Week 12

Just got home from our first trimester screening visit and everything looks good so far :) They did another ultrasound to look at the back of baby's neck and ours measured perfectly.  They also took some blood to check a couple hormone levels and we'll hear back from that next week sometime... unless I decide to go to school and look up the results ;)

We had a wonderful Christmas in Etown - we were able to hang out and relax for a couple days with the fam which is always nice!  We played many, many games of Rook which Andy loved!  Our little tournament on Christmas day took at least 5 hours but I'm happy to report that Olivia and I were the champions of the day.  We did Christmas with the King family on Cmas Eve at my grandparents then went to midnight mass where Mom sang.  Our priest sang everything.  And unfortunately I feel most vomitus in the evenings... 1.5 hour of chanting scrolls and incense burning was enough to about push me over the edge... but I survived :)  The Hamilton grandparents came over the next morning for brunch and stayed for a few hours while we opened presents and played rook.  We got so many awesome things! Cam made us this picture that is 7 individual pictures of letters from important places in our lives that spell out Reynolds.  It was such a neat gift and something I know we'll treasure for many years!  Davo is making us a toybox so we got a sneakpeek picture of that :)  Mom and Dad got me an awesome watch and purse, tons of maternity clothes and some of the cutest little baby clothes!! Olivia also had some cute baby stuff for us plus a few other things... including my new favorite nail polish :)  We were spoiled for sure but so thankful for everything.  I've got all my little baby clothes hung up in the guest closet for now.  I've bought a few things that are not gender neutral but have kept my receipts so I'll just be making some returns in February :)

Speaking of February, we scheduled the appointment for the anatomy scan! Feb 22nd... a Wednesday afternoon.  And I tentatively am planning the gender reveal party for Feb 25th, the Saturday following.  We're planning on doing it during the UK game... I'm working on my basketball themed Pink vs. Blue invites now! 

Andy's parents came down Christmas evening and were exposed to some Rook hostility from my family.  After they left, I mentioned we should've gone to Dad's office for an ultrasound when they were there... Dad said he'd do it so Andy called them and they turned around to come back for it!  The whole fam minus Cam came along with Andy's parents so that was pretty neat.  The baby kept jumping up and down... and David swears it's going to be a boy ;)  we will see though!

Although I know we really have one more week until the first trimester is over, we decided to go ahead and share the news with the rest of the world :)  It's been pretty exciting!  I wish I had pics of my baby clothes but we took them on my Mom's new camera so I'll have to show them off another time.  Here's a couple more pics and an update for the week!

Olivia's first pic with baby

week 12 bump pic

 

How far along: 12

Total Weight Gain: 3lbs
Stretchmarks: None 

Sleep: wide awake at 5 am this morning??
Best Moment This Week: opening all the sweet little baby clothes and a good ultrasound today
Movement: Can't feel it 

Gender: Feb 25th is the official day!
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button: In... Olivia told me she's going to Band-aid my belly button in whenever it becomes an outtie :(
What I Miss: No ice skating and skiing this winter
What I am Looking Forward to: End of first trimester
Milestones: Size of a plum