Baby's First Pictures!

This morning we had our first ultrasound... it was so much fun seeing our baby move around and kick and stretch and scratch its face and do some amazing acrobatics. If you look in the final picture you can see its legs going up by its head and its arms reaching above its head to the feet... so cute!!! Do you see it???

The Itchy and Scratchy Show!

The Face Says Enough:

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! It was a good one for us... lots of food, a few new friends made, and turkey-turkey-turkey!! MMMM...

Thanksgiving Eve Julia and I were at her brother's house and my belly started itching and bothering me. Luckily I had some Mother's Belly Salve in my purse. I had to apply the stuff about 5 times. It helps expand the skin and prevent stretch marks (we'll see!).

All night I was playing the Itchy & Try-Not-to-Scratchy Show... It was RBM... rrrrbm. The next day we went to some friends house for Thanksturkey and I was playing the same game- running off to the bathroom every 45 minutes to apply the salve. Friday morning I woke up with a belly that screams PREGNANT. Well, to me at least. At first I thought it was a coincidence that I looked bigger because- Thanksgiving. But ... no. I am considerably pregnantly bigger.

5 Months To Go & Counting... woo-hoo!!! xoxoxo

Day 108 and counting...

Really? 108 days already? Damn. Well it's official. There's a baby in there. I felt it move today!!! Unless I had gas... which is totally possible. But I was walking to class and I felt some twitching going on... and well... it's the movement of the fetus. I think. It didn't quite feel like butterflies hatched inside my swelling baby protector, but it did feel new and different.

It could have been gas, since I'm only 3.859 months along. Can you feel it that early?

Hypnoyes

We're just about here: +++===+++===+++===***************************************===+++===+++===+++

This week I found out something interesting. Lamaze is bullshit.

I'm going to do this instead: Hypnobirthing:

http://health.discovery.com/centers/pregnancy/americanbaby/hypnobirth.html

Why work myself up with all that heavy breathing and screaming? Totally unnecessary.

On to the 15th...

...am I posting too much?

A landfill is not a composting facility...

For the past week now I've been thinking a lot about diapers. I can remember when my brothers were in diapers, cloth diapers. My mother would put the shitty ones in the toilet to soak, and I had the pleasure of rinsing them out before putting them in the wash. I'm not sure if putting the dirty cloth in the toilet was typical, but that's what I remember of cloth diapers. Thankfully there have been advances in the diaper industry since the 1980-somethings.

Now onto some of my recent research:

The G Diaper:
http://www.gdiapers.com/gdiapers101
Sweet.
Watch the videos: http://www.gdiapers.com/watch_vid.

**Disposable, but biodegradable! However, I would have to compost them in my own yard because no diaper can biodegrade and break down in an airtight landfill. Just saying. Diaper garden?

The Fuzzi Bunz Diaper:
http://babiesinchico.com/fbcolors.aspx. Nice... made here in Chico. Keeping the shits local.

Oh, and where am I supposed to put these diapers? How should I transport them??
Hers: http://www.fleurville.com/
...and His: http://diaperdude.com/ ... totally indie.

I've eaten too many sandwiches, so it seems...

Funny thing happened while getting for work ready this week: I can't button my pants. I've bought one of those Bella Bands: http://www.ingridandisabel.com/ and it is wonderful... keeps my pants up and hides the fact that the fly is down and the button is open, but I still don't really look preggers. It just looks like I need to take up running as a hobby.

While Jacob and I were visiting my parents last weekend my cousin and mother were off to the side, giggling, and glancing in my direction When I asked them what was so funny- they said something about 'it finally happened'. AKA: me turning 30 and that I've gained some belly weight (all snickering and pointing fingers)... this was before they knew what was going on underneathe my too-tight-clothes. I simply said, "Well, there's a reason for that!!"... and this was how my family found out I'm pregnant. That's the thing about being 3.5 months pregnant: you just look chubbier. It's kind of annoying...

"That thing would be great for Thanksgiving!" --coworker on the Bella Band.

Heart Beats Twice

A few weeks ago I heard the heartbeat for the first time... It wast he most amazing thing I've ever heard. My midwife explained everything to me in detail about what was going on inside of my body. I heard my heart, my blood swoshing through the placenta, and heard the very strong heartbeat of our baby. It made me instantly start crying... I just could not believe the healthy sound coming from within me is one day going to be a beautiful person standing in front of me smiling. It's hard to explain the thoughts that went through my mind when I heard an other heart beating because of my heart beating, but I was overjoyed listening to that strong tempo.

It's the sweetest thing.

The News is Olds

14 weeks:

Well, we've officially told everyone on both sides... the 'rents are aware that there is a new generation brewing, and everyone seems to be taking it well. PHEW. We were pretty exhausted afterwards, but it's out and everthing is great.

I feel wonderful and haven't been sick at all...