10.5-ish weeks :)

Ok, I know I've been slack about updating the blog this past week.  Sorry!

I am posting the slideshow that we used to tell our families the news, and I'm also posting their reaction videos.  I will put them on this post lower down...so check them out!  The news officially went out everywhere on Monday, March 7th.

Our next doctor's appointment isn't scheduled until April 6th.  It will be our first visit to the Durham Women's Clinic, and we're very excited!  I put it off until April because that's when my insurance starts over for the year with my company.  I am almost over the limit of what my company will pay of my deductible for THIS year, so I wanted to wait until I had a fresh start, and have them cover me as much as possible.
I will be about 14 weeks along when we go to our appointment, so hopefully there will be plenty of our baby to see this time!  I'm also looking forward to getting a lot more information and start meeting some of the doctor's that will be taking care of us.

Our good friends, Julie & Warren just found out on Friday that they are expecting a little girl!  Their due date is near the end of July.  We're so excited for them!!  And I'm excited because Julie and I can sit together and watch the boys play softball this spring/summer!  haha  :)

Wondering about what sex our baby is has also got us thinking about names.  It's hard to think that this is what their name will be for the rest of their life!  But we definitely have a few that are a favorites at the moment.   Boys names are so much easier for me to come up with than girls names!  For boys, our top 2 names at the moment are Wyatt Dean and Luke Wallace.  For girls we like Campbell Laura and lately, I've been liking the name Evan _________.  I kind of like the middle name Pearl with it, or maybe Kate?  Something simple and old-school, feminine sounding.  I looked up the meaning of the name Evan and found this:

Evan meaning and name origin

Evan \e-van\ as a girl's name (also used as boy's name Evan), is a variant of Evangeline (Greek), and the meaning of Evan is "good news". See also Vanna.


and since it's a variant of Evangeline, I looked that name up as well and found this:

Evangeline meaning and name origin

Evangeline \e-vangeli-ne, ev(a)-nge-line\ as a girl's name is pronounced ee-van-ja-LEEN. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Evangeline is "good news". From "evangel", the term for the Gospels.

I thought that was pretty cool!  Anyways, it's a little different and has a good meaning to it, so I like it!  Of course, we are just throwing around ideas at the moment, so who knows!

I have still been lucky in the fact that I am feeling good for the most part.  I've been tired a lot, but I can deal with that.  I have found that recently if I start feeling hungry and DON'T eat, that I will really start feeling bad.  So I always have to have something to snack on in case my hunger hits me.  My belly is growing just a little bit.  It's like a have a little gut, and just can't suck it in anymore.  I can still button my jeans, but it's a little uncomfortable...So I've been wearing one of those belly band things when I wear my pants.  :)

Here is what our baby is going through at 10 weeks:

By the end of Week 10, your baby graduates from embryo to fetus, which literally means "little one." It also translates to "I'm just going to keep getting bigger and bigger and so are you!"

Other highlights this week:
Your baby has finally morphed from a little tadpole into, well, a baby. Not only is the face more human-like, but that unflattering "tail" (really just the developing spinal cord) has disappeared, fusing into the spinal column.

Your baby now has discernible fingers and toes, which will explain the steady stream of kicks and punches you'll feel down the line.

Junior's skeleton is starting to grow and harden. The ears are beginning to take shape and the eyelids are no longer transparent. Tooth buds are forming, although your baby won't get any teeth until six or seven (or eight or nine or 10) months after birth.

Baby's brain will make an incredible 25,000 new neurons every minute this week. While you may feel like you're losing as many as he's gaining, we can assure you it's not permanent. "Pregnancy brain," like nausea and bloating, is a temporary symptom that soon shall pass. (And then you'll get "Mommy brain," but we won't go there now.)

If you're baby is a boy, he's started producing that macho hormone testosterone. And whether your baby is a boy or a girl, the kidneys are creating copious amounts of urine. Lucky for you, you won't have to change a diaper for another 30 weeks.

Baby weighs only 4 grams and measures 1½ inches, about the size of a mondo Brazil nut.

Baby Jennings is growing away!  I would post about what's happening to MY body, but it's mainly about constipation and flatulence, so I will spare everyone!  haha  :)  Oh joy!  Luckily for me and Jeff, I haven't had to deal with much of that.  Everything that I've been reading says to try to exercise regularly.  And I'm glad that I'm still trying to go to Jazzercise every night that I can!  It really does make me feel better, and I hope that in the long run, it will help me be in better shape when the baby comes and I can get back to my pre-pregnancy body a little quicker.

Here is a picture of of me, at about 10.5 weeks pregnant:

We're having trouble uploading the video, but we'll post is as soon as we can...