Shopping Day.. 5 weeks!

I have been feeling fat and blah this week, so Maggie, Baby Olivia and I went to Tanger to do some shopping. We went to Carters (which I fell in love with) and shopped for Olivia. Afterwards, we went into Papaya- my new fav store! I love it! I got 7 summer shirts, sandals and a dress for $100. I really needed to buy some loose shirts and these were non-maternity, but definitely give me room to grow in for the summer and still look cute. Then, we treated ourselves to Taco Bell for lunch.. Miss Olivia is definitely a shopper! :)


How Baby Philmon is growing at 5 weeks:

Deep in your uterus you embryo is growing at a furious pace. At this point, he's about the size of a sesame seed, and he looks more like a tiny tadpole than a human. He's now made up of three layers — the ectoderm, the mesoderm, and the endoderm — which will later form all of his organs and tissues.

The neural tube — from which your baby's brain, spinal cord, nerves, and backbone will sprout — is starting to develop in the top layer, called the ectoderm. This layer will also give rise to his skin, hair, nails, mammary and sweat glands, and tooth enamel.

His heart and circulatory system begin to form in the middle layer, or mesoderm. (This week, in fact, his tiny heart begins to divide into chambers and beat and pump blood.) The mesoderm will also form your baby's muscles, cartilage, bone, and subcutaneous (under skin) tissue.

The third layer, or endoderm, will house his lungs, intestines, and rudimentary urinary system, as well as his thyroid, liver, and pancreas. In the meantime, the primitive placenta and umbilical cord, which deliver nourishment and oxygen to your baby, are already on the job.

Important Day

Today, we went to Brent's mom's for her birthday. We went to Olive Garden with her, Brent's brother, sister-in-law, Clay, Alex, and the boys. It was nice and very yummy! Most importantly, today we told the boys the news! We were in the car, on the way home, and Brent asked the boys if they would rather have a baby brother or sister.. Of course, they immediately yelled SISTER! If it's a boy, poor thing! They were very excited. Zane blushed and couldn't stop smiling from ear to ear. He talked my head off the whole way home. Max was very excited about moving to the downstairs room (our office now). We are going to close it in and make it a room for him. We plan on doing this over the summer, so he will be nice and set before school starts.


I will be 5 weeks tomorrow! No nausea yet, thankfully.

Fun Friday

Today, we laid out with Amy and Kasey for a couple of hours before work to prep our tan for the beach! After work, Kasey and I went to Baby's R Us for the first time just to look around. I also needed to go by Target to buy a belly band because I can't button my pants anymore! Then, Camron, Kasey, Brent and I cooked out for dinner and chilled.

This new maternity band is AWESOME! I love it! We are now beginning to question if I am really 5 weeks pregnant.. I am showing very fast! Belly bump pics to come..

Contemplating..

I really hate going to Eagles Landing OBGYN. That's where I go now for my annuals, etc. So, I am in the process of finding a personable OBGYN for my first pregnancy. I wasn't very fond of Eagles Landing's decisions to rotate me through many doctors and whoever was on call would deliver. I have heard MANY different reviews on other doctors and have now narrowed my decisions down to Women's Healthcare Specialists and Dr. Shilling. I have an appointment with Shilling on May 14 and w/ Women's Healthcare on May 19 (the day before the beach!)

I now have a belly bump over night! I all of a sudden CAN NOT fit into my jeans! I knew I had been feeling bloated lately, but now I am protruding! Thankfully, I am not experiencing any morning sickness. However, I am getting more hungry quicker. I have NEVER eaten anything after dinner and before bed. Now, by the time I lay down for bed, I am STARVING!

An update on Baby Philmon this week...

This week marks the beginning of the embryonic period. From now until 10 weeks, all of your baby's organs will begin to develop and some will even begin to function. As a result, this is the time when she'll be most vulnerable to anything that might interfere with her development.

Right now your baby is an embryo the size of a poppy seed, consisting of two layers: the epiblast and the hypoblast, from which all of her organs and body parts will develop.

The primitive placenta is also made up of two layers at this point. Its cells are tunneling into the lining of your uterus, creating spaces for your blood to flow so that the developed placenta will be able to provide nutrients and oxygen to your growing baby when it starts to function at the end of this week.

Also present now are the amniotic sac, which will house your baby; the amniotic fluid, which will cushion her as she grows; and the yolk sac, which produces your baby's red blood cells and helps deliver nutrients to her until the placenta has developed and is ready to take over this duty.


This is so neat! It is the greatest feeling in the world to know I have a little baby growing inside of me!

Braves Game!

Today was poppy's first Braves game with Aunt Kasey and Uncle Cam. We have picked up the habit of calling the baby "poppy" because during this fourth week of pregnancy, the baby is now the size of a poppy seed. We sat in the outfield, a few rows up from the field. The weather was nice and we were expecting a win! It was a good game, but unfortunately Heyward didn't yank a win for us this time! We have many more to come though. This was poppy's first game! ;) We enjoyed some yummy Varsity afterwards. So yummy that my fingers swelled up from all of the sodium! I can definitely tell I am pregnant because of how hungry I am!

Kasey and Amy also went to the library today and got some books on what I can and can't eat.. I think they are both as excited as I am! ;)

We are expecting!! (One hectic Monday)

Well, this morning, around 8am, I rushed downstairs to open the door for Max so that he could get his bookbag for school. The boys were at their mom's this weekend and he forgot his bookbag at home. Brent had already left for work. We were relieved that this was his last Monday going into work because he was starting to work from home the next week. I was very excited to start my Ab blast class today at the gym because in just a few short weeks we were heading to the beach with our awesome friends! Anyway, as I ran down the stairs, I realized I didn't feel very well. I thought to myself, "Man, I feel like I am about to start my period.. UGH!"

Let's back up a tad. Brent and I decided that in February, I was coming off of my birth control (well, I decided and he supported hehe). We thought that when the time was right, it would happen. So, I went a little overboard. I planned out when I was ovulating, started taking Folic Acid, etc. Everyone told me that I better stop thinking about it, or it won't happen. I thought to myself how crazy that sounded. There is no way getting pregnant is psychological. Well, after many pregnancy tests and many negative answers, I realized I needed to stop thinking about it and that this is in God's hand. Whenever we are ready to have a child, it would happen. So, for the month of March, I made a point to think about it no more!

Back to the cramps.. I then asked myself, "What day is today?" Oh, I should be starting tomorrow or Wednesday. I then remembered I had ONE left over pregnancy test from last month and decided, "you know, I might as well check." However, I knew that I wasn't. So, I took the test, sat it on the back of the toilet, and began to fiddle around, made my bed, took the dogs out, etc.. Sure enough, I went back to check and it said PREGNANT! No, not one of those faint lines where you could or couldn't be pregnant. It was a ClearBlue digital test and clearly said the word "PREGNANT." I freaked!! Even though just a little over a month ago I was planning days out, trying to get pregnant, I was completely caught off guard!! Brent was in training at work that morning, but I couldn't resist! Yes, I have planned for a year now that when I got pregnant, I would make him a nice dinner that night and have this cute little planned out evening, where I gave him a cute "daddy bib" or something of that sort. Lame, I know! Well, I couldn't resist. I called him ASAP and he whispered, "Hello?" I said, "I'm pregnant!!" He was completely caught off guard as well and didn't believe me! (I have joked with him before, of course) Anyway, he was very excited. I then called my mother and she screamed of joy at work! She even cried a little. My Oma was next. I was scared to tell her the most. She was very happy! I proceeded with telling my best friends, you know who you are! Everyone was extremely excited!

Well, in the midst of all of this excitement, I was getting ready to walk out of the door to class, which I had a major paper due in! For the first time in my ENTIRE life, I locked my keys in my car!! Of course, Brent had the spare keys, in TRAINING, IN ALPHARETTA! I had to be at GSU in 50 minutes to turn this paper in! My Opa comes and picks me up to take me and Kasey and Amy come save the day and pick me up for work! Coincidentally, Amy's car wouldn't start either, so Kasey picked her up first just in time! WHAT A DAY! Phyllis and Brent's dad were very excited as well! I took 2 extra tests that day and without a doubt I was definitely PREGNANT! I used a due date calculator online, using the first day of my last period, 3/21/2010 and my tentative due date is CHRISTMAS DAY! My little Christmas baby! :) We decided to wait on telling the boys for a few days.

Whew, what a Monday! Of course, we are ALL pulling for a baby girl! But I am trying to say, "him, him, him" so I will be prepared! :) Oh, and thankfully I have an excuse to NOT start that dreadful Ab class today.. Hehe!