Growing and growing and growing......

Baby P you actually look like a baby now :-) not a gummy bear, peanut, or a blob (you were a very cute blob thought).

Yesterday, April 22nd Earth Day, we, your dad and I, went in for our 13 week appointment. The doctor attempted to hear your heartbeat from the outside but was having trouble finding it....and let me note he was killing me with how hard he was pushing on my tummy to find it and to think i was afraid of hurting you by laying on my stomach at night...i guess you are pretty safe in there. So once again we got to see you on the ultrasound machine....5 times in 13 weeks :-) we are very lucky people although we will be paying to all these little face to face visits when the bill comes :-) As it turns out you were hiding behind my pelvic bone....guess that is the me in you as i love to sit in the corner or the inside of the booth at a restaurant. All you did was move and bounce around... you got the doctor a bit frusterated because he was trying to take measurements of you and all you did was move around. I had to laughing thinking it was a sign of baby portraits and family portraits to come..... i think you will be the one we only get the pictures of crawling away from the camera hehe. So how did you measure up..... your waist circumference, leg bone length, and head to hiney length all measure perfect at 13 week....here is the kicker and the your dad in you ... your head circumference measured a week bigger than the rest of you :-) we had a good chuckle able that because everyone makes fun at your dad because of the size of his head but we love him :-) I also had the pleasure of my first internal exam with your dad in the room..talk about embarrassing LOL but he is amazing and made me feel so calm, i truly appreciate his attitude towards these things he knows just how to act to make me feel better :-) i love that guy you will call dad! At our appointment we also scheduled the BIG ultra sound on June 3rd to find out if you are a Liam or a Lucy. I am convinced by gut instint that you are a Lucy but we will see ... i can't wait to find out so that i can shop for clothes and stuff for your room!!!! You room is going to be awesome! Grandma H is coming to visit, along Pop H and Uncle Matt, on May 21 (Pops birthday) and Grandma and I plan to paint your room....i am so excited!!


In other news your dad and I found a swing for you that we absolutely love at Target! They were sold out the the Target in Avon so we traveled over to Plainfield before going to see Adventureland and found one, we were thrilled. The next day we pulled it out to get it set up and found out it was missing half the pieces.... :-( bummer! So we had to return it, now we are just waiting till they get more in stock. Is this a sign telling us that you are not going to like the swing? I hope not because it is awesome!

So what do we have for you so far....a sling carrier, Ralph Lauren socks, your own pair, well three of them, of squishy socks!!!!! and three organic cotton bibs which i love they say Organically Made on then which i think is funny and cute.

So what are my symptoms: well at about 11 and a half weeks morning sickness began to fade woohoo... instead of 7 days a week and all day i am only sick 1 or 2 days in the morning and i have somewhat of an appetite again, hmmmm what else... by boobs are huge LOL (you probably do not care/want to hear about that) but man oh man they grew at least 1 cup size in three months but they don't hurt anymore :-) alriiiiiiiight!, i am still extremely exhausted MAN ... building you is HARD work!, and by biggest symptom right now is by expanding tummy ... mama has a closet full of clothes and maybe 10 things to wear besides sweats of course but i love it every time i out grow a pair of pants i laugh ... it is wonderful...now i just can't wait until i look like i have a pregnant belly instead of like i ate too many double cheeseburgers.....speaking of food what am i craving... well i have always had odd food cravings but here is what i've wanted lately (you are making me a bad nutritionist that is for sure) egg mcmuffin with cheese and an OJ from McDonalds, double cheeseburgers with extra pickles and an OJ from McDolands, soft serve ice cream again from McDonalds (i see a pattern developing here), pickles in general are very appealing right now, sunflower seeds, arnold palmer drinks (1/2 country time 1/2 lipton), beef ramen noodles (for weeks i ate this once a day), and toaster strudels (but this one is fading).

The goal i have for you in the coming weeks...with all the bouncing around you do ... kick me :-) i want to feel it !!

Love You !