We're a shrimp now

Happy Wednesday everyone!

One week left in my first trimester... now all the fun begins and the fears subside. Since I haven't felt too sick or miserable I can only imagine this coming time to be blissful. I am anxious about feeling pregnant, looking pregnant and knowing that the baby is at lest risk and starting to grow.

According to my trusted site babycenter.com, here is this weeks update:

Your belly may soon be big enough to announce to the world that you're expecting, but your baby is still tiny. In fact, he's only about 3 inches long crown to rump — roughly the size of a jumbo shrimp — and weighs just about an ounce. Despite the small proportions, there's a fully formed baby inside your womb now. Much more proportional than it was a few weeks ago, his head is now only about a third the size of his body. His tiny, unique fingerprints are already in place. His kidneys and urinary tract are functional, and he's starting to urinate out the amniotic fluid he's been swallowing. As you start your second trimester, most of your baby's critical development will be completed, and your odds of miscarriage will drop considerably.

I want to thanks a few key people in this post. First, Elizabeth Demers. Thank you so much for letting me borrow your maternity clothes. Although I haven't worn any yet I'm sure they'll find the light of day soon. I also want to thank Keith and Mary Burner who have graciously let us borrow oodles of baby stuff including a high chair, car seat, pack-n-play, play seat and much more. Now all I have to do is find room in the house for it all! Lastly, the parents, for being so supportive and helping us thus far... with planning, gifts and prayers. I'm lucky to have six of you and I know this baby is already loved.

The house is coming along. We're planning to somewhat finish the crypt this weekend and finally start putting away all of Dave's tools and making room for all the baby things that are now piled in the baby room. Soon I'll have a blank canvas to start planning the room, that is once I know if it's a girl or boy! Until then though we're planning on scraping the textured ceiling and putting up bead board. If you know me at all you'll know that I am SUPER excited to get to decorate!

I hope everyone is well... :) Amy