Monday, February 23, 2009
More Picture Frames
I finally got around to downloading pictures from my new camera. These are frames I made for a friend for Christmas. I thought the picture of her daughter on Santa's lap would be cute in it. I have close up of the detail on my Flickr page if you want to see that. I need to make a couple of other frames very soon before I get too busy with other stuff.
16 Weeks Bump
Okay, here I am probably not looking much bigger than last month but feeling a bit bigger! My clothes are all very tight, and I'm waiting until after spring break, which is next week, to go out and get some maternity clothes.
I also had my 16 week check-up which was extremely uneventful. I heard the baby's heartbeat and the doctor said everything was looking good (belly size-wise).
One exciting event occurred last night: I felt Pat* flutter! What an incredibly weird feeling!
(*Pat is the name of the baby until we know it is a girl or boy, which could be next month or when I give birth)
From babycenter.com: "Get ready for a growth spurt. In the next few weeks, your baby will double his weight and add inches to his length. Right now, he's about the size of an avocado: 4 1/2 inches long (head to rump) and 3 1/2 ounces. His legs are much more developed, his head is more erect than it has been, and his eyes have moved closer to the front of his head. His ears are close to their final position, too. The patterning of his scalp has begun, though his locks aren't recognizable yet. He's even started growing toenails. And there's a lot happening inside as well. For example, his heart is now pumping about 25 quarts of blood each day, and this amount will continue to increase as your baby continues to develop."
I also had my 16 week check-up which was extremely uneventful. I heard the baby's heartbeat and the doctor said everything was looking good (belly size-wise).
One exciting event occurred last night: I felt Pat* flutter! What an incredibly weird feeling!
(*Pat is the name of the baby until we know it is a girl or boy, which could be next month or when I give birth)
From babycenter.com: "Get ready for a growth spurt. In the next few weeks, your baby will double his weight and add inches to his length. Right now, he's about the size of an avocado: 4 1/2 inches long (head to rump) and 3 1/2 ounces. His legs are much more developed, his head is more erect than it has been, and his eyes have moved closer to the front of his head. His ears are close to their final position, too. The patterning of his scalp has begun, though his locks aren't recognizable yet. He's even started growing toenails. And there's a lot happening inside as well. For example, his heart is now pumping about 25 quarts of blood each day, and this amount will continue to increase as your baby continues to develop."
Thursday, February 5, 2009
No new baby news!
Nothing to report this week. I'm in the 14th week so I've heard (and read) that all my morning sickness (all day sickness) should be gone pretty soon. I'm actually only experiencing morning sickness right now, and that seems to be bad if I'm moving around. We have to shift our entire government documents collection at the library, so I was working on that this morning. A few times I thought I might lose it. BUT I can eat the dinners I plan for the week. No more stopping for mashed potatoes on the way home from work! That is very good news for me. I was getting tired of it. I'm still tired but I'm hoping that also will change. I heard the baby's heartbeat at my last appointment, and everything checked out good. They had a hard time getting the heartbeat because the little bugger was moving around a lot! It still seems very odd to me that I have a baby growing inside of me.
I'm currently reading two books for one reason: the first book I was reading is part of a series about zombies and it was really giving me some weird dreams!
The series is "The Walking Dead" and is a comic book about zombies taking over the earth. No one quite knows how it started but they eat human and animal flesh. Only a few folks have survived. If one gets bitten by a zombie within minutes they become one also. If you die naturally you'll turn into a zombie. Only way to kill a zombie is to cut its head off. The library has all four books that are currently out, and I devoured the first three within two days of getting them. Then I decided to take some time away from the fourth book since I was having some seriously weird zombie nightmares. The reason I got into them is because Time magazine did an article about graphic novels, and I thought they said this was going to be made into a movie. I prefer to read the book before seeing the movie, for the most part. I didn't with "Little Children" (good movie) or "Atonement" (good movie). If you like graphic zombie books I suggest reading "The Walking Dead".
The other book I'm reading is "Rachel's Holiday". It is written by Marian Keyes. She is an Irish author and I've read several of her books. This one is pretty good thus far and is a very good destraction from the zombies. Here is a synopsis of this one:"The fast lane is much too slow for Rachel Walsh. And Manhattan is the perfect place for a young Irish female to overdo everything. But Rachel's love of a good time is about to land her in the emergency room. It will also cost her a job and the boyfriend she adores.When her loving family hustles her back home and checks her into Ireland's answer to the Betty Ford Clinic, Rachel is hopeful. Perhaps it will be lovely -- spa treatments, celebrities, that kind of thing. Instead, she finds a lot of group therapy, which leads her, against her will, to some important self-knowledge. She will also find something that all women like herself fear: a man who might actually be good for her."
The series is "The Walking Dead" and is a comic book about zombies taking over the earth. No one quite knows how it started but they eat human and animal flesh. Only a few folks have survived. If one gets bitten by a zombie within minutes they become one also. If you die naturally you'll turn into a zombie. Only way to kill a zombie is to cut its head off. The library has all four books that are currently out, and I devoured the first three within two days of getting them. Then I decided to take some time away from the fourth book since I was having some seriously weird zombie nightmares. The reason I got into them is because Time magazine did an article about graphic novels, and I thought they said this was going to be made into a movie. I prefer to read the book before seeing the movie, for the most part. I didn't with "Little Children" (good movie) or "Atonement" (good movie). If you like graphic zombie books I suggest reading "The Walking Dead".
The other book I'm reading is "Rachel's Holiday". It is written by Marian Keyes. She is an Irish author and I've read several of her books. This one is pretty good thus far and is a very good destraction from the zombies. Here is a synopsis of this one:"The fast lane is much too slow for Rachel Walsh. And Manhattan is the perfect place for a young Irish female to overdo everything. But Rachel's love of a good time is about to land her in the emergency room. It will also cost her a job and the boyfriend she adores.When her loving family hustles her back home and checks her into Ireland's answer to the Betty Ford Clinic, Rachel is hopeful. Perhaps it will be lovely -- spa treatments, celebrities, that kind of thing. Instead, she finds a lot of group therapy, which leads her, against her will, to some important self-knowledge. She will also find something that all women like herself fear: a man who might actually be good for her."
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