Welcome to the 2nd Trimester!

Some books we've read say it starts at 12 weeks...some say 13 weeks...some say 14 weeks...but since we are in our 15th week of pregnancy it's official to say "Welcome to the 2nd Trimester!" There's no doubt about it anymore, we've passed that first trimester and are trucking along in the second. The books say the nausea should be gone and the energy level should be back and the books are exactly right! I don't "feel" pregnant anymore from a tired or upset stomach perspective, I'm able to function during the day without a nap, and my appetite has gone back to normal from its previous roller coaster. I can also officially say that I never once threw up of morning sickness, never once had to call into work feeling too ill to function. I've had many headaches and many grumpy Kelly days but not enough to hold me back. So far, so good and I'm considering myself a very lucky lady. Supposedly in the next few weeks the pregnancy brain & forgetfulness is supposed to start kicking in, hopefully I'll bypass that as well...

Other than continuing to progress through the week, no new developments here. We see the doctor again on March 6th for our next check up - we will make sure to tell them right when we walk in that we do not want to know the gender!  While I don't feel any different, I do feel like I look different in the mirror, especially my lady-lumps which are getting bigger and bigger!! To anyone that would see me and didn't know I was pregnant they would think I look heavy or overweight; for those that do know I'm pregnant they say I am starting to show. It was very cute last week Todd was staring at my belly as I was laying down and he said "I can see them! You have a bump!" I don't see the bump outside of my normal overweight stomach but he said he definitly sees a  bump under my belly button that carries differen than my normal weight. We also went to Disney with some good friends this weekend and they both said that I was looking "more pregnanter". So I guess we can also say it's official that the baby bump is starting to pop out. Makes me wish I had done better with weight loss pre-pregnancy, there would be less confusion on "fat" vs "pregnant" if I had taken care of that "fat" part.

According to the books, 15 weeks are about 4 inches long (inches now not centimeters anymore!) and their organs are fully developed and just need to grow more. In fruit terms, they would be the size of an orange :) Todd and I decided we'd find the fruit of the week and take pictures during our weekly grocery shopping. Last week they were limes.

We've also finalized on a baby nursery theme. I was thinking farm or colors and shapes and then the absolute perfect thought came to mind as an inspiraction from a picture hanging on the wall. A beach theme with a hint of Disney. This photo is the inspiration...a little beach, a little disney, and a lot of relaxation. I think this makes the room easier to decorate too - lots of Florida type decorations and colors should be good. A friend had a great idea too of adding in the accents from their beach umbrella by finding a fabric and making curtains or crib skirts out of the red/yellow striped fabric. Or getting extra long beach towels and making pillows or curtains out of that. So many great ideas - hopefully I'm motivated to do cute things.

Until next week when there's more exciting updates...we continue to be thankful and blessed for all of the excitement surrounding our arrivals. Thank you for your continued interest in our little miracles' developments.