Belly's Debut

Hey!
So I promised to show a photo of the belly. I don't care what anyone says, it is different and growing! It is just crazy how a small change can make you feel SO different. My clothes are starting to feel a little snug and I am so excited to buy my first piece of real maternity clothing! Any who knew that a baby in your belly required your arms, legs and ass to grow as well. I guess it is the whole larger foundation for the large belly that will be soon upon us. What we do for our babies. Oh, and I also wanted to get this up because when I am HUGE and 8 months preggers, I will look at this and think "what they hell were you thinking about your "large" belly?" I think that will be funny! So a message to future me from present me - "Sorry I took this bod for granted."
I have still be feeling great. Tired, but awesome. The not awesome thing that has been happening lately is I have been spotting a little - a very little, but enough to freak me out. I know it is normal, but when it happens to you it feels anything but. It is amazing how much you can love the little grape baby in you more than you can imagine before you even lay eyes or ears on baby. I CANNOT imagine how we will feel when we actually meet baby! Overwhelming feeling!!!! But it is gone for the most part now and I hope it stays away for good! Damn spotting. It will give a mom a heart attack!
Pat and I switched doctors also which is big. We are going to meet with the doc that Erin and Pat (my sister and brother in laws) went to. She is really great, I hear. And with that, VERY difficult to get into. But we are in through September, but they are kinda of "take what you can get" appointment times and I was given strict instructions to "not miss any appointments or you may not get back in for a while." Geez. I will keep you posted on that front. Next week we have an appointment on Thursday - 8/31. We really hope to hear the heartbeat!!!! That will just be the most amazing thing EVER! However, there is a chance we won't be able to, but I really really hope we can! The amazing power of positive thoughts, as Pat says :)
Ok - me and bebe have to head to Grandma's and go on a walk with Louis, Grandma and Charlie!
Love to all!
Bebe and B

How your baby's growing:

Your new resident is nearly an inch long — about the size of a grape — and weighs just a fraction of an ounce. She's starting to look more and more human. Her essential body parts are accounted for, though they'll go through plenty of fine-tuning in the coming months. Other changes abound: Your baby's heart finishes dividing into four chambers, and the valves start to form — as do her tiny teeth. The embryonic "tail" is completely gone. Your baby's organs, muscles, and nerves are kicking into gear. The external sex organs are there but won't be distinguishable as male or female for another few weeks. Her eyes are fully formed, but her eyelids are fused shut and won't open until 27 weeks. She has tiny earlobes, and her mouth, nose, and nostrils are more distinct. The placenta is developed enough now to take over most of the critical job of producing hormones. Now that your baby's basic physiology is in place, she's poised for rapid weight gain