Plum Cute

Week 11
Maybe you’ve noticed… your baby is a super-duper grower! Your lil' fetus will be gaining a substantial amount of weight this week and has already achieved fruit-size-status comparable to a plum. What's more, your little scientist is already starting to explore their body, focusing most intently on touching their head, and especially their face and mouth. Their mouth in particular will provide them with hours of entertainment. This happens not only because your baby is gaining coordination, and is therefore able to move a hand on command, but also because their palms have gained sensation and can actually “feel” what it touches.They're also developing their swallow reflex this week. And lastly, your baby's smelling and other olfactory senses will begin developing this week, which when combined with the maturing taste buds, will provide your baby with their first experiences of taste and smell.

And how's mom doing? If you’re still enduring the joys of morning sickness, it should finally be subsiding to the point of non-existence by the end of this week. The growing placenta combined with your little one’s developing pituitary gland have given you a break on hormone production, so now your can focus on the fact you’re about to enter the second trimester of pregnancy, which can be most aptly characterized by lots of growth for both you and your little uterus-tenant.
I am so behind! I'm finally posting the week 11 update and Sunday begins week 12. It's my computer's fault though. I really think we are going to get a desktop pretty soon (as soon as I find a desk haha). My laptop is so messed up all the time, and I am constantly getting kicked offline. It is very aggravating. Anyway, everything is going well. I am still having headaches, and I got sick only once. I got too hot the other day when we went to an outdoor concert and that put me down for the rest of the night. We had to leave early because I was feeling awful! I thought I wouldn't make it to the car (thanks Ashley for driving me home). I learned my lesson, no more sitting in the hot sunshine! So other than the self inflicted sickness, I'm good. If the headaches would go away...and maybe if I had a little more energy...I would be feeling perfect. My second appointment is a week from today, and hopefully we will get to hear the heart beat. I'm taking the video camera so that Jeremy can hear it too :). Tomorrow night I'm taking the dogs and we are staying at mom's. The storms are coming and they sound pretty scary!

Barney and I had a photo shoot the other day

I love how Barney and Chloe are so close, this is how they sleep and hang out, side by side. They are buddies!