14 weeks!

I can't believe I'm in the second trimester already! Everyone says this is a time when you start to feel better but that's not me quite yet. Yesterday was a rough day and I spent most of my morning and afternoon throwing up...yuck! I'm noticing that my love for spicy foods is not helping the sickness either so sadly I am going to have to give up spiciness for awhile. On Tuesday, Brandon and I had a baby check up and heard the heartbeat. It was exciting to hear it finally! The only bad news we got was that our doctor they assigned us doesn't schedule appts. past 2:00pm and he wants to do our gender test when I'm 23 weeks! I'm not sure if I'm going to be patient enough to wait that long. Everytime I go to the store I'm so tempted to buy something but I'm going to try and hold back until I know if it's a boy or girl. Nothing too exciting has been happenging over here! Brandon is in a "weight loss competition" and has lost 10lbs already! I'm so proud of him. I try to eat some of his veggie meals but they don't seem as appetizing to me right now...I basically crave anything with cheese in it...ha! I took an updated pic of me this week because the baby doubled in weight and I feel like my stomach did too! Have a great week everyone :) Oh! I almost forgot...I am planning a trip to Michigan the second weekend of May...mark your calendars Michiganders so I can see you all! :)

Just got back from the gym so I may look a little sweaty and gross :)

 

Size and growth of our baby: Baby is now the size of a LEMON!

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 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.