Today’s the 15 week mark, horay!

Random facts:

- The baby’s now roughly the size of an apple.

- Eyebrows are starting to grow.

- (S)he is about 4-4.5 inches long from head to bottom.

I’m finally feeling great. All that first trimester garbage has finally gone away and I finally look pregnant instead of festively plump:

I’ve been feeling the baby move for a little while now (yeah I know, it’s a little early, but I’m as skeptical as the rest of you and those little “tap-taps” don’t feel like anything else I’ve felt before.) I discovered this kid loves chinese food because right after I ate a big ole plate of General Tso, I felt two of the biggest “taps” yet. It took me completely by surprise and left no doubt in my mind that those were the kicks of a happy baby loving the taste of sweet fried chicken.

I leave tomorrow for Maine so please be praying for my safety and that all goes well. I am very excited for this trip and yet a little sad to be leaving home. After I get back, I’ll be starting my second summer course. Can’t say I’m excited for that.

We’ve reached 14 weeks now and our baby is the size of a Lemon.  A vast improvement over the “medium shrimp” it was last week.  We have a doc appt in the morning tomorrow and we’ll get to see if everything is going well.  Around 20 weeks we’ll be able to see what gender it is…and whether it’s a Caleb or a Chloe….(names yet to be fully agreed upon…)

Be praying for us both, but mostly Bri as she endures all the random hormones, nausea, and fashion fun that comes with being pregnant.  Please also be praying for the baby’s development and for us both as future Dad & Mom!

In other news, we bought a nice digital camera this weekend, and I’d like to say it’s our first official “baby-prep” purchase.  “Baby-prep” purchases are also sweet excuses to buy nice things that can be moderately used for a baby.  Needless to say we’ll use it for lots of baby pictures and we’ll post em all up here for everyone to see

Keep your eyes on this blog for updates regarding the baby all the way through December and beyond…adios!

Bri is now past 13 weeks pregnant, which means she’s officially in the second trimester! This is exciting because the chance of miscarriage greatly decreases. The baby is now the size of…a medium sized shrimp! We have an appointment next Tuesday to get everything checked out. Our big appt is at 20 weeks when we can find out the baby’s gender etc. Should be neat!