13 Weeks

How far along: 13 weeks 0 days

Baby's size: Peach, almost three inches long weighing about 1 oz.
Baby's Development: Tiny bones are beginning to form in their arms and legs.  The vocal cords are well under construction and they may be sucking their thumbs at this point. On top of each baby weighing about an ounce, the placenta also weighs around an ounce each and will weigh a total of 3-6lbs total by the time they are born.  If the babies are girls they already have 2 million eggs in their ovaries and gender has developed.  We may or may not be able to tell what they are at this point.

Weight gain: 10lbs, still behind. I should have gained 13.5 by now.

Maternity clothes: Yes, all maternity now.  I cleaned out my closets and found a few more maternity pants which is awesome!

Stretch marks: Nope

Belly button in or out: In

Wedding ring on or off: On 

Sleep: I am not as tired as the first 12 weeks but I still need sleep.  Last night's ball game kept me up way past my bedtime.
Symptoms: Geographic tongue is better but still there. Heartburn is ramping up, I am eating about 4 tums a day right now.  I have had some stretching type feelings in my belly.

Food cravings: Sugar, this week I have just wanted sugar but then it leaves that coating on my teeth and I'm sorry I ate it.  I also enjoy raw veggies, like carrots.  Hopefully they will balance each other out.

Food aversions: This could be anything depending on the day.  I have a craving for something like steak but then when I'm eating it I am disappointed.  Nothing tastes as good as I want it to.  I am also pretty tired of water at this point.  I don't really know what else to drink so I end up drinking water at restaurants to stay away from sugar and from caffeine.

What I miss: Dt. Mountain Dew!  I didn't realize how easy it was loving one drink.  I knew where to buy it and always had it there.  My boss stocks caffeine free Dt. Mt Dew in his fridge at work which isn't so bad and makes for a good treat.  I also found out that Burger King has one of those soda machines where you have an option of 200 different drinks, including caffeine free dt. coke.  Not as good as the real thing but at this point I'll take it! 

Movement: Still having flutters that feel like a baby flipping over but nothing solid yet.

Mood:  I feel more normal these days, less agitated and more patient.   

Best moment this week: I worked incredibly hard to clean out my closet and move it to the other bedroom.  I got rid of 5 bags of old clothes, costumes, shoes and junk that I had stored in the other closet.  I also moved my "special event" dresses downstairs to a mobile hanging thing.  So now we have a baby closet!  It isn't as large as it probably should be but it will have to do.  We will definitely need a dresser to store more stuff but we have a place to organize what we have.  I also bought a large mason jar (really cute) to store the pacifiers and sample butt cream I have already collected. 

Looking forward to: Tomorrow!  We have an appointment with Dr. Jamie and I will get to see the kids.  I don't think Kyle is going to make this one and I promised if they can tell gender that I would have them put it in an envelope and we would open it together. 
I'm also looking forward to moving the dressers out of the "to be" baby room.  Progress!
Side Note:  We received the bill for anastisiologist during the Egg Retrieval, ugh!  $990 :(