12 Weeks...

The first trimester is almost over! Yay! I am feeling so much better for the most part...only small bouts of nausea mostly in the evening. I still feel pretty sleepy during the day but I am not sleeping well at night either. So I am taking advantage of some naps. :) In the last week or two I have noticed my belly growing. This is such a welcome thing because it gives me more peace about the progression of this pregnancy. I have really been fighting doubt and fear that something can still go wrong even though the four ultrasounds I have had prove everything is fine thus far. That is something I am working on though and I feel that it will subside the further along I get. Next week's doctor's visit can't come soon enough! I am ready to hear baby's heartbeat!

We have had a lot of stuff going on around here this past week. Finally got our kitchen floor tiled and Kyle got all the trim put back down yesterday. Now we have to paint/stain it and we are finished with the little kitchen redo for now. One step closer to getting the office cleared out now that the 15 boxes of tile are gone. We still have a lot to do before our big boy's 5th birthday party this weekend. Kyle painted the garage floor and it still needs one coat so he can move everything back in. It really looks good too. I am so glad I have felt better lately so I can help him with these projects and to entertain Brady while he works on them.

I subscribe to What to Expect.com and it really gives more detailed development of baby so I was amazed to see what all is going on in there. I have pasted to progress below for you to catch up with baby's growth.

Week 13 of Pregnancy: Fetal Growth Rates

Your fetus is now about three inches long, the size of a peach — and half of that length is head. By the time your baby is ready to make his or her entrance into the world, the head will be only one-fourth as large as the body.

Your fetus is about three inches long and the size of a peach at 13 weeks pregnant. But don't compare your fetus with the fetus next door. Starting about now, babies begin growing at different paces, some faster than others, some more slowly, though they all follow the same developmental path. Growing at a universally breakneck speed now is your baby's body as it tries to catch up to the head in terms of size. Though your baby's head is about half the size of its body now, by the time your baby is ready to make his or her entrance into the world, the head will be only one-fourth as large as the body.
 
Your baby's intestines are also in for some big changes right now. Up till this point, they've been growing in a cavity inside the umbilical cord; but now they're moving to their permanent (and more conveniently located) address, in your baby's abdomen.  And to serve your growing baby's needs, the placenta is also growing.  It weighs about an ounce now and will weigh one to two pounds at birth (something else you'll soon be able to blame your weight gain on!).

Also developing this week: your baby's vocal chords. Because sound can't travel through your uterus (your baby's current habitat), you won't be able to hear any sounds or cries just yet, but oh boy (or girl) — those vocal chords will get a good workout once that baby is born.