Trimester 2 begins!

So, today marks our 14th week of being lego my ego preggo! Yay! We're officially in our second trimester! Okay, so maybe that's not as special to everyone as it is to me. I'm just excited to be seeing the end of morning sickness and the beginning of a little preggo belly. I think I have a little more energy lately too, compared to the past three months anyways.

Anywho... I really wanted to post a picture of the baby already, but since it's too early for my ultrasound the best I could come up with is up above. And, for anyone interested, below is a brief summary of how my baby should be progressing as of now....

This week's big developments: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around him — a process he'll keep up until birth. He can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch him sucking his thumb.In other news: Your baby's stretching out. From head to bottom, he measures 3 1/2 inches — about the size of a lemon — and he weighs 1 1/2 ounces. His body's growing faster than his head, which now sits upon a more distinct neck. By the end of this week, his arms will have grown to a length that's in proportion to the rest of his body. (His legs still have some lengthening to do.) He's starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair, called lanugo, all over his body. Your baby's liver starts making bile this week — a sign that it's doing its job right — and his spleen starts helping in the production of red blood cells. Though you can't feel his tiny punches and kicks yet, your little pugilist's hands and feet (which now measure about 1/2 inch long) are more flexible and active.

Anywho... I know, I'm a nerd. I just can't believe our baby is the size of a lemon! OMCheesewiz! I still find it hard to believe there's a baby somewhere in there. It just looks like a layer of fat to me. It's very strange to think about actually.... A little person... inside me... strange. I bet it will be even more strange when I start to feel it move. I can't wait! :) Anyway, all is going well so far (with the exception of some really obnoxious back pain - not pregnancy related, I'm sure). I think Nick is getting more excited as time passes too. I know that it hasn't been easy for him to see me sick much of the time. So, I have high hopes for the next couple months. I think with me feeling a little bit better for a while, both me and Nick will be a little bit happier. And seeing my belly grow is going to make this feel more like the real deal too.

2009

I thought since everyone else is doing it, I'd give this blog thing another try...



I guess I should start by saying that I'm so glad the holidays are over! I know that sounds terrible (bah! Humbug!), but in any retail type of job the holidays can be a bit stressful. Not to mention, the spirit of the season is easily forgotten when you're standing behind a cash register. I've pretty much come to dread the holidays every year through my experiences working in retail. Yet, I must say, the holidays turned out much better than anticipated for 2008. Nick and I spent Thanksgiving at my parent's ward house with my family. We also spent a little time at Brittney's (Nick's cousin) and Brad's house, which was very nice.

Christmas eve was especially meaningful to me this year. We spent Christmas eve with Nick's family over at the Highland Care Center. Nick's yia-yia (Grandma in greek) has been spending some time there because of an issue she's had with her knee. After dinner, Nick and I were also able to visit my family over at Mary and Dan's house for a little while. Everything turned out very nice all the way around. I was particularly excited to give my parents their Christmas gift which I had been working on since after Halloween. I was able to repair some of their old, old pictures and reprint them to put in a book of remembrance. It was very time consuming, but well worth it. In the end, the process of making the book seemed more like a gift to myself than anyone else. I was able to read through some of both of my parent's old writings and some of my grandmother Gladys' old poetry. I feel like through the process I came to better know some of those people I always have longed to know (ie - my grandparents, my uncle Joe). Anyway, I consider the scrapbook as an ongoing process. My hope is that even when I am gone the book will remain a work in progress, sharing a part of our family history with all who care to know.

The other Christmas gift which made 2008 great came about a week after Christmas. A little bird told me to take a pregnancy test, despite the fact that Nick and I weren't really trying to get pregnant. I waited a few minutes for the results.....and there it was.... a BIG FAT POSTITIVE. I couldn't believe it. I took another test.... positive. I still couldn't believe it. After all, it looked somewhat more like a division sign than a positive. I went to the store. I spent a little more than I should have and got one of those digital tests that clearly read "PREGNANT". I waited a few hours (even though I was planning to wait another day) and took the test. "PREGNANT". Wow. I still couldn't believe it. I waited until Nick got home from work and gave him one of his Christmas presents late. It read "PREGNANT".

Since that day not too long after Christmas I have been living in a completly different world, so it seems. Ever since the six week mark I've been a zombie to the world. I go to work, I come home, I sleep, I eat (mainly crackers and ginger ale), I go to work, I come home, I sleep, etc, etc, etc. I've been too sick to want to do much more than I have to.
BUT NOW... I think it's safe to say that the worst of the morning sickness is coming to an end (At least I hope. I've been fooled before). I am slowly waking up to reality and am actually feeling like I'm pregnant... as opposed to before where I just felt like a sickly hormonal maniac who ate a few too many Twinkies. Well, the hormonal maniac part is still pretty much the same anyways. Poor Nick...

The further along I get, the more excited I become. I am now 12... almost 13 weeks pregnant. Nick and I got to finally hear the baby's heart beat last Thursday. It was the most exciting thing ever! I was so giggly, I could barely settle down long enough to hear it. Lol :D According to the doctor, everything seems to be going great so far. The heart rate was 160, and according to the old wives tale that means we'll be having a girl (If only it were that easy to know).

I guess that pretty much sums up life for now... or at least that's all the detail I'll be going into for now.

Hello everybody! Becca here.

So this whole blog thing is still kinda new to me, but I thought I'd give it a shot... Here goes!

To the left is a picture of me and my hubby, Nick. We've been married for just over a year now. We were married September 22, 2006 And had both the reception and ceremony at Wheeler farm.

Now we are living in Saratoga Srings, where we bought our first home together. Nick works as a hearing instrument specialist and seems to be very happy in his career. I am currently working at Macey's grocery store; hoping to one day be brave enough to get my butt back to school.

As of now, Nick and I have no children. We hope to one day have two or three, but for now we're just enjoying being married.