This is what we woke up to this morning in Kentucky. Friday the 26th day of November.
It's a little early for snow down here, usually we don't see much until December but, weather-wise it's been a schizophrenic year.
It goes without saying that my heading title is directed farther north. I'm sure we beat anyone who may live south of here - say - Alabama!
10 weeks this week—we’re getting closer and closer to the end of the first trimester. I’ve regressed a little in terms of nausea and general feeling blah-ness, but I think it’s still less overall.
I definitely have a little belly, but I think it’s more fat and bloating due to my eating habits and nonexistent gym schedule these days. The baby is only about 1.5 inches, so I don’t think that accounts for my bigger belly quite yet!!
How far along? 10 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: +4 lbs total
Maternity clothes? yep—nearly exclusively in terms of pants, with a few dresses and skirts that still fit.
Stretch marks? nope.
Sleep: always exhausted—loving my sleep these days!
Movement: none yet
Food cravings: nothing has sounded good the last few weeks….how can I be nauseous AND starving at the same time??
Gender: ……
What I am looking forward to: my second midwife appointment tomorrow!
See that little pooch in front? Yeah—not a baby, just fat. 
I think.
Anyway, here we are at 9 weeks—that pencil skirt is a maternity skirt and possibly my favorite new article of clothing. Soft and stretchy with plenty of belly room means it’s my new best friend.
Baby was the size of a green olive this week—about an inch or so long!
How far along? 9 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: +4 lbs total
Maternity clothes? oh yes. I just recently figured out to use the Bella Band, which stretches over unzipped pre-pregnancy jeans, but it’s either those, my maternity jeans or pants and a select few skirts & dresses.
Stretch marks? nope.
Sleep: not bad—I can still sleep comfortably. I just have to pee all the time!
Movement: none yet
Food cravings: I tend to get fixated on one particular item that I must have at that moment. It changes daily, but has ranged from ice cream to chicken sandwiches to soup to pb&j to smoothies to trail mix to……you get the idea.
Gender: ……
What I am looking forward to: my next appt and the end of the first trimester and exhaustion and nausea!!
Y - Following the University of Kentucky Wildcatsopening season win over East Tennessee St late Friday night, videotape of the contest may reveal what some folks are calling the 'UK Kitten', the smallest basketball fan ever. Clad in a UK blue hat (pictured below in approximately the 10th row of Rupp Arena) and not much else, The Kitten attended Friday nights contest seemingly hovering in a belly full of goop and apple crisp donuts. The AP sports wire is reporting this as of yet unnamed embryo, is a die hard Cats fan that will be following Coach Cal & the Cats throw the 2010 season. Ta-da!!
Here are the pictures from our very first ultrasound at 8 weeks, 2 days. I know it’s hard to see, but there’s the baby inside that dark black circle. S/he’s about an inch long at this point, with tiny little arms and legs up in the air. Everything looked great and the whole thing took less than 10 minutes. Crazy!
I’m still playing catch up with my weekly photos, here—this is from nearly three weeks ago, at 8 weeks!
Week 8 was “raspberry” week and the week we had our ultrasound!
I took this picture of F. Scott & Zelda while we were watching the election returns last Tuesday night. As you can see, the Bear is quite alarmed at the results, while Bean is just disgruntled and pessimistic.
