belly photos

ok, my friend Jan pointed out that it was shameful that I hadn't posted any belly pictures yet. So tonight while I was still feeling relatively energetic, I had Nate set up a backdrop for me, put up my lights, and did a mini photo shoot. Then I played around with different processing in photoshop and lightroom, which was great fun. Here are the ones I like best:

This one is Nate's favorite:




I really like this look and will probably be using it again, it's just so warm and soft -





I am going to try to do this weekly - should be a lot easier now that the backdrop is set up. It'll be fun to see the difference week-to-week...maybe I'll do a flip book after I deliver.

In other news, the dr's office called with the results of the NT scan that we had last week (testing for possible Down's Syndrome) and the nurse said everything looked totally normal. We have an appt on Thursday to go over the results in more detail with Dr. George.

I'd better go to bed, have to rest up for yoga tomorrow!

slacking

I know I've been posting less but there's just not that much happening! I'm still waiting for Nate to scan the 12-week ultrasound for me (the scanner doesn't work on my computer)...I have a dr. appt. on Thursday to go over the results of the scan + blood test...so far all other tests have been totally clear and normal.

I am starting to feel a little more clear and normal myself...I'm still ready for bed by 8 but am feeling slightly more alert during the day. Having said that I'm sure I'll fall into a hormone induced daze any second now.

Colleen just told me that I have 'popped', so that's kinda cool. Hopefully that means I look pregnant now rather than just fat. :)

a bit of normalcy?

I ended up going over to a friend's house to take a nap yesterday afternoon and I think that was a good choice. For some reason I was just exhausted all day and then when I started to get a headache I threw in the towel.

Two days now I've thought about staying home from work and ended up coming in and regretting it. I will make it a policy from now on that if I feel like I want to stay home when I get up in the morning I'm just going to go ahead and do it.

I am in the office this afternoon catching up on the stuff that I was too fuzzled to do yesterday. I brought Norm in with me and he is actually doing a wonderful job of cleaning my office. Way better than the janitors. They NEVER vacuum under my desk and I think Norm has already sucked up any and all food particles that may have made their way down there. He is now sleeping behind me, looking quite pleased with the little snacks he's picked up.

My friend Kris tells me that although everyone says that as soon as the second trimester starts you should start to get your energy back it is more like 14 weeks. It won't be soon enough, whenever it happens.

Oh, and it's snowing. Again. It's June, right?

my own personal utah

Today I am very tired for some reason. Somehow I managed to sleep all night but not get any rest...it's like my body is giving me a preview of what life will be like come December.

Tomorrow I'm going to get my hair done; going back to brunette. As I've been a redhead since well before I lived in Jackson I think the reactions are going to be fun.

I know there is more I should be posting about but I can't think of it. Oh, that's one thing - the baby is totally stealing my brain. I used to be relatively sharp - good recall, witty, occasionally I'd have a nice insight into a problem...no more. I can't even think of basic words like 'sweater' or 'internet' or 'restaurant'. Instead it's 'uhh....long sleeved warm thing' and 'you know, the thing with the pages and you put in what you want and it tells you stuff' and 'the place with the stuff that i like to eat'. And god forbid someone ask me to calculate a tip or remember a phone number.

It's very frustrating and I'm told it'll only get worse. Hoooooooraaaaaaaaaaaay.

edited to add - I changed the title of this post to more accurately reflect what it is about. I'm right behind you, mom. :)

12 weeks

yes, I know I've been slacking. Let's get past it. :)

A picture -

It's got vocal cords and a functioning liver and pancreas!

But best of all we went in for an ultrasound today and it was SO COOL. It waved at us! And I think it had the hiccups because for a while he/she was having a very rhythmic sternum bounce. I will post pictures as soon as we get them scanned. He/she was flipping and spinning and waving...it was really really cool.

In unrelated news, our cell phone provider has just been absorbed by AT&T and you know what that means....iPhone in Jackson!!!! Woo hoo!!!! I'm pretty much just dancing with excitement about it.