12 Weeks - Last week of 1st Trimester

7 weeks 1 day in this first picture - taken 09/23/08

9 weeks and 1 day in this second picture taken 10/07/08

11 weeks and 2 days in this last photo taken 10/22/08

Wow, where do I begin and I really hope this works, because I've never done a blog page before. But I thought this would be a neat and different way to keep all our family and friends up to date on our pregnancy. So please pardon my first attempt to post my very first blog with hopefully pictures I can upload. Cross your fingers... ;)

Welcome! We just entered our 12th week of our pregnancy today. I'm feeling pretty good still. I've not had any morning sickness and my attitude has been pretty upbeat. Things are changing within my body. I've had some slight cramping, but the doctor says that is completely normal as my body is growing and changing. Differences I've noticed besides that, breast tenderness is gone, my energy is starting to come back, slight growth around my waist because pants are getting a little snug now, and I'm getting irritated easier. Jason is having a hard time with that last part and forgets I'm not quite myself right now. But overall this has been an easy and great pregnancy. All our doctor appointments have been great with fantastic pictures and videos of the baby! Jason has been right there with me every step of the way! He's been great! He is just as excited about all this as I am. We both have fallen head over heels in love with this little one inside me. We always look forward to the appointments and the good news the doctor has for us. We come out of the office with huge smiles on our faces that you can not wipe off. The feeling is amazing! Our next appointment isn't for another three weeks though. I'll be 15 wks and 2 days along and that's a long time to wait. Then we should be having an amniocentesis soon after that. This will make sure there is nothing wrong with the little one and find out if it's a boy or girl. We can't wait!!! We'll be happy with either one. We've wanted a baby for so long now, we don't care if it's a boy or girl at this point. Just as long as it's healthy!

Let me try and put some pictures of past ultra sounds up here and then if this works out okay I'll keep posting pictures along with my blog as we go along. But this was just a little update as to how we are doing so far. Oh, I forgot to tell you, I'm not showing quite yet, but I'm sure in the next couple of weeks I will be. I'll post those pictures with the ultra sounds pics at that time too.

Love to all!