OUR BABY IS 7 WEEKS OLD AND ABOUT THE SIZE OF A KIDNEY BEAN.
IT'S ALWAYS MOVING. ELBOWS AND FINGERS START TO FORM AND FOOT PLATES APPEAR.
We surprised my family with the great news over Christmas and it was such a success! As soon as we arrived at my parents house, we gave them and by siblings an early Christmas gift. First up was a box that contained matching pajamas for everyone to wear on Christmas morning. This has nothing to do with the baby, I just thought it would be hilarious and it was meant to throw them off and provide a good excuse as to why we were giving them this gift early. Of course they had to have their pajamas before Christmas morning in order to wear them! They all thought it was a really funny idea. Next we gave them gift bags and said "And you can use these while wearing your awesome PJs!" Inside were mugs that said "Worlds Most Awesome Grandpa" and "Worlds Greatest Aunt", etc. It was so much fun to watch as they (quickly) figured out what it meant and started freaking out! They were all so happy, it was such a special moment. They loved their mugs and used them for the rest of the weekend. My Dad kept joking that it was the easiest award he had ever won (Worlds Most Awesome Grandpa... ha ha, Dad ;). We did not tell our extended family unfortunately. I do not feel comfortable doing that yet. It's a shame though because the reaction would have been great and it would have been amazing to tell everyone in person.
My symptoms have tapered off a bit which worries me, but I have had increasing nausea over the past few days so that seems like a good sign. I just hope everything is still going well in there! We'll find out soon at our next ultrasound appointment on Jan 3rd. Until then I'll just keep my chin up and hope for the best!
