Who's got the magic? Well, I do.

Well, I am going on week 12 of my pregnancy and I am feeling so blissful. Tomorrow, I have my monthly appointment with Dr. Chandler and I'm thinking it's just going to be some routine stuff. You know the usual, dropping the cup again, getting weighed in and having blood drawn like the vampire victim I have become. Tomorrow also commences what I like to call The Foodapalooza Extravaganza aka Thanksgiving week aka every pregnant woman's dream. We've got dinner at my best friend, Emily's, tomorrow afternoon, Mom and Maddie and I will be enjoying Old Chicago when we pick up Maddie in Wichita on Wednesday, Thanksgiving at Josh's grandma's on Thursday and my mom's late Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday. It's safe to say that this mama will be a happy mama. Copious amounts of deviled eggs, my mother in law's famous chicken and noodles and pumpkin pie.

We (when I say "we" I mean "I") finally came up with a theme that we like for the nursery if the baby is a boy. One of my favorite stories is The Little Prince. It's originally a french story called Le Petit Prince and we read it in one of my French classes in college and it's about this little boy, a prince, and he lives on this planet where he is greeted by grown ups. He gives them advice on how they should live their lives and he shows them how he lives on this planet so far away. There's some really beautiful illustrations in the book and the little boy has messy blonde hair and reminds me of what our child might look like since Josh had light blonde hair when he was a kid. And the theme we have had picked out for a while for the girl's room is Alice in Wonderland, complete with tea pots, hats, clocks and quotes and illustrations from the story. We have been preparing more for that one, collecting tea pots of different whimsical designs and finding all the illustrations to display and even a neat mobile with a danging tea pot, cups and spoons.

I've also been obsessively searching the internet for maternity/photographer blogs and how they display each week of their pregnancies and I have found so many ideas that I can't wait to start once this belly gets a little bigger. This is one of the videos I found on a photographer's blog who was capturing his wife's pregnancy with their second child and I fell in love with it. Hopefully Josh will get a little more familiar with my camera and help me with this project because he's going to have to know how to use the camera in the delivery room since I will be a bit busy at that moment.

Magic- A Belly Grows from The Panic Room Videos on Vimeo.

How far along? 12 weeks
Total weight gain: Won't find that out until tomorrow
Maternity clothes? My maternity jeans are waaaaay baggy in the legs, but so comfy in the stomach
Stretch marks? I foresee more showing up in my future.
Sleep: Naps are becoming more frequent in the afternoons...could going to the Breaking Dawn midnight premiere a few days ago be the blame?
Best moment this week: My mom finally having a dream that we're having a Gracie May
Miss Anything? I've been missing Megan a lot and wishing she was here to see everything happening.
Movement: All is quiet in the tummy.
Food cravings: Nothing out of the ordinary, like pickled eggs or the smell of gasoline. :p
Anything making you queasy or sick: Not eating soon after taking my thyroid medicine
Gender: 3 more weeks till we find out!
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: Still tired
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: HAPPY
Looking forward to: December 12th :)