My new resident is nearly an inch long (about the size of a grape) and weighs just a fraction of an ounce. She's or he's starting to look more and more human. Her/his essential body parts are accounted for, though they'll go through plenty of fine-tuning in the coming months. Other changes abound: the heart finishes dividing into four chambers, and the valves start to form — as do her/his tiny teeth. The embryonic "tail" is completely gone, now more tadpole baby. My 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/his eyes are fully formed, but her/his eyelids are fused shut and won't open until 27 weeks. She/he has tiny earlobes, and her/his 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 my baby's basic physiology is in place, she's/he's poised for rapid weight gain, OH S**T!!!
I've only gained like 2 or 3 pounds so far but I'm also retaining and...well other things, so my weight fluctuates! But oh Lordy, when that nausea is done I do believe the race is on!! My pole on here says you all think I'm having a girl! Why? I believe it to be a boy, Skylar needs to be the only princess and daddies girl! And I miss my little man so badly!! But regardless the sex, as long as this child is healthy I will be happy!
EASTER...................Is over, Hallelujah
Just a brief synopsis of how my Easter week..end was
It started last Wednesday night getting the eggs and stuff ready for Chase and Skylar's class hunt and party. So then last Thursday the kids have their hunt and parties and then when I pick them up from school I'm informed by Chase's friends mom that there's a Joy Club meeting/egg hunt tonight (Joy Club is put on by the Church for the school). It's a night hunt by flashlight, which is where I stole my idea from. Any whoo.. so I drop the kids off Thursday night for the hunt and don't get home til after 10 pm.
Friday (Good Friday) the kids are out and I have a buttt load of things to do, including the lovely task of getting my oil changed. The kids were horrible, especially Chase. When he doesn't want to do something, he makes my life hell for making him do it! Anyway....
Saturday morning we drive out to Douglasville for this county wide hunt (10,000 egg drop), well not even a hunt. A helicopter dropped them from the sky and then the kids went running after them. There were so many kids there that Chase got about 6-8 eggs and Skylar got like 2. Total waste of time! So, I'm hungry, imagine that! We decide to stop in at the Waffle House, mmmmmmmm. I go home after that and prepare for my egg hunt.
Saturday night, after putting reflector tape on 222 eggs and filling the eggs, my kids and several of the neighbor kids had a blast running through the yard with their flash lights looking for these eggs. (I'm still tired!!)
Sunday morning, we get up and go to church with the rest of GA that goes every Sunday and the ones that only attend on Christmas and Easter!! Huge cluster if you know what I mean...Then we go home, eat a little something (I go to the store for more goodies) and then we head to another hunt!! I'm truly hunted out by this point and just want to sleep. Needless to say I still haven't done the "grocery shopping" or the laundry (my Sunday tasks that have been kinda slacked the past couple of weeks).
Monday morning...I am crapping like a mug and don't go to work. Turns out I'm just stressin' and need to take it easy!! No harm, No foul!
So, I'm tired and need a rest!!!!!
2 comments:
That night time hunt idea is cool!!!! You need some rest after all that fun!
I really have a feeling that you are having a girl, but i thought I was too, so what do I know! I sure hope you have a boy since you want one. Maybe you'll pass on your beautiful brown eyes this time and get a little brown eyed boy like Brady or Zachie. I LOVE their big brown eyes, but I have to say, Skylar and Chase have some of the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen as well. Love you!!
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