Our Pear...

On Friday we hit 15 weeks! Also my 30th birthday! It's going to be the best year ever! 15 week happenings:

-Around 13.5 -14 weeks (finally!) my sickness, fatigue, and sleepiness left me! I have a lot more energy and am open to eating more things.I feel good! With the exception, of my birthday morning, I had a little episode of morning sickness-i took it as a birthday gift from the baby haha!
-Still have a hard time looking at/eating meat though, especially CHICKEN
-I have been able to wake up, feeling good and started going back to the gym before work in the mornings..hitting it very lightly though.
-Starting last week I have been having lower cramps, ligament pains....somethings going to start expanding soon:) Growing pains!
-I dont have quite an obvious pooch yet, but I've noticed something little (I will start to post belly pics when it becomes evident).
-No specific food cravings yet, but when I'm hungry I'm really hungry. I do eat tons of fruit..Coincidentally, a lot of pears this week.
-At this poing, I may have gained a pound or two. At the last appt, I actually lost weight due to the morning sickness, but the Dr. said thats normal and okay.
-VERY tender & GROWING breasts...our baby will not be going hungry thats for sure! Sometimes I have to sleep in a sports bra to apply pressure because they are that sensitive. Ouch!

Baking so Perfectly!

I think this is the most precious picture of our 13 and a half week baby! This is a 3-D image we had done at an ultrasound appointment. The baby was clearly napping and looks SO cozy and warm in it's little home...head tucked in, arms cozy comfy, and little legs crossed. I love staring at this picture because it makes me happy looking at its delicate little features. It truly looks like the baby is cuddling me, inside me:) It's so surreal knowing this precious gift of ours is inside of me!
The ultrasound tech told us at the appointment that "you guys have a cute baby here". I'm sure she tells every patient that, but I choose to believe every word :)
4 more weeks until the next appointment at which we get to find out the gender of the baby!! 
Keep bakin' baby!!

Just Peachy..

Today marks 13 weeks and Cupcake has grown into the size of a peach:) Approximately 3" long. This actual picture was a couple days younger than 13 weeks though. I love looking at his/her little profile. One of the major developments this week is the vocal cords (but of course those won't be heard until birth!)

Second trimester!

      Today marks 13 weeks and the beginning of the 2nd trimester! I can't believe it's only been 5 1/2 weeks since we've found out about this precious baby! It feels like eternity! I'm hoping my morning sickness finally goes away! Actually it's not "morning" sickness for me, it's an every other day but all day "blah, yucky" kind of feeling. I've read a lot that the second trimester is supposed to be the easiest when it comes to feeling good, energetic and actually being able to eat. Stuff thats not easy for me right now.
      Since I am an ultrasound tech, although I do not specialize in OB, I have the equipment at work to look at my baby. The ultrasound appointments w/ the Dr.'s office are way too few and far in between! I can't go that long without seeing him/her so I put the probe to my belly and went for my search until I found what I was looking for! It's amazing how much it has grown since the first 9.5 week ultrasound. In this video I had just eaten lunch and it was spicy food. I think it made cupcake quite active! I have a lot of "active" videos but this is probably one of my faves!