Photo comparison

15 Weeks

16 Weeks

17 Weeks


One of these weeks, I'll dig out my pics of when I was pregnant with Mini Me for a little comparison. Not today though.

17 Weeks

17 Weeks. Wow.

Strangers have now officially started to comment on my belly. And, I realize that I was seriously deluded when I thought I had almost enough clothes to get through the summer. I tried everything on in my closet, and half of it (including nearly all my summer maternity clothes from last time) I have already outgrown. Sweet.

I'm still not feeling movement *every* day, but most days I feel little kicks. They are starting to get a little stronger, but I still can't wait to really feel them and for daddy to be able to feel them too.

Here is my 17 Week belly picture:


P.S. Ummm, yeah. Just realizing that I look about 7 months pregnant... It's funny, because I definitely see the growth from last week to this week (really, how could you not?!?). At the beginning of the week, I was really uncomfortable. My hips and ligaments hurt when I moved at anything quicker than a snails pace. Now I know why. Baby was growing rapidly and my body was trying to catch up. However, on another note, I still have not gained any weight. I am still the same weight I was at my 8 week appointment. Go figure! 3 more days!

May 1 can't come soon enough!

I am DYING to know if we're having a boy or girl.

I didn't really care with Mini Me. Once we decided we weren't going to find out (hubby didn't want to, so I went along with it), I was fine with not knowing. It really didn't bother me at all.

Since we decided, even before getting pregnant, that we would find out the sex of this baby...it is driving me insane. I NEED to know NOW!!!!

I really don't have much of a preference either way: I would love another little girl so that Mini Me has a little sister, and I envision them having little tea parties and dressing daddy up like a princess. It would also be great if we could re-use some of Mini Me's adorable clothes. Most of which I will never part with, just because they are too special. (I actually picked out my favorites-which amount to several bags-to eventually have made into a quilt or something). I think hubby also wants another little girl.

However, several family members are pulling for a boy. It would be nice to have a little boy and get to experience that. I also envision hubby outside teaching his little boy to play baseball (or hockey, gotta raise the kid as part Canadian after all!) I also LOVE little boy clothes. Even though everyone one says girls' clothes are cuter, I think some of the boy stuff is ADORABLE!!

So, really, I know I will be happy either way. I'm just dying to know if I should start going through Mini Me's baby clothes! I had a dream early on that the baby was a girl, but some days I'm feeling boy.

::whines & pouts: I wanna know now!::

Current food obsession

And, yes, I categorize these ice pops as food, since they are made of fruit. And, thus I justify eating about 10 of them a day.

16 weeks

So, here is the 16 week belly shot.

I think I have officially popped, as several friends/co-workers have commented on my belly this week. Although, generally strangers/acquaintances have stared at my belly and asked questions like, "So, how are you?" with a smile and glance at the belly, or "Big plans for the summer?" Most (polite) people are still not sure enough to assume I'm pregnant, as opposed to just carrying a little extra winter pudge.

But, soon the warmer weather will be here to stay and the bulky clothes will be long gone...exposing the belly for the world to see.

::Off to find a bathing suit I can wear for vacation next month::

Note to self: Get a tan before you blind someone with the glare off the white belly.

I found it!

So, I know I've been promising pictures for a few weeks now. The problem was, the cable to transfer my pictures from camera to computer was missing.

Apparently, we now keep the cord behind the bookcase. Seems reasonable, no?

I have rescued the cable and am posting the pictures in the appropriate weeks' post. Although, as I look at the pictures, it looks like my belly is shrinking. Ha, ha, ha. I can assure you that the opposite is true. It is merely an illusion of my clothing options. My maternity pants are now sucking in a bit of the extra pudge that is insulating the actually baby bump.

15 Weeks

We have MOVEMENT!

So, last Tuesday, I thought I was nuts, because I swore I felt the baby move. I wasn't even 14 weeks. Then, a couple of days later, I felt it again and was more convinced that it was actually the baby.

As I type, I can feel the little baby. And, I am SURE that what I feel is baby moving. In fact, I can feel its whole body when I press on my tummy from the outside. How freakin' awesome!

Oh, and the B6? Still working perfectly! I haven't had so much as a MOMENT of nausea in over a week now.

And, I think Mini Me is *starting* to catch on. She kisses my belly and sorts things into piles: her's and "new baby's". I guess this kid is going to be referred to as "new baby" for a while.

14 Weeks

Day 2

So, it's day 2 of the B6 experiment, and so far so good!

Yay! I feel like I actually WANT to eat! (of course, then there's the heartburn, but THAT I can tolerate no problemo!)

::doing a happy dance::