Peach!!!!!

I began my second trimester officially on July 14th! I can now eat anything and everything and do not feel nauseous which is a HUGE blessing! I find myself getting irritable and impatient more often than not but am learning to manage this for my husbands sake :) I dreamt last night that I am having twin boys. Huh? We have another appointment on Monday, July 26th at 9:15 AM but we still have to wait a while to find out if our little peach is a boy or a girl.

Fetal Growth Rate

Your fetus is now about three inches long, the size of a peach — and half of that length is head. By the time your baby is ready to make his or her entrance into the world, the head will be only one-fourth as large as the body.

Your baby is about three inches long and the size of a peach at 13 weeks pregnant. But don't compare your fetus with the fetus next door. Starting about now, babies begin growing at different paces, some faster than others, some more slowly, though they all follow the same developmental path. Growing at a universally breakneck speed now is your baby's body as it tries to catch up to the head in terms of size. Though your baby's head is about half the size of its body now, by the time your baby is ready to make his or her entrance into the world, the head will be only one-fourth as large as the body.

Your baby's intestines are also in for some big changes right now. Up till this point, they've been growing in a cavity inside the umbilical cord; but now they're moving to their permanent (and more conveniently located) address, in your baby's abdomen. And to serve your growing baby's needs, the placenta is also growing. It weighs about an ounce now and will weigh one to two pounds at birth (something else you'll soon be able to blame your weight gain on!).

Also developing this week: your baby's vocal chords. Because sound can't travel through your uterus (your baby's current habitat), you won't be able to hear any sounds or cries just yet, but oh boy (or girl) — those vocal chords will get a good workout once that baby is born.

Thanks to 3 dear friends I should start to look better when I hit the town for meetings and whatnot! Crystal Gelber gave me a big sack of maternity clothes :), Helen McDonald has a sack of clothes ready for me in Seguin, and Kristin Cox has several maternity shirts for me! I've got to hit the mall and find me some long maternity dress pants. Does anyone have any tips? Motherhood Maternity did not have my length. I'm tired of wearing my white Target skirt :)

New Look

Thank you Bailey over at b's {blog} boutique for the wonderful blog makeover! I love it! What do you think?

It Feels Like Today

I'm rushing to get this post in before the end of the day! This morning I met with Ashley S. at the Starbucks in Kyle, TX to discuss chapters 4 & 5 of Ms. Understood by Jen Hatmaker. I'm not sure if we got many of the Bible study questions answered but I had a chance to open up to and also learn about Ashley S.. Ashley and I met last summer at a pool when I recognized a mutual friend of hers that she was there swimming with. We became facebook friends later that day, had lunch the next day, and began a journey of friendship that neither one of us knew was coming. In the fall of 2010, I invited Ashley and her husband to visit our wonderful church family at MBC. A few months later they joined the church, Ashley and I began meeting weekly to study God's word, we attended Women Of Faith conference in Houston, and were able to be in the same TEAMS group. TEAMS is another post for another day and absolutely fab! What I like about Ashley S. the best is that she makes me better. She brings out the best in me, accepts the worst, calls me out if I'm wrong, loves me for me, makes me laugh, pushes me toward a deeper relationship with the Lord, shares who she is, and is an answer to prayer. When I got in my car after meeting today I found it fitting that the song on the radio was Rascal Flatts It Feels Like Today. Today was a breath of fresh air that I've needed. It's time for me to step up and finish the things I've been called to do. I'm thankful for a friend who reminds me of those things and won't let me stop until they are completed.

Friday Fives

This weeks Friday Five is...

Five things you do to relax, destress,contain your composure or that you just enjoy doing for yourself!

Thank you Beth over at

For a fun Friday Topic!!

1. The BEST way to destress is to put on my running shoes and grab my chocolate lab puppy Belle (she likes to run much faster than Shiner, my black lab) and hit the road. I'm a bit slower these days and take more walk breaks but it still does the trick!

2.Once a month I go to Pearl Nails and get a pedicure. I look forward to this time of peace and quiet and relaxation.

3. I haven't had a massage in about 4 months or so but my FAVORITE way to destress is to get one! I might have to schedule one of these soon :)

4. If you know me at all you know that I take a bubble bath EVERY.SINGLE.NIGHT. I do this as a way to wind down and take that time to read, play Words With Friends, and process my day.

5. The last way I relax is by listening to music. I love all different kinds of music but when I am trying to chill out I usually choose Explosions in the Sky or Hillsong United

No Not One

Have you ever heard a song that stopped you in your tracks? Have you ever heard a song that stopped you in your tracks AND brought tears of great love to your eyes? This song did that for me. I was getting ready for my day of traveling to Fredericksburg for meetings and listening to Pandora radio when this song by Brandon Heath came on. I urge you to take less than 4 minutes out of your life and close your eyes and just listen to this song. No Not One.

12 Weeks!

I have just completed my 12th week of pregnancy! I'm still feeling very tired at times and have had waves of nausea that are really tough to get through. I am eager to go to my next appointment on July 26th.

How your baby's growing:

Your Baby in Week 12 of Pregnancy
By now, your baby weighs a full half-ounce and is about the size of a large plum. Most of his systems are in place, though there's still plenty of maturing to do. For one thing, his fetal digestive system is beginning to practice contraction movements necessary for eating, and his bone marrow is busy making white blood cells — weapons against germs once he's out of your safe haven. The pituitary gland (at the base of the brain) has started producing the hormones that'll enable him (or her) to make babies of his (or her) own in a couple of decades or so.

This is my 12 week picture. I think I just look fat and should maybe not eat as much ice cream as I have been eating :)

Shiner and Belle's first swim

Had one of the best days yesterday!! Our afternoon meeting got cancelled so we snuck away to spicewood to Kyle's grandparents house on the lake for a swim. I love my dogs even more now and will be making time weekly for this. I even got a Coke Ice Cream float from Kyle's grandma. BLISS!!