{12 Weeks!}

I did not throw up this whole week!!!! YIPPEEEEEEE FOR ME!!! I did get sick feelings but never sick-sick! I guess I am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel as everyone has been telling me. I finally am feeling well for more then part of a day. I am not sleeping well but once I am tired enough (after no sleep for a couple nights) I sleep really good about every third night. I am starting to get excited, like, I am REALLY pregnant!?!?!? Seriously! Only one thing that I need to check with my doctor, I seemed to have a few little heart racing episodes. I am not sure what they are, not like anxiety-ish but rapid heart beating faster then normal? I have tried to avoid things that get me anxious or excited (even cutting some TV shows-thinking maybe that will help). I did not cut out my Grey's Anatomy though :)! Everyone kept asking me about Victor's birth and so I finally found out some info, when he was born he was 4.8 pounds (full term), had a head of hair, but was sick and needed a little medical attention after he was born (I am assuming due to his weight).

Cravings: Last week I mentioned craving thousand island dressing. Well, two big bags of salad and a whole container of dressing later, I think that is all that ate for the whole week...Yesterday, my cousin called and invited me to dinner and in my head I heard "rib sandwiches" but what she said was rueben sandwiches. So today I had Victor take me to Famous Dave's BBQ so I could have a BBQ beef sandwich, mostly because the BBQ sauce sounded good. I find it weird that I crave sauces and dressings rather then food, maybe that will change with time....

Aversions: Greasy foods, and Fast Food Restuarants (just the thought-ugh!)

Baby Colin: Your baby's hit the 2-inch mark (about the size of a lime) and weighs half an ounce. Her face is beginning to look more human. Her eyes, which started out on the sides of her head, have moved closer together on her face, and her ears are near their final positions on the sides of her head. Your baby's intestines, which have grown so rapidly that they protrude into the umbilical cord, will start to move into her abdominal cavity about now. Her kidneys are secreting urine into her bladder. Her nerve cells have been multiplying rapidly, and synapses (neurological pathways in the brain) are forming. Your baby may have acquired more reflexes by now, including sucking, and she'll even squirm if you prod your abdomen, though you still won't be able to feel her movement for several weeks.