He's so adorable

Chris is by far the sweetest husband a gal could ask for. We started DVR-ing & watching A Baby Story last night (more like I MADE him watch at first - he was skeptical). We watched 2 episodes back to back and at each of the births he started getting a little choked up. Afterwards we were chatting about the whole crazy process and he said everyone is going to be making fun of him when I give birth cause he's going to be bawling his eyes out. Ahhhh....what a sweetie. Then he got me a glass of milk. Guess he wants to make sure we get that far. :) 3 weeks till the ultrasound!

Technically speaking....

Week 7

The Baby:
Your embryo makes great strides in size this week, growing to between 0.44 inches and 0.52 inches from crown to rump by the end of the week, or about the size of a small raspberry. Leg buds are starting to look like short fins, and hands and feet have a digital plate where fingers and toes will develop. The heart and lungs are becoming more developed, as are the eyes and nostrils, intestines and appendix. By now the brain and spinal cord are growing from the neural tube.
The Mommy:
You're still not "showing," but by now you're really feeling the changes in your body. You still may be experiencing morning sickness and the other symptoms of early pregnancy. Breasts will probably be tingly and tender.

Nothing new....

So my little preggo life is boring. Symptoms are few and far between. Now that the excitement of telling everyone is over we're just biding our time till the doctor's appointment. We want to wait at least till then to start really "doing" anything like moving the house around for the nursery and all that. I did find an awesome website though - Babyfit.com where you can journal your meals to make sure you're getting enough of the important nutrients and keeps you on track for ways to be more healthy during pregnancy. Its pretty cool and reminds me a lot of the Weight Watchers tracking so its second nature to me. Helps to make me feel like I'm not overeating but according to them (and Nutritiondata.com) I'm not getting enough calories in. I've been having more to eat during the day and making sure I'm snacking but still I'm at least 200 calories short every day! (They want me to have 2000-2300, I get between 1750-1850). I guess I won't worry about that for now since I'm always on target for my nutrients (calcium, iron, folic acid, protien, etc) and don't feel deprived. In fact I think I had my first craving while grocery shopping Monday. Couldn't go one more day without a grilled cheese sandwich so now I have one every day for lunch. Hopefully all is still well with mini-cave, being so normal makes me nervous. Chris has an uncanny ability to not worry about something unless he knows for a fact that there is something to worry about so I'm trying to be like him.

Mother's Day insanity

I got my first Mother's Day gift from Mom & Dad - a white azalea we planted in the back yard last night to watch grow along with the baby. I think the hormones are starting to kick in cause I started crying while planting it and thinking about symbolism of all of it. Then I proceeded to name the azalea Thursday because thats the day of the week we found out we were pregnant. (That idea comes from the shower on Saturday when Bridget told us about the conversation she had wth Tom Helm that he believes she should name the baby after the day of the week it's born.) So next time you're over be sure to say Hello to Thursday. I'm officially insane.

Start spreading the news!

Finally got to spread the word to the majority of people in our lives. Starting the 10th with Corrie & Jay. We went to dinner for our parents B-days and to celebrate Corrie's Teacher of the Year award. So I gave Cor a "Congratulations" card she thought was for the Teacher of the Year thing but was actually Congrats Auntie-to-Be!! It took a second for it to register then she teared up and there were hugs and advice immediately. This is going to be a great time to bond even more with Cor. I can't wait. She already gave me her pregnancy journals from Aria and Adrian so I can follow along the week by week and compare to myself or see what's in store. She and Jay helped with the telling of the Starowski side of the family too recording with me an addendum to the crusie slide show/ video. But before we could tell the families I had a baby shower to co-host with all the old Rainbow girls! Bridget is 7 months now so we had an old fashioned slumber party! Mom made me jammies to wear that said "ME 2" on them so Bridget went down to the girls and said "Guess what? I'm pregnant!" then I came out from behind her and pointed to the ME 2 on my shirt! It was a perfect announcement and a great time! Sunday was Mother's Day with Chris' side first for brunch and my Mom-in Law got to show everyone what we gave her for Mother's Day (the frame and test stick pic). Colleen already had figured it out! Must be a mom thing. We chatted about names and timing and all those things. Then off to Corrie's for dinner to tell the other side. My cousin Christi figured out I was preggo already and pulled me aside to confirm her speculations. She figured it our because I was adamant that if she was not coming to Mother's Day she HAD to call me. She's so tuned in! So everyone else found out right after dinner when we played the video clip. Jay & I were having a conversation about souveniers we brought back from the trip ending with the best souvenier - I walked over to the oven ad illustrated that Chris & I brought home a Bun-in-the-Oven. Took a minute to sink in but I got to experience my first Mother's Day with lots of hugs and stories. It was perfect. :)