Easter Weekend...

This post is just going to be in pictures and captions!! ;) 

 

 When did my baby become such a little boy??

 

 He loves playing outside!!

 Playing with his new water table..

 and his new shakey tree sprinkler!

 How sweet is that??

 Momma's baby boy

 Christian and Daddy at the Easter Egg Hunt at church!

 Scoping out all the eggs!!

 He was a pro!!

 

 

 

 giving daddy a high five!!

 Looking to see what's inside his egg!

 He pulled out the pink one and gave it to one of his little girl friends... So sweet!!

 She was so sweet and gave him one of hers, too!

 "There's nothing in there, momma!"

 Sitting down and looking through his eggs!

 Christian's Easter baskets!

 He was so excited Easter morning!

 He loves his Elmo book!!

  
And that was our Easter weekend in a nutshell!!  It was wonderful! :)  I didn't get an Easter picture Sunday morning of us before church and I'm a little bummed out, so not like me!!  Hope everyone had a great Easter and remembered the real reason - Thank you, Jesus!!!

7 Weeks & Growing...

Today is 7 weeks and bring on the morning sickness!!  Holy cow - did it ever show it's face this week!  I don't even know why I refer to it as morning sickness when it starts around 5:00 in the evening.  I have about a 30 minute "not so great feeling" window in the morning and then I'm good to go for the rest of the day....... Until 5:00 hits.  It's like the evil hour.  I have been going to bed no later than 8:00 just to get relief from it!  It's the annoying kind of nausea, too... I don't throw up or anything... just that annoying, constant sick feeling.  I should have known all that feeling better than ever was too good to be true.  I will admit, we were kind of thinking it might be a girl at first because everything was so different from my last pregnancy, but now it's all starting to pan out exactly the same!  Boy?? ;)  Being that it is 14 weeks away, I will stop thinking about it.. (yea right.)  Energy level is kind of going the same way... I have lots of it until about 5:00 and then I'm dead to the world.  I haven't had anymore blood pressure issues so that is good news!  O.M.G Guess what I ate for dinner last night and did NOT have a gallbladder attack??? PIZZA!!!  Yes, it was green olive - light on the cheese... but still, it was pizza!!!  I was so happy!! :)  I had read that pizza was low in fat, besides the cheese, but was terrified to try it... Well, I caved last night and decided to give it a whirl.. so glad I did!!  What a great break from salad and grilled chicken!!  I think I'll have it again for lunch today... I'll probably gain 5 lbs back immediately.. haha!  

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The baby has doubled in size since last week and measures half an inch long, about the size of a blueberry.

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This weeks major developments:  Hands and feet are emerging from developing arms and legs.  Both hemispheres of the baby's brain are growing and he/she now has an appendix and a pancreas.

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Still not showing but I have been extremely bloated this week which has made me feel like I was some days... haha!!  I think that is what I'm looking forward to most right now is that baby bump!! :)

  Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!!

6 Weeks & Growing...

Today is 6 weeks!!  For some reason, I feel like this is the first big accomplishment... maybe because it's halfway to 12?  I really don't know.. but I feel good about it! ha!!  Still no morning sickness or major symptoms... I have had allergy issues the past couple of days which is causing my head to feel like it's exploding! :(  Last night we were laying down watching TV and all of a sudden I started seeing black dots, like my vision was going blurry... This exact same thing happened when I was pregnant with Christian.  I don't know if it's my blood pressure fluctuating or what, but it's a little scary... definitely on my list to ask the doctor at my first appointment.  I'm starting to get really tired in the evenings now... I'm usually in bed and sound asleep around 8 or 9 these days! :)  Thank you, Lord for a healthy pregnancy so far!

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The baby is a quarter of an inch long, about the size of a lentil. 

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This weeks major developments:  The nose, mouth, and ears are beginning to take shape.  The baby's eyes and nostrils are starting to form.  The heart is beating about 100-160 beats per minute.  The baby's intestines are developing as well as the brain, muscles, and bones. (This is a major week for baby!!)

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Still not showing... but I can't wait! (I'm not one of those people that dread showing... I love love love it!! and realize that with a 2 inch long torso, I will be as big as a watermelon - and I'm perfectly happy about that! ;))

Easter Pictures

We decided to skip the creepy Easter bunny pictures this year and take pictures with live animals instead! :)  Little did we know, Christian would want to grab the baby chickens by the wings, the ducks by the neck, and the rabbit by the ears. :/  He just wanted to play with them so bad!!  Shannon Oliver took his pictures and they turned out great, but she had to be very quick before he went to grabbin the live props! ha!!  I kept telling him to be gentle, so he went down and gave them a kiss... it was very sweet and she luckily got a picture of it!! So, here they are.... 

 

 

 

 

5 Weeks & Growing...

Yesterday was 5 weeks!  I am absolutely loving pregnancy so far... I feel great!!  Because of this insane diet I have to be on due to the gallstones, I have lost weight and have a ton of energy!  So far, this pregnancy is completely different than the last one.... No sickness, lots of energy, really no symptoms at all... I kept a pregnancy journal with Christian and I was reading it the other day.  I was sooo sick at 5 weeks with him and had no energy at all... I remember feeling pretty miserable.  Thank the Lord, this one has been different so far - I know that could change any day... 

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The baby is a size of a sesame seed & looks more like a tiny tadpole than a human. 

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This week's development:  The heart begins to divide into two chambers and beat and pump blood. 

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Obviously, I'm not showing yet because I'm only 5 weeks so no belly shots until something is there... but the moment anything at all is, I will be starting the weekly photos! ;)