12 weeks

how far along?  12 weeks

maternity clothes?  bought some knit fabric to make a few belly bands... no more hair tie tricks here. hopefully the belly bands will help to extend the life of wearing some of my pants (unbuttoned). where's my sewing machine?

sleep?  about the same as it's been - i can count on being up once or more each night. it's usually me, anthony, fender or a combo of all three of us up at some point during the night.

stretch marks?  nada

best moment this week:  putting together a little announcement for our pregnancy that most people will see soon enough. anthony had a good time art directing our photo shoot and then i put my design magic to work on the rest of it.

miss anything?  nothing too much

movement:  nothing yet

food cravings:  been eating too many sweets! need to cut back on that. i have been a pretty hungry girl, though.

anything making you queasy or sick?  i feel so lucky not to have had any morning sickness or other major symptoms. nothing to report and i hope it stays that way!

gender:  that's a question that everyone's been asking - yep, we're going to find out. i don't think i could not find out.

pregnancy symptoms:  again, i've been pretty lucky with everything. i guess the symptoms have been pretty normal and not too uncomfortable... yet. growing belly, a little extra weight, hungry and heartburn just a few times so far. no nausea or major headaches (minus a headache today that has me headed to bed right after i post this).

have you started to show yet?  i'm at the point where i'm starting to feel self-conscious about my weight, growing belly, and changing body. i have to remember to tell myself that it's ok.

wedding rings, on or off?  on, although i noticed in this week's and last week's photos, i neglected to have them on. oops. i swear i wear them 95% of the time.

happy or moody most of the time?  happy. although, last night sparked a somewhat emotional convo on our walk to the coffee shop (decaf, naturally), about said question 2 above

looking forward to:  our next appointment this thursday (tomorrow), and hanging out with a dear friend this weekend for some arts festival shenanigans.

notes from dad:  12 weeks has been pretty full. Cookouts, parties, revealing our secret to more and more folks. I have been reaping a few rewards. Karin has been my designated driver all weekend. It's pretty sweet but i am sure she wishes she could have an adult beverage. At 12 weeks i have learned a bunch of wives tales on how to tell the sex of the baby. Spinning  needles, heartbeat rate and other crazy things. People are speculating a baby girl. Karin has some kind of family stat predicting a girl. The stats these ladies keep on this Prego thing is alot like ESPN sportscenter. I guess we will have to sit back and wait to hear what our little produce has grown to next week.

my quest for a dresser for the baby's room came to a close this past week, in finding a 'gem' on craigslist. anthony doesn't seem to agree with me in the quality of the dresser, but he graciously drove me to a furniture store half an hour away to lug it home. it needs some attention, but it matches a dresser that i so lovingly still have that sat in my bedroom as a little girl. we'll refinish and paint both of them. i'd show a photo of the one we just bought, but it's sitting on it's side, tucked away in the garage until we decide to have some fun refinishing it.

here's a similar style dresser i found on pinterest - i'm not sure we'll go with a mint color like this, but i do love how bright it is.

lastly, who could resist a photo of the cutest doggie ever. until those cutest baby photos start popping up, here's fender at about 9 weeks, a few days after we brought him home 5 years ago.

week 12, check. 194 days to go.