17 Weeks!

I am in awe of what is to come in the next few months as I sit here with my best friend's 3 month old miracle. This week, baby bean is the size of an onion! We'll know in 2 weeks if our bean is a girl bean or a boy bean and I. can't. wait.

I am so excited that baby bean is learning to swallow, suck and blink this week. Those are really huge things in my profession! I am noticing a lot more growth in my belly size. I had to officially retire the scrubs for awhile this week. I won't be posting belly pics... actually I won't even be taking any belly pics for that matter. I have definitely decided that I want to be MUCH smaller before I get pregnant again (God and Dustin willing :). I have been pretty healthy through this pregnancy so far but I know it's still really early and my weight may become a problem.

As far as symptoms go... I still have some morning sickness but the all day nausea is gone (hooray). I've been a little tearful at the smallest things (commercials and movies) and really tearful at the big things (see Rachel's Randomness). I've have some joint pain... especially my hips and some other pains along with a crampy feeling every now and then that just lets me know baby bean is growing and so am I. Headaches and heartburn were pretty bad at the end of last week but better this week so far. Yesterday, I bought Tums, Tylenol, and belly lotion and felt very pregnant.

My friend Rachel saw this on a blog today and I'm so excited about it....
Praying for your children