Hello 2nd trimester!

I think I should start taking these pictures at a better time of day!

How far along?  13 weeks

How are you measuring?  I’m guessing 13 weeks

Size of baby? Apparently the size of a peach.

Heartbeat? At the last dr. apt it was 172/bpm

Total weight gain/loss? -3

Maternity clothes? Not yet, but a lot of my clothes are getting tight. I only have 2 pairs of jeans that are still comfortable enough to still wear

Stretch marks? Not yet

Sleep? I’m going to go buy one of those body pillows today. Last night was good but sometimes I get restless because there’s only 2 positions I can sleep and I don’t like staying in one for too long.

Best moment this week? Finally getting to the 2^nd trimester.

Movement? None that I can feel

Food cravings? No, there’s just a lot of foods that I still don’t want.

Gender predictions? I read that the average heartbeat is 160/bpm and sometimes people believe that a faster heartbeat means girl. Hopefully that’s just myth! I’m still hoping for a boy.

What I miss: still really wanting a turkey sandwich.

What I'm looking forward to: Planning our gender reveal party. I convinced Anthony that we wouldn’t know until we cut into the cake. It should be fun.

How are you feeling? Pretty good. I still get car sick pretty bad. 

Week 12

I skipped 11. Oops.

Please ignore the "I just took a nap hair"

How far along?  12 weeks

Size of baby? about the size of a large plum

Heartbeat? 171 bpm

Total weight gain/loss? -1

Maternity clothes? Not yet. I have a few pair of pants that still fit for work and my jeans are still holding on. Dresses look disgusting right now though.

Stretch marks? no

Sleep? much better after Wednesday. The doctor suggested that I take a Benadryl so I could get a good night sleep on Wednesday and after that I felt better.

Best moment this week? Seeing my baby doing summersaults on camera on Wednesday

Movement? Not feeling anything but according to the sonogram he/she is moving a WHOLE lot

Food cravings? I have wanted cereal a few times and I don’t really eat cereal. At night it sounds like a good idea because I don’t feel awesome at night.

Gender predictions? Several people have said boy. I hope boy.

What I miss: sandwiches.

What I'm looking forward to: Thanksgiving break! I’m beat!

How are you feeling? Good today. Yesterday at the fair I wasn’t doing too good but it was still fun. 

10 weeks

How far along?  10 weeks

How are you measuring?  We go back to the doctor next week so I’m assuming 10 weeks

Size of baby? The sixe of a prune

Heartbeat? 

Total weight gain/loss? -2

Maternity clothes? Not yet although some of my dress pants are feeling more snug.

Stretch marks? Not yet

Sleep? I keep trying to time my 4 trips to the bathroom so that I don’t wake up 30 minutes before my alarm goes off, but so far I’ve been unsuccessful.

Best moment this week? We were able to post to Facebook and Lisa bought me some blankets, wash cloths, and baby towel. Sooo cute!

Movement? Too early for that

Food cravings? Not really

Gender predictions? Boy. Other people have said they think boy too!

What I miss: Sleeping through the night

What I'm looking forward to: Going back to the dr next week.

How are you feeling? Pretty good this week so far. The last couple weeks were a little touch and go but I haven’t felt as gross this week. 

How we told everyone

Anthony told everyone he came in contact with so I had to threaten him not to tell our families because I wanted to tell them in person.
Originally I ordered these really cute blue with pink sprinkled fortune cookies but they never came. I was pretty bummed about that because I had personalized each one for our families and for our friends that we were going to tell in person.
We went to Anthony's mom's to have dinner 6 days after finding out and he just blurted it out so I don't really have pictures of that. They were really excited though.

My mom's bday fell on the same weekend as grandparent's day. We went to lunch after church and this was my mom's card from the baby.

She was very shocked. 

This was the card for grandparent's day. 

Since Memaw can't see very much she pretended to see and then put it in her purse. LOL

Bella had kinda found out because of a picture she stumbled upon in my phone, but she pretended to be surprised when we confirmed it to her. She's very excited. 

This is how we told Facebook. I can't really take credit for these ideas because I found them on either google or Pintrest but they were fun. Bella helped me with the the pumpkins. 

Week 9

How far along?  9 weeks I’ll start posting pictures next week.

How are you measuring? I’m guessing 9 weeks. We go back to the dr. the 17^th of this month.  

Size of baby? The size of a green olive

Heartbeat? It was really fast last time we went to the dr.

Total weight gain/loss? Loss of 5 lb however everything feels tighter.

Maternity clothes? A coworker gave me a band. Don’t really need it except for dress pants that have multiple buttons like today. It just feels more comfortable with the band.

Stretch marks? nope

Sleep? Pretty good minus my frequent trips to the bathroom and crazy dreams!

Best moment this week? I was finally able to tell all the people I wanted to tell personally. I’ll post to Facebook this weekend after I take my announcement pictures.

Movement? None yet

Food cravings? No cravings. There’s just things I don’t want to eat or have anywhere near me. Usually that happens at night.
Food cravings? At night it’s the worst and first thing in the morning. I don’t throw up but I come very close to it. I can’t eat much for dinner which is why I guess I’m losing weight.

Gender predictions? BOY (only because that’s what I want!)

What I miss: being able to eat without wanting to gag. And I would really like a sandwich. I didn’t eat many of those before but now that I can’t eat them I kinda want one.

What I'm looking forward to: taking announcements pictures and telling Facebook.