Life Day by Day

Here are a couple pictures we took of my tummy today, at 12 weeks. It definitely is beginning to show a slight roundness...kinda' looks like I have just finished Thanksgiving dinner, all the time. :)

It's been awhile since my last post. :/ I just haven't been feeling all that well lately, but it's all good. :)

Today I have been working on my baby registries...it looks like I'll have two main ones - one at Walmart, and one at Target. It is so hard to pick out stuff...I don't know what's best for so many things!! Like a stroller...there are hundreds of options and I just don't know. Even swings are complicated. I wish the stuff would just show up and I'll make whatever I get work lol.

So far my tummy really hasn't changed much, though it is beginning to look like I've eaten a big meal most of the time. Oddly enough it seems to look bigger in the evening, and almost normal in the morning. Huh.

We went to the doctor's for my monthly check up on the 23rd, and at first they couldn't find a heart beat on the Doppler. I wasn't worried because I feel very pregnant :) but the doctor wanted to do an ultrasound just to make sure. Luckily, she was able to do the normal, external ultrasound now that I'm almost 12 weeks. Sure enough, after a little bit of searching, there was baby. It was moving around like crazy...pulling up its little legs and then kicking out. Once it looked like it spun completely around. Very cute to watch. I guess baby must be shy because she had a hard time finding the heartbeat even then and the picture wasn't very clear. Ah well, she said baby looks happy and healthy so all is well.

I am confused on one point though...when does the second trimester start? I have heard 12, 13, and 14 weeks. I asked our doctor, and she said that it's 12 weeks, going into the 13th week. So I guess that means I start my second trimester this Sunday since I'll be 12 weeks then? Or does that mean I enter it next Sunday when I'm officially 13 weeks?

Confusing stuff.

Well I gotta go get some organizing done today while I'm still feeling up to it. Love you all.
<3

Okay, this is just a "for fun" post since it is still SO early in the pregnancy that names are not a big issue yet...however, we are slowly going over some names and oddly enough, we're already getting hounded by people as to what the sex is and what we're going to name it lol. So anyway, here are the names that we're leaning toward at this point. I am sharing them with much trepidation as it always seems like as soon as names are shared everyone in the world wants to use them, so I'm almost superstitious as to not saying them out loud. :)

The names we're choosing from are off of a list I've made over the years of names that just struck me at the time, with a couple Tim has added.

First, I'll put the girl names that Tim and I both agree on:

Breana (Irish) "Strong, virtuous, honorable"
Raeden (Japanese) "Nest, lovely" also "Mythology: Raiden was the god of thunder and lightning."
Essence (Latin) "Life; existence"

Okay, now the ones that Tim likes, and me not so much:

Echo
Patience

And the ones that I like and Tim not so much:

Destry (I REALLY like this name) "War horse"
Shae, Shay, Shaye (Irish) "Fairy palace, a gift"

Okay, for the boy's names, here are the ones that Tim and I both like:

Cian (Irish - pronounced KEE-an) "Ancient"
Brac (Welsh) "Free"
Lyric (Latin) "Melodic word"

Tim's choice that I'm not totally in love with at the moment:

Xander (Greek) "Defender of mankind"

My choice that Tim doesn't like very much:

Creed (Latin) "Belief"

If we have a girl, the middle name will pretty much definitely be Rose after my middle name, Grammy's middle name, and Grammy's grandma's name. :) If it's a boy, however, we have lots of choices. I would like to name him after Tim and have the middle name be Timothy, but Tim doesn't really like his name so is pretty much against that idea...so our other choices are:

Gideon "Mighty warrior"
Rhett "Enthusiastic, stream"
Drake "Dragon"
Lyric "Melodic word"

Anyway, I would like to hear what your thoughts are in regards to these names!