totally loving the belly. It makes it so much more real for him I think. I'm excited for Halloween in a few weeks. Jamie and Erin are throwing a party at their house and I am going as a Treasure Troll. So a propos, as I had a huge collection back in the 90's when they were popular. Justin has promised to stick my hair straight up for me with wood glue and spray it purple. Apparently he's a pro at styling liberty spikes and is sure he can get my hair to stand on end. I'm going to fashion some kind of jewel to put on my belly and make a giant comb out of cardboard and paint it pink. I can't wait. HOPEFULLY my belly will expand a little bit more between now and then.
I have yet to feel anymore bubbles or pops, so I'm guessing it was just gas that I felt a few weeks ago.
I am SO happy to be able to EAT again. Now that I can I am starting to have cravings for oranges, apples with peanut butter, guacamole, tuna sandwiches, and yellow cake cupcakes with dark chocolate icing. I'm still noticing a little bit of morning sickness, it helps if I eat some bread before getting out of bed. And in the evening I have MAJOR heartburn. And it gets a lot worse if I forget to take my Prevacid.
Really no major complaints now that I am off the hell-caps. I'm noticing that I'm sneezing a lot, but it doesn't seem to be related to anything. And if I am on my feet too long I get a back ache, so I try to rest as much as I can. I'm loving naps right now. It takes me a while to fall asleep, but having an hour or so of extra rest it heaven.
Justin is SO SICK right now. I'm sleeping on the couch to try and avoid getting sick myself. That's not so pleasant, but another bout of vomiting and dehydration would be worse. So baby and I are camping out in the living room. And actually, being out of my bedroom is a nice change of scenery. I'm really lucky we have such a comfy couch...but it's still a couch. And I can tell by my lion's yawns that it's time to get myself to bed (well couch). I've got another injection at 8am. I was hoping Justin could go with me for a quick lesson so that he could start shooting me up in the evenings. But I don't think he's going to make it. He has some experience administering intra-muscular injections, but I'd feel better if he did a practice round in front of a nurse first. Maybe next week.
And before I go, there is a new feature on the blog. To the right there you will notice a link to my baby names list. We have already decided on a boy name and Justin (after some heavy coercion)has agreed to pick a girl name from my list of likes. So this is my list of names that I like, in no particular order. So if you care to have a vote, make your selections! And feel free to leave comments on the blog about which names you like for either first or middle names.

Au revoir for now mes cheries! And next time I post I will OFFICIALLY be in the 2nd Trimester! ::tears of joy::