Renee Emerson

::Baby Size::
Our baby is the size of a Kumquat now (1 1/4 inches!)–growing and growing!

the belly at 10 weeks–not showing {significantly} yet!

Sometime this week I need to take a belly picture wearing a t-shirt–you can’t tell so much here, but I’ve definitely got a little baby belly now! It just started poking out a bit this week. I just look like I’ve had one too many donuts at this point. I’m still wearing all my normal clothes but can’t (comfortably) wear my skinny-size jeans, just my regular size ones, and those are pretty snug!

::cravings!!::
Some random new ones this week–strawberry milk (mm!) and, friday night, Captain D’s! I am fully aware of the grossness of Captain D’s. But the baby isn’t, and made me want it. B ate it too though and he has no excuse haha!

As far as aversions go, the same old some old. I can’t really eat Moe’s anymore, and that is sad. I’ll still randomly think things are gross–I usually love leftovers, but I have a hard time eating them lately. Yet, I can eat Hormel Hot Tamales, one of the grossest foods on earth. Go figure!

::Doctor Visits::
I had my second doctor’s appointment earlier this week! The doctor said the baby and I are as healthy as can be! She did say I need to start taking some Vitamin D, since I’m a little low on that, but not to worry since most people are low on that during the winter (vitamin D comes from sunshine).

I don’t go back to the doctor for another 5 weeks–the next time I go though, we’ll get to Hear the heartbeat! And then the time after that, April 19th, we’ll find out the gender! Exciting times!

::Mom’s Visit::
Saturday my mom came to visit me for a girl’s shopping day! I hadn’t seen her since Christmas, so it was really nice to get to spend some daughter/mother time. We went to a few department stores (found some Cute maternity jeans for $9 at JCPenney!) but didn’t find much of anything until we went to Motherhood Maternity (I think the Target near us just doesn’t carry a lot of maternity clothes, sadly).

They were having a really great sale, so I ended up getting 3 summer tops, a maternity swimsuit, and 3 pairs of workpants for just around $100! The pants are so much nicer than my regular work pants–they carry longs, which are sometimes hard for me to find, and they really didn’t even look like “maternity” clothes except for the belly band. And, not to sound like a Motherhood Maternity commercial, I was really surprised at how inexpensive their clothes were–they had cute baby-shower-worthy dresses for just $35, which I don’t consider to be too expensive for a nice dress, and that’s if you don’t get it on any kind of sale! I’m definitely going back there sometime in the next few months for some shorts this summer when its blistering-hot and a nice maternity dress for baby-showers this fall.

And, as much as I’m tempted, I’m holding off on wearing any of my maternity clothes until I really need them, since I’m sure I’m going to get sick of wearing the same small wardrobe by the time the fall comes around. Plus, I’m still fitting into enough of my regular clothes that I don’t really need them quite yet.

Mom went back home today, since my dad just got back from a work-trip and she hasn’t seen him all week. Even though her trip was short, I’m so glad she was able to come up and visit me, we had a lot of planning things for the baby. I miss my family, I wish we lived closer and could see them more often!