Now that I've kept you all hanging for FAR too long, the only news that I have on the baby front is that we are, in fact, having one. We were unable to get a clear view of the sex, so we're looking forward to the next ultrasound which will be done shortly after Tom redeploys to the states!
Keeping it short and sweet, here's what the donut is looking like. He'll be home next month!
Well, we actually don't know yet. But we should know tomorrow after our ultrasound!
Get your guesses in now before the big reveal. :)
And a small donut update. We're finally getting there! It's sounding like our current dates will hold, but we'll see. Cross your fingers that we don't get pushed back!
First off, I need to apologize to everyone for dropping off the face of the earth these past few weeks. I found myself in a funk that I had trouble getting out of. Apparently hormones + deployment + holidays = one sad Becky.
I spent Thanksgiving with almost all of my mom's family down in southern IL. It was great seeing everyone, but I definitely noticed the big void in the room with Tom missing. We'll be celebrating our missed holidays after he returns, so I'm looking forward to attempting to make a mini Turkey Day meal for the two of us. Since he's been spoiled with all-you-can-eat meals and a large variety of meal choices over there, I hope he won't be disappointed with my mediocre cooking abilities. :)
We've entered the 17th week of pregnancy, and I'm feeling great! According to babycenter.com, the little one is about 5 inches long and weighs about 5 ounces, and his/her skeleton is changing from soft cartilage to bone. And baby can now sweat! (Uh, can you say yuck?)
Yesterday the wee one made a new discovery: my bladder! It definitely made for an extremely uncomfortable day. Thankfully he/she is swimming elsewhere this morning, so I'm enjoying being able to relax.
Here's an updated belly picture for those who are interested. Still waiting for the baby to make its appearance known, but in the meantime I'm enjoying the little bit of chub that's collected in the area. I'm guessing that it won't be too much longer before I actually have something to show!
That we're expecting! Baby Burnham is due in May!
We were a little surprised, but very happy with the news. It's a little strange discussing names, parenting, symptoms, etc. from such a long distance (and with those conversations few and far between) but so far we've been able to communicate very well and have a short list of names that we both like. While I've been home dealing with morning sickness and fatigue, he's been in Iraq suffering from dysentary. The two of us have made a pretty pathetic pair these past few weeks, but luckily we're both starting to emerge from our respective funks. Hopefully we'll both be feeling good as new this week!
I hope that you don't mind a bare belly picture, but it's the only way to show off my tiny, tiny bump. This was taken around 11 weeks, and I haven't really changed since. Today marks the start of 14 weeks, so it shouldn't be too much longer before I actually have something to show.
