Week 9

And so it begins. My boobs are definitely growing. <Sigh> I am one of those who actually like my little boobs. But fair thee well for a while. When I see you again, you'll be saggier still... :) The realities of pregnancy and nursing...
We are going to go to Fairbanks this weekend with our really good friends to celebrate our anniversaries. We are going to stay Friday night and go out and eat delicious foods and drink some delightful drinks. Of course I will be limited to small sips here and there and in the course of the evening I am sure we will be telling them about bean #2.
Fun fact about this couple, we were all in each others weddings and my husband and Steven grew up together. Another fun fact, they were pregnant with their first at our wedding.
Anyway, I am REALLY looking forward to it and I am going to take some Benadryl with me to ensure I sleep and sleep and sleep. I don't remember the last time I slept longer then eight. And usually it's around seven when I wake up.
Anyway, as far as the pregnancy goes, all this continue on. I am still tired. But I actually don't feel nearly as yucky as I was for a while there. I have one kind of food aversion. I'm not to fond of popcorn right now. WEIRD! I usually live on the stuff. Literally could eat bowl after bowl of the stuff all summer long. We have an air popper and use olive oil and then Kernal's White Chedder popcorn seasoning and usually it's to die for to my belly. Not so anymore. Oh well. It's probably just as well.
I think I am actually starting to show a bit and unfortunately, that means I might need to announce sooner. But maybe I'll just ignore it and pretend everything is normal. :)
I weighed myself on Sunday and I have now gained a total of 4lbs. Yuck. Oh well. I was hoping to not go over five for the first tri, but I don't think that is going to happen.
It's been a pain trying to journal all the food on myplate, and I keep not, and then re-resolving and start again.
I ran eight miles on Sunday and that was a break through too, as I haven't done more then six in several weeks. I did five on the treadmill then couldn't stand it anymore and went out into the hurricane winds and finished up. I am going to miss running outside SO much once winter truly hits.

OK, so here is the weekly updates.

Baby the size of a grape. And looking kind of like this:

And here I be. I did two because I wanted to demonstrate the difference when I am sucking in and when, not so much...

And finally measurements. I am going to try to get these into a table of some kind that I can easily fill in, but haven't had the time to do it yet.

Chest: 35"  True Waist: 29.5 Below belly button: 32.25 Hips: 39.75 (wow, last week it was 39...so depressing..... ) Thigh: 21.5 Bicep: 11

And there we have it. All of a sudden I seem to be blossoming... hmmm. Yes I really do want to be pregnant... I just want to keep my butt small.... Oh well. 

Week 8

Week eight. Uhg... I am SOOOO tired! I feel like I will never be not tired again. I do remember this from last time but I don't remember it being soooo bad... Probably pregnancy brain :)
I went and got my first U/S yesterday and everything looked great. The baby is actually measuring six days ahead and the heart beat was 165 bpm. Which is great! Could be another boy, if the old wives tales be true....
I definitely feel pregnant and FAT!!! Uhg.. My clothes are starting to get tight and though I could still wear most of them, it would be pretty obvious that I am pregnant in another week or so, since my stomach is sticking out more and more. Oh well. I gave myself a stern talking too today telling myself not to keep saying to myself how much I hate being pregnant. I am pregnant. I want this baby, and I am so thankful that I get to have another baby. SO STOP COMPLAINING!!!
In other news, my acne is flaming up nicely which is another pretty obvious sign that I am preggo. Well, hopefully no one will notice.. :) RIIIGHHTTT...

Here is the baby this week. It is the size of a kidney bean according to babycenter.com and the size of a raspberry according to thebump.com.... I think I like the raspberry better.:) All kinds of things developing, but I won't list them all here.

So now for the stats. I am now at 142 lbs, which I hate, but that's OK. I am trying to slow things down by dropping wheat for a weeks here and there. I actually have a bit of an allergy to wheat anyway, and I think dropping it will help me not feel SO bloated. I have still managed to exercise regularly, (six times a week), running and weight lifting and doing blogilates. It's been a challenge and I haven't had the motivation to do as much as I should. On Sunday, I only ran five miles, when I had planned on ten. But I won't beat myself up about it, because I did actually get off my butt, my very tired butt and when and worked out. 

But hopefully things will get a bit better in the next four weeks or so. 

I will add my measurements to this later. 

Here is the weekly belly shot:

This was my eight week belly shot with Number 1. Just for comparisons sake..

Week 7

Here I am at week seven. I would LOVE to be at Week 37 but alas. I have felt really yuck though not technically like I am going to puke. More just YUCK! I remember from last time that I felt this way for about three or four days and then it passed. I really have been bloated and not feeling all that energetic which it being FREEZING outside doesn't help me get motivated to run. But I did yesterday and I worked out today even though I was SUPER tired. I will run tomorrow and Thursday and work out again Friday I think. We'll see how it goes.
This week my baby is developing hands and feet and is the size of a blueberry. :)

Apparently I already have about 10% more blood then I usually have. That's a lot.:)
OK. So here is the 7 week belly shot.

Even though I feel like I am getting larger by the second, I still don't look all that different. What a relief!

Week 6

Last week sucked because, once again I am sick. GAHG! I am so tired of being ill! I don't mean M/S I mean coughing all night and not getting any sleep! GRRRR... And of course Jackson got sick too. Poor baby.
So far, no food aversions or cravings. No M/S, and just small twinges from the boobs. I am starting to bloat however, and I remember that this was one of the worst parts of early pregnancy for me. I looked 20 weeks pregnant at about 12 weeks because of the bloat! DRINK WATER!!!! EXERCISE!!!!! Oh wait, can't exercise because I'm coughing my lungs up.

So far, we haven't told anyone and I haven't really been in the mood to tell anyone. So we'll see if I can really make it to 13 weeks before we announce.
Here are the pictures of the week.

And the belly shot. I know it's kind of silly since I shouldn't show for several more weeks, but I want to be in habit, so I don't forget half the pregnancy.