One More Thing

One more thing before I sign off for today:

My friend Kristen Over at Gohean Crazy posted this picture! I love seeing her at all the different stages of her pregnancy and I am inspired to do the same! Just thought you might be inspired to do the same thing some day :)

What's Up?

I'm not sure what is going on lately but only a few of my blogging favorites have been blogging!! Come on girls! Tell me what's on your mind! I look forward to reading your entries more than you know! Here's a topic for ya!

What are your plans for the summer?

Grab my button and post :)

We don't have any other plans for the summer except for working, hanging out with friends, and growing a baby. My first Ultrasound is on June 21st at 9:30 AM so you can pray for that. That day is also the day/time that my friend Beth finds out if she is having a boy or a girl!! AND my nephew will be 3! What a day huh?!

Anyway, We had a blast in the Bahamas! If you ever have a chance to swim with dolphins you HAVE to do it! It was amazing and earns me another charm for my "Bucket Bracelet" . These bracelets are real and I encourage you to purchase a NEW charm bracelet and get to work!

Love you all and hope you have a fabulous weekend!

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New this week: Webbed fingers and toes are poking out from your baby's hands and feet, his eyelids practically cover his eyes, breathing tubes extend from his throat to the branches of his developing lungs, and his "tail" is just about gone. In his brain, nerve cells are branching out to connect with one another, forming primitive neural pathways. You may be daydreaming about your baby as one sex or the other, but the external genitals still haven't developed enough to reveal whether you're having a boy or a girl. Either way, your baby -- about the size of a kidney bean — is constantly moving and shifting, though you still can't feel it.

Atlantis

I know..I know..I'm on vacation BUT what is more relaxing than blogging in the most comfortable bed EVER?! I would love to tell you about our stay so far:

Some of you have noticed that I have cut my hair. I love it! It is about an inch under my chin and cut a bit shorter in the back. So fun and MUCH cooler :)

We arrived on Paradise Island on Sunday evening at around 7:00 PM and walked around the Atlantis because the pools close at 7 (probably so everyone will go to the Casino and Gamble).

We slept until 10:30 AM on Monday, paid a total of $57.00 for a breakfast buffet which is fabulous but not $57.00 fabulous, walked the beach, swam in 3 different pools, rode on mild rides at the waterpark, shared a grilled chicken sandwich for lunch, had a cocktail (water) party with FHTM, a wonderful dinner, and talked the night away with some wonderful friends out by a pool.

Today we woke up at 10:30 again, had a wonderful breakfast courtesy of FHTM, walked the beach, waterpark, had an ice cream cone, swam, tanned, drank lots of water, had a 14 oz steak that I could not finish and dessert for dinner, went to the casino to try my hand at the slot machine with a jackpot of $66,000 (I lost $20.00), watched the Lakers play with our California friends, listened/danced to fun music while watching said Laker game...SO FUN!!

Tomorrow is our last full day and we are ready to soak it up! We have a dolphin swim at 2:20 pm and I am so excited about this! We will also have a wonderful breakfast, more time at the beach, a closing dinner/dance party and enjoy our day.

Thankfully my little "raspberry" sized baby has been pleasant to carry around these last few days. I have only felt queasy a hand full of times usually when I have waited too long to eat.

I just completed my 7th week of pregnancy and it is all flying by! I hope the rest of this goes by this quickly! My next post will be about what is going on this 8th week :)

Thanks for reading!

-Jenny C

Blessings in the Blah

Why do they call it Morning Sickness when it lasts all day? Today was the first day of queasiness for me. I never puked but I felt like I was car sick ALL day. I think I will become friends with the following two things. The ONLY things I am hungry for:

Even though I feel the way I do I am so very excited to be experiencing each day of pregnancy! I have wanted to be a mom since I was old enough to carry around a doll and I will find blessings in each moment. We cannot wait to find out if we are having a boy or a girl!!

I'll keep you posted :) and prayers are greatly appreciated!

Jenny C

Dog Days of Summer

We love our Shiner Boy and Miss Belle and they love their pool!!

Blueberry

6 WEEKS DOWN..

SO MANY TO GO!!

7 week update:

The big news this week: Hands and feet are emerging from developing arms and legs — although they look more like paddles at this point than the tiny, pudgy extremities you're daydreaming about holding and tickling. Technically, your baby is still considered an embryo and has something of a small tail, which is an extension of her tailbone. The tail will disappear within a few weeks, but that's the only thing getting smaller. Your baby has doubled in size since last week and now measures half an inch long, a little larger than a blueberry!

If you could see inside the womb, you'd spot eyelid folds partially covering her peepers, which already have some color, as well as the tip of her nose and tiny veins beneath parchment-thin skin. Both hemispheres of your baby's brain are growing, and her liver is churning out red blood cells until her bone marrow forms and takes over this role. She also has an appendix and a pancreas, which will eventually produce the hormone insulin to aid in digestion. A loop in your baby's growing intestines is bulging into her umbilical cord, which now has distinct blood vessels to carry oxygen and nutrients to and from her tiny body.

To Answer Some Questions I've Been Asked:

- I have not been vomit-sick, just occasional nausea (usually if I'm hungry)
- Yes, we do want to find out if its a boy or a girl and should know on or before August 31st (which seems SO Far AWAY!!)
- We Do have some names picked out and just having fun throwing some out there. I keep changing my mind and that's okay :)
- I can't wait until our next appt. on June 21st at 9:30 AM
- Our families are super excited and this baby will be the first grand child for Carol and Johnny Childress

What other questions do yall have?