Guacamole

This week Junior is the size of an avocado!  It might seem like these fruits are fluctuating in size rather than consistently getting bigger, but this fruit comparison is actually referring to the length of the fruit.  Hopefully that clears up any confusion, because I know I thought a naval orange was bigger than an avocado...
Our little Junior has reached an important developmental step.  Junior can now be indoctrinated with all the best music because our baby can HEAR!!!!!  Yes, we have been waiting for this since we found out I was pregnant.
This week has also been important for me medically.  I spent the last week going to 3 different doctors for things ranging from "ew, I feel really yucky" to "you keep telling me this is normal... and I'm pretty sure you're wrong, so send me to a specialist!"  At the beginning of the week I was given an anti-nausea medication, which has helped me to feel so great!  Except for today because I forgot to take it until just now... >_<  And at the end of the week I saw a wonderful neurologist who took the time no one else would to discover that when I stand my blood pressure drops, explaining why I've been nearly passing out every time I stand for more than about half an hour.  I'm a little frustrated the 2 other doctors I saw first couldn't have told me that, but that feeling is overshadowed by the gratitude I feel for knowing what's wrong with me and what to do about it.  And I learned that sometimes you need to trust your gut and not your doctor.  Yay for life lessons!

And now I have a picture for you!

We had to go to the store anyway, so we thought it'd be fun to do this weeks picture in the baby isle.  And, because Junior believes in consistency, once again our child tried to hide.  When I got dressed that morning Jon looked at me and said "look, you have a bump!"  But it kinda disappeared for the camera... silly camera-shy child.  But what do you think?  Can you tell I have a mini-bump?

I think that pretty much sums up our week.  Here's the link to all Junior's details for the week: http://pregnant.thebump.com/pregnancy-week-by-week/16-weeks-pregnant.aspx

Love you all!  Thanks Mom and Dad for all your support this week!

Orange Sticky Buns

Hello, my lovely family and friends!  I regret to inform you that there will be no picture posted this week.  This is due to my being sick and refusing to get out of bed.  Don't worry though, I'm trying to keep baby good and healthy.  Jon had made numerous trips to the store this weekend, to ensure that I'm getting hydration, electrolytes, and healthy nutrients.  I happen to have the sweetest, most awesomest, wonderfully loving husband ever!
In baby news, I'm getting bigger!  Of course I still don't look pregnant yet, but it gives me hope that maybe I'll look pregnant soon!  I've had to start using my belly band over my jeans!  Yay!  Our beautiful baby is growing so much (about the size of a navel orange) and is now able to use all joints, which means the olympic size swimming pool baby's living in is being enjoyed thoroughly (much to the excitement of Dad, who swam in high school).

Here's the link with all the other info about how much Junior is growing: http://pregnant.thebump.com/pregnancy-week-by-week/15-weeks-pregnant.aspx

We love you all!  Happy Super Bowl!  Go 49ers!!

Peach Cobbler

That's right folks - this week we've got a peach in the oven!  And that means it's now officially time to announce to the world that WE'RE PREGNANT!!!  We're expecting our first beautiful baby to arrive on July 27, 2013.  Although we wouldn't at all be surprised if the baby comes on a significantly different day just to tell us "I do what I want"  which seems to be what the baby's been saying for the entire last 13 weeks...  So far our beautiful baby has shown an intense love of hiding from doctors and has found ways to inform mommy that animals are for petting, not eating.

For anyone who wants to follow my tummy growth, we'll try to post pictures weekly.  Here are pictures taken on weeks 4, 10, and 11 in order.  As you can see... well... there's not much to see yet.

We got supper lucky for week 13!  I felt great, so Jon took me out on a date!  Dinner and a movie are the best rewards for finally feeling good.  Here's a picture from after our movie Friday night.

It's a little washed out, but look!  I felt good enough to do my makeup!!!!!!  (Yes, this is a big step for me.)

For those of you wondering where baby is in the development process just follow the link below.

http://pregnant.thebump.com/pregnancy-week-by-week/13-weeks-pregnant.aspx

We love you all and we're so excited to share this wonderful new part of our lives with you!