3 months and counting

so saturday i will be entering my 2nd trimester!!!! im so excited! i cant believe its already going so fast. if it keeps going at this rate, april will be here sooner than i thought. but im sure that last month can go pretty slow....we will see. i have not had one drop of sickness! thats a miracle! the past couple of days i have really noticed my stomach starting to stretch. i doubt anyone else can tell at this point that im growing, but i can feel it. i might show sooner than i thought i would, but it may just be teasing me, and take a couple more months...im eager to find out. its starting to get colder out. more so in the mornings and evenings, they mid day still seems hot. but im looking forward to the winter cause we will start to paint the nursery and other rooms in the house for fun! im also eager to start wearing maternity clothes...i dont know if i will enjoy when i cant fit into my jeans anymore, but its all exciting to me! well anyways, here are a couple pics of a few couple more things we got for the babys room. a changing table at a yard sale for $15, in great condition, and some baby monitors i got from a cousin. and then here is a pic of jen and zathan, at monkey business, she, beth, the kids and i went yesterday for fun! adults are free!!!!!! and the little ones were only 3 dollars. it was a blast! they had inflatable slides, and obstacle courses, and a jungle gym thing! we had alot of fun! i cant wait to take my kids there! well hope you all have a good weekend!

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How your baby's growing:

The most dramatic development this week: reflexes. Your baby's fingers will soon begin to open and close, his toes will curl, his eye muscles will clench, and his mouth will make sucking movements. In fact, if you prod your abdomen, your baby will squirm in response, although you won't be able to feel it. His intestines, which have grown so fast that they protrude into the umbilical cord, will start to move into his abdominal cavity about now, and his kidneys will begin excreting urine into his bladder.

Meanwhile, nerve cells are multiplying rapidly, and in your baby's brain, synapses are forming furiously. His face looks unquestionably human: His eyes have moved from the sides to the front of his head, and his ears are right where they should be. From crown to rump, your baby-to-be is just over 2 inches long (about the size of a lime) and weighs half an ounce.

11 weeks/baby names

so im at the end of my first trimester! and i praise God cause it has gone so well! i havnt had any changes big enough to mention this past week or so. my friends that are about the same time siad they have their energy back. i guess i have more energy than i did for the first few weeks. but to say im energetic would be going too far. my work outs are still going really good! and i only take a nap if i feel like i really need it. but im sure in like 6 months i will go back to napping every day. so anyway, when it comes to names we have a pretty good idea of what we want! i jumped on that when garret and i were just dating! some couple have the hardest time choosing, so i wanted a head start. and since some of my favorite names garret hated....it took time to find names we both liked. but we were pretty sold on the boy name. since i was in about 8th grade or so i wanted to name my son JOEL. and guess what....that happend to be garrets middle name! and he likes it too! so that was easy. and we compromised on the middle names. we are going with Joel Mitchelle for our first boy. and if its a girl we are pretty sure it will be Kira Blenn. (kira sounds like *tear - a* with a k.) but we are kinda on the fence with kira, we also like kate. so who knows. but blenn is my middle name and is passed down in my family so its a must for me. also, who knows, the baby could be born and we might not even think it looks like a kira or a joel. so we will just have to wait and see. but yea thats what we are thinking!

Your pregnancy: 11 weeks

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How your baby's growing:

Your baby, just over 1 1/2 inches long and about the size of a fig, is now almost fully formed. Her hands will soon open and close into fists, tiny tooth buds are beginning to appear under her gums, and some of her bones are beginning to harden.

She's already busy kicking and stretching, and her tiny movements are so effortless they look like water ballet. These movements will become more frequent as her body grows and becomes more developed and functional. You won't feel your baby's acrobatics for another month or two — nor will you notice the hiccupping that may be happening now that her diaphragm is forming.

family and fun

❤ so my trip to CO was good, here is a picture of my sis Sarah, and my two cousins Rachel and Jacquelyn and me. my mom took the pic. we had lunch at the park after church in junction.

Also, when i was gone, last monday, Garret broke his nose at football practice. he had a bad first night, but luckly he fell right to sleep when he got home. his eye was pretty black, this pic is of it already getting better. but he set his nost by himself, and God sure had a hand in that. he is doing good though, and played a game that next weekend and even got to score a touchdown....thats my husband! they won 35 to 0. good job team!

saturday we had my nephew Zathan's first birthday! it was alot of fun! and Kyle and Jen made the announcment that Zathan is going to be a big brother!!!!!! needless to say i freaked out and even started crying! thats how much i love them! i guess Jen is due just about a week and 1/2 or so after me. so thats sweet our kids can be close in age!

And big surprise....more baby gifts! im about to run out of things i will need come april. but we are so thankful for all the gifts we have been givin. Garrets boss gave us the stroller that goes with the car seat. so we can use is when the baby is small, and when he or she gets bigger!

And last, the one thing i was wanting was a rocking chair. i didnt need anything fancy, but my mom mentioned a recliner to get comfy in since i would use it so much. so i took her up on that, and i found this black beauty on craigslist for $50. some might think its weird or even gross to get used stuff! but im all about it! i cleaned it up good, and its in great condition. they bought it for $750. call me crazy, but thats too much. $50 is just right for me! we are so happy to have it.

Girls night is this weekend! i cant wait! it always is one of the best parts of the month! hope you are all doing well! love and prayers ❤

10 weeks

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How your baby's growing:

Though he's barely the size of a kumquat — a little over an inch or so long, crown to bottom — and weighs less than a quarter of an ounce, your baby has now completed the most critical portion of his development. This is the beginning of the so-called fetal period, a time when the tissues and organs in his body rapidly grow and mature.

He's swallowing fluid and kicking up a storm. Vital organs — including his kidneys, intestines, brain, and liver (now making red blood cells in place of the disappearing yolk sac) — are in place and starting to function, though they'll continue to develop throughout your pregnancy.

If you could take a peek inside your womb, you'd spot minute details, like tiny nails forming on fingers and toes (no more webbing) and peach-fuzz hair beginning to grow on tender skin.

In other developments: Your baby's limbs can bend now. His hands are flexed at the wrist and meet over his heart, and his feet may be long enough to meet in front of his body. The outline of his spine is clearly visible through translucent skin, and spinal nerves are beginning to stretch out from his spinal cord. Your baby's forehead temporarily bulges with his developing brain and sits very high on his head, which measures half the length of his body. From crown to rump, he's about 1 1/4 inches long. In the coming weeks, your baby will again double in size — to nearly 3 inches.

colorado

so i left for colorado on wednesday morning...well evening actually. i left at 2. i thought i could get so much done before i left, that was a mistake. but i had a good trip out here. i got to go to bro. tony morris' funeral thursday, and then my aunt that passed away last week's funeral was friday. i spent almost the whole time in delta at my grandmas. it was nice to be with family, my mom, my sister, and alot of aunts and cousins! all we did was sit around, visit, and eat! thats what we do best! im still feeling really good! im a bit over 9 weeks or so. today we came to grand junction to see some friends, and i will come back home in the morning. i have missed garret so much!!!! he told me when im gone he always seems to get sick or hurt. he was at football practice monday and busted his nose. he has a black eye and im so sad i wasnt there to take care of him! but i will be home soon! no pics for this post. just a quick update! hope you all are well. love you

Your pregnancy: 9 weeks

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How your baby's growing:

Your new resident is nearly an inch long — about the size of a grape — and weighs just a fraction of an ounce. She's starting to look more and more human. Her essential body parts are accounted for, though they'll go through plenty of fine-tuning in the coming months. Other changes abound: Your baby's heart finishes dividing into four chambers, and the valves start to form — as do her tiny teeth. The embryonic "tail" is completely gone. Your baby's organs, muscles, and nerves are kicking into gear. The external sex organs are there but won't be distinguishable as male or female for another few weeks. Her eyes are fully formed, but her eyelids are fused shut and won't open until 27 weeks. She has tiny earlobes, and her mouth, nose, and nostrils are more distinct. The placenta is developed enough now to take over most of the critical job of producing hormones. Now that your baby's basic physiology is in place, she's poised for rapid weight gain

new gifts for baby

so we had a great weekend. garrets sister amanda flew in friday and stayed with us! we had a good time! clay got married saturday and it was a great wedding! wish there was more family there for him, but i understand how some felt/feel. we also got to hang out with our cousin emily and her husband jamie! they are alot of fun. monday, garret's boss and his wife had us over for dinner. they recently lost a baby. love4lucca.com was their baby. he spent his 7 months of his little life in the hospital... he didnt get to use alot of his things. i baby sat for the family while they were away in different hospitals. and God blessed us so much, because they gave us some really nice things. we got a swing that plays music and even has an ipod connection. a car seat with matching stroller. a bathing tub thing, and diapers and a ton of smoothies and other great misc. things. God has been soo good to us! it feels like we are set to have the baby today...i wish! 7 more months to go! this morning, my aunt nancy, my moms sister, passed away. she had brain cancer. Lord willing i hope to go to colorado this weekend. sad to go for a funeral, but i am looking forward to seeing my family. i was getting really home sick. so pray for me that i can have a safe drive and have a good trip. i will miss you all, and hope to be home sometime next week. i will miss garret, but its nice not having a set date of when i need to come home. well hope you all are well! love and prayers