Our Christmas pics have finally been uploaded. Check it out under family pics, December. Included are pictures of Christmas at our house, at my Dad’s, at my Mom’s and our New Year’s trip to Fernie.
Hope everyone had a great holiday…I know we sure got spoiled! Thanks everybody for everything. It was great seeing all the family who were here visiting over the holidays. So fun sharing our xmas secret (i.e. new baby) with everyone!
Gosh, I’ve been crazy busy. Well, alot of the time I’ve been napping, to tell the truth. I’m just exhausted this time around (but I haven’t been sick once yet or really even had any major break downs!!!!!)…probably because I’m still nursing Emma, chasing her and Kris and working full time. Our first doctor’s appointment is this afternoon. I’m wearing maternity clothes all the time now and am definitely showing (unfortunately). I guess when you have such big kids it’s hard to hide it, even for just a few weeks.
Emma has been growing and changing like crazy. Every day brings new words and new challenges. We are all settling back into our routines…work, school, fencing classes, Emma is starting a new pre preschool class tomorrow. I’m back to working 4 days a week at the office and 1 day at home making up the hours through the week when Emma doesn’t need me (mostly when she’s sleeping or Mark is watching her!).
Here’s a little pregnancy guide to being 9 weeks, in case you’re interested and want to check it out. The picture on the side is neat but it doesn’t really give any information as to what’s going on. I’ll try to post the weekly pregnancy updates when I remember.
Your pregnancy: 9 weeks
How your baby’s growing:
Your new resident is nearly an inch long — about the size of a grape — and weighs just a fraction of an ounce. She’s starting to look more and more human. Her essential body parts are accounted for, though they’ll go through plenty of fine-tuning in the coming months. Other changes abound: Your baby’s heart finishes dividing into four chambers, and the valves start to form — as do her tiny teeth. The embryonic “tail” is completely gone. Your baby’s organs, muscles, and nerves are kicking into gear. The external sex organs are there but won’t be distinguishable as male or female for another few weeks. Her eyes are fully formed, but her eyelids are fused shut and won’t open until 27 weeks. She has tiny earlobes, and her mouth, nose, and nostrils are more distinct. The placenta is developed enough now to take over most of the critical job of producing hormones. Now that your baby’s basic physiology is in place, she’s poised for rapid weight gain.
Note: Every baby develops a little differently — even in the womb. Our information is designed to give you a general idea of your baby’s development.
How your life’s changing:
You still may not look pregnant even if your waist is thickening a bit. You probably feel pregnant, though. Not only are morning sickness and other physical symptoms out in full force for most women, but you may feel like an emotional pinball as well.
Mood swings are common now — it’s perfectly normal to feel alternately elated and terrified about becoming a parent. Try to cut yourself some slack. Most women find that moodiness flares up at around six to ten weeks, eases up in the second trimester, and then reappears as pregnancy winds to a close.
www.babycenter.com
Well, things have just been getting busier and busier around here!
Paula is really tired a lot of the time. We are trying to let her rest as much as possible and doing our best to keep things as easy as possible for her. Kris is being really good about helping out, but unfortunately Emma does not usually seem to fully understand this. However, if Paula is resting on the couch, Emma will get her baby’s blanket and cover her up which is really sweet. I have the unfortunate feeling that Paula may be writing less for the next while.
Kris seems to have enjoyed his Christmas vacation, although I doubt that he is looking forwards to getting back to school! He got to spend a lot of time playing his new computer games and generally relaxing, but was also very helpful.
Emma is learning more and more words and getting a lot better at telling us what she wants. Unfortunately, she does not always take “no” well… We are working on that. She is definitely getting ready for those “terrible twos”. However, she is generally a pretty good kid (as long as she gets her naps). We are constantly amazed and amused by what she learns and does.
Paula used to do a lot of Yoga. Emma would watch and occasionally I would catch her doing a bit (mostly “downward dog”). Over New Years, we went to Fernie with my parents, Doreen, and Joe. Joe did quite a lot of Yoga and we found Emma down there while he was doing it, just watching him. Today, at one point, she went and carefully spread out Paula’s Yoga mat (making sure that it was quite flat). She them went through this long sequence of streaches and poses. We recognized some definite attempts at real yoga! She even went and got Paula’s yoga block as well. It was one of those things where you watch and go “Where the heck did she learn all that?”
For Christmas, we gave my parents and Doreen a nice frame with these pictures
and the caption “Coming soon. August 2008“.
It was well recieved. Responses were usually confused (I admit, they are not great pictures), then excited:
and at Dorren’s:
Followed by much rejoicing….
Unfortunatly, word was spreading at work so we had already talked to Dale and could not surprise him in quite the same way…
Watch the new baby-counter on the upper right of the page to see the time until our due date and what the baby looks like at this point in development (of course ours is likely larger than shown!).
Wish us luck in this new adventure!
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