What happens the 6th week? A lot!

Get ready for a growth spurt! By the end of this week our baby will have tripled in size -- to about 1/8 inch long (around the size of a bean). And her heart is now beating with a regular rhythm. It's still too faint to be picked up by my doctor's stethoscope, but if I have a sonogram at some point over the next few weeks it will probably be visible as a tiny, pulsing dot in the middle of her mini body. Fun fact: From now until birth, our baby's heart will beat about 150 times a minute -- twice the average adult rate. Her basic facial features will also start to take shape at this time, including an opening for her mouth and the beginnings of her eyes and ears. This week her brain is developing into distinct regions, and the beginnings of her stomach and lungs are starting to appear as well. All this and just the size of a bean.......wow! Amazing!

1st food craving

Blair swears that crazy food craving are a joke, and so some extent I am not a full believer just yet, but Monday night I got a little obsessed over popcorn. It all started when I swore the house smelled like popcorn. I kept asking Blair, "are you SURE you don't smell popcorn?" It was making me so hungry. Finally, I couldn't take it anymore. I begged Blair to just make me some popcorn. I had to have it! After making fun of me for a while he finally gave in and made me some popcorn to feed my desires. Lucky for him we had some in the pantry. And let me tell you, I don't think popcorn has ever tasted so good!

CJ

Most of you know C.J., Blair and I's 10 year old foster son, so this story will be even funnier.

So a couple of days ago we decided to tell C.J. that I was pregnant. We were sitting at dinner and Blair said C.J. Michelle and I are going to have a baby. He was shocked of course and kept starring at my tummy. His first questions was, "right now" and Blair said no, not until January. His next statement confused us a bit, he said "You are going to have hundreds of Babies!" To which a QUICKLY responded..."no honey, I'm only having one right now, some people have twins, but I'm probably just having one." But he remained dedicated to his answer, "no you are going to have hundreds!" Finally we got an answer out of him.....he explained in Sex Ed. - 5th grade public school -that he learned that women have hundreds of eggs and that's how the get pregnant. He apparently wasn't listening to the whole lesson in school. It made for a good laugh and a brief explanation of why I'm not having hundreds of kids! He still isn't convinced, but I think he understoof a little better.

Oh, the joys of doing foster care!

5 Weeks

Well, we are officially 5 weeks pregnant. I don't really FEEL pregnant yet. I'm a little tired (maybe becuase I'm trying to quit drinking so much coffee) and I'm a little sore (maybe becuase my beloved pillow is in Napa), but other than that I feel the same.

I am not complaining however because I would love to skip right over all the sickness and food cravings! I'm sure the best of the morning sickness is yet to come.

I will try to keep everyone posted as new things develop.

Keep praying for the the baby to continue to grow strong and healty.

We're pregnant!

Wow, our family is quickly growing from 2 to 4 in the matter of months. Most of you probally know Blair and I started doing foster care in February. Although we have been through our ups and downs with it, we have really come to enjoy our ministry. We have learned a lot of different things about being parents right in time for this new baby to come along!