Move baby move! Moving to 8 weeks

New this week: Webbed fingers and toes are poking out from your baby's hands and feet, his eyelids practically cover his eyes, breathing tubes extend from his throat to the branches of his developing lungs, and his "tail" is just about gone. In his brain, nerve cells are branching out to connect with one another, forming primitive neural pathways. You may be daydreaming about your baby as one sex or the other, but the external genitals still haven't developed enough to reveal whether you're having a boy or a girl. Either way, your baby — about the size of a kidney bean — is constantly moving and shifting, though you still can't feel it.(www.babycenter.com)

Starting this week I've had way less nausea the past couple of days. I can actually feel my appetite returning! Hallelujah!!! I have noticed my sciatic nerve has been driving me crazy lately, which I'm not too sure if it's from baby or has nothing to do with the pregnancy. I'm still having cravings for different foods, for instance we ate at Bob Evan's last night and I had the pot roast dinner which the pot roast was ehh but the potatoes and cup of potato soup I had was great!! I can't believe I only have four more weeks and I can see my little baby and hear it's heartbeat! I'm counting down the days! Only 28 more days to go! Yay!

7 weeks picture

I know I promised a picture a few days ago, but unfortunately I haven't had time to take one until today. I'm starting to see some kind of change. Call it bloat or call it baby, it's something! What doesn't make sense is I've lost a pound, not intentionally, since finding out I'm pregnant must be all the fruit I'm eating!

Morning sickness, pickles, and more!

So I've officially hit my 7 week mark and the morning sickness is slowly getting better each day....please don't be jealous if you had morning sickness through your entire pregnancy, just know that I believe God knows I would not be able to handle that! I woke up this morning for the first time in a week and half and was okay. I ate my handful of crackers I always eat every morning and felt great. I went to work craving Cold Stone Creamery ice cream and ate some grapes instead, I would have much rather had the ice cream though. For the past two days I've noticed the nausea has waned slightly which I am so thankful for and I am hoping and praying this is permanent and not just some fluke! Another new craving is my constant craving of Dill pickles. I could eat pickles everyday and be content, not saying I do this but just saying I could. That's about all the updates for the day. I plan on adding a new belly picture later tonight or tomorrow. Stay tuned!

My First Award!!

Thank you so much to Kym for nominating me for this award! I appreciate it and am excited to nominate some people I respect and believe have a great attitude and/or gratitude.

But first, the rules:
Put the logo on your blog or post.
Nominate at least 10 who show great Attitude and/or Gratitude.
Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.
Let them know they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received this award.
In accordance with the rules I nominate the following people and for the following reasons:

1. Brittany- Thank you so much for coming over to my little blogging world and posting comments for me. They are greatly appreciated and definitely help since I have no pregnancy experience myself. You always have a great attitude it seems in your blog and I always enjoy reading your blog!

2. Shannon- I am nominating my Sister-in law because I appreciate all the time she has spent to update us all on how our little Sadie is doing! Also thank you for all the pictures you took of the pregnancy stuff and your support! Love ya!!

3. Karen- I just have to say I love reading this blog! There's always new things that I learn about you on your blog and I love it! Thanks soo much for being there when I needed you throughout my Dad's hospital visit. Love ya!

4. Lisa- I nominate you because you always make me laugh or smile! You always have something fun on your blog and I just love opening it up when you have placed a new post on it. Love ya!!

For now that's all I have to place for my award. I may come back later to add some more! Thanks again Kym for nominating me!

7 Weeks

Baby's brain -- both hemispheres! -- is growing fast, generating about 100 new cells every minute. Arms and legs are emerging as joints start to form, and a permanent set of kidneys (baby's third!) is now in place. (www.thenest.com)

The big news this week: Hands and feet are emerging from developing arms and legs — although they look more like paddles at this point than the tiny, pudgy extremities you're daydreaming about holding and tickling. Technically, your baby is still considered an embryo and has something of a small tail, which is an extension of her tailbone. The tail will disappear within a few weeks, but that's the only thing getting smaller. Your baby has doubled in size since last week and now measures half an inch long, about the size of a blueberry.If you could see inside your womb, you'd spot eyelid folds partially covering her peepers, which already have some color, as well as the tip of her nose and tiny veins beneath parchment-thin skin. Both hemispheres of your baby's brain are growing, and her liver is churning out red blood cells until her bone marrow forms and takes over this role. She also has an appendix and a pancreas, which will eventually produce the hormone insulin to aid in digestion. A loop in your baby's growing intestines is bulging into her umbilical cord, which now has distinct blood vessels to carry oxygen and nutrients to and from her tiny body.( www.babycenter.com)

I can't believe how fast time is flying. I'm almost at my two month mark and it seems like it was yesterday that I was announcing I was pregnant to everyone. I'm still loving every minute of pregnancy. Even though I'm still feeling nauseous I'm doing much better than last week. I've found that crackers, fruit, and peanut butter are my best friend for right now. Hopefully I'll be one of the lucky one's where morning sickness only lasts a little while. I guess we will see. To me though it's worth being sick everyday just to be able to hold my baby in my arms when that day comes!

Baxter

No that is not the name of the baby if it's a boy, that's the name of our new car! That's right, after fixing our good ole Hondas( The 87 Prelude and the 93 Civic) one too many times Randy and I have ventured out to buy our first car together! So drum roll please.....

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It's a Honda Civic 2006!!! We absolutely love it! It only has 13900 miles on it and only one owner and in mint condition to top it all off! Also we got a major deal on it might I add. So now we have a reliable car for when the baby comes!

A Doris? I'm not too sure.

So to go off of the topic of pregnancy, My Cousin K had a quiz she had taken and I knew I had to take it to see what I am. I'm not sure if it's exactly me but it's pretty close:

Your result for Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn? Or Someone Else? Mad Men-era Female Icon Quiz...

You Are a Doris!

You are a Doris -- "I must help others."

Dorises are warm, concerned, nurturing, and sensitive to other people's needs.

How to Get Along with Me

• * Tell me that you appreciate me. Be specific.
• * Share fun times with me.
• * Take an interest in my problems, though I will probably try to focus on yours.
• * Let me know that I am important and special to you.
• * Be gentle if you decide to criticize me.

In Intimate Relationships

• * Reassure me that I am interesting to you.
• * Reassure me often that you love me.
• * Tell me I'm attractive and that you're glad to be seen with me.

What I Like About Being a Doris

• * being able to relate easily to people and to make friends
• * knowing what people need and being able to make their lives better
• * being generous, caring, and warm
• * being sensitive to and perceptive about others' feelings
• * being enthusiastic and fun-loving, and having a good sense of humor

What's Hard About Being a Doris

• * not being able to say no
• * having low self-esteem
• * feeling drained from overdoing for others
• * not doing things I really like to do for myself for fear of being selfish
• * criticizing myself for not feeling as loving as I think I should
• * being upset that others don't tune in to me as much as I tume in to them
• * working so hard to be tactful and considerate that I suppress my real feelings

Dorises as Children Often

• * are very sensitive to disapproval and criticism
• * try hard to please their parents by being helpful and understanding
• * are outwardly compliant
• * are popular or try to be popular with other children
• * act coy, precocious, or dramatic in order to get attention
• * are clowns and jokers (the more extroverted Dorises), or quiet and shy (the more introverted Dorises)

Dorises as Parents

• * are good listeners, love their children unconditionally, and are warm and encouraging (or suffer guilt if they aren't)
• * are often playful with their children
• * wonder: "Am I doing it right?" "Am I giving enough?" "Have I caused irreparable damage?"
• * can become fiercely protective

Take Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn? Or Someone Else? Mad Men-era Female Icon Quiz at