Growing into the second trimester

I'm officially in my 13th week... and headed into the second trimester! I can't believe we're already 1/3 of the way there! Some days it feels like its flying by and other days it feels like April is years away. We just had our 10 week check up and things all looked great! I had a lot of blood work and actually had a glucose test too since diabetes runs in my family. I had just started to get a cold that day and was eager for it to go away so I decided to drink alot of orange juice throughout the day (I drank about 30 oz), however I forgot that I had my glucose test that afternoon....oopsie! I was sure I was going to fail, however as luck would have it... I passed! YAY! We also got to hear the baby's heartbeat again at this appointment and it is definitely a strong lil Huss. At this point our lil Huss is almost 3 inches long and weighs nearly an ounce. Some websites reference that to be about the size of a medium shrimp, a nutter butter, or a peach....I'm going with peach...I like the fruit comparison (Sorry Mom and Dad, an eggplant isn't until week 25-28!) We couldn't be happier to know that everything is on track and Baby Huss is healthy! I'm still feeling great, however lately my nose has been working overtime...the other day I was smelling some delicious fresh baked cookies as we were driving and tried to get Mark to go on an instant search for them... but he wasn't going for it, he just laughed at me! better luck next time I guess.

So far we haven't purchased anything for the baby, we were waiting until we found out the sex and until we were a little closer. However, we did just get our first official baby gift! Thanks to my Aunt Barb who made Baby Huss a beautiful blanket that we are sure he/she will love!

As I mentioned in my last post, Mark and I have begun to notice a bit of a baby bump. Its more noticable when I'm not wearing a shirt, however I will not be posting pics of that..sorry! My clothes are still fitting however I have to admit that my old "Fat" pants (aka 1 size larger than my normal size) are more comfortable right now than my normal pants... I guess I better get used to that! We did finally take our first picture of me with my 13 week bump....I have to say I feel MUCH larger than this picture shows!! Some days more than others, but you can judge for yourself.

Lastly, we've made it truly official now... we've released the flood gates and announced it openly to all that we are having a Baby Huss! It feels great to have the news out and we feel truly blessed with all of the sweet congratulations we have recieved! Thanks to you all! xoxo