nine week baby bump

heres my first baby bump picture(: this is mostly for amber cuz she wanted to see my belly...i know,i know,its not very impressive yet(: im nine and a half weeks in this picture...ill take a 12 week picture and maybe i'll be a little bigger(:

these pictures of jonny and davy are mostly jonnys handiwork...he got ahold of my camera while they were spending the night after the new baby was born...




i took these...we were watching the little giants,and eatin ben and jerrys(:

davy has full-on conversations with his froggy...his frog is awfully particular about things,constantly causing problems and being opinionated(:
they were real excited to get to sleep the futon(:
we had alot of fun...watchin movies,makin pancakes for breakfast,and going grocery shopping and playing on the playground(:

whats happening this week...this is so cool

Week 10: Neurons multiply

Your baby at week 10 (eight weeks after conception)
By now, your baby's vital organs have a solid foundation. The embryonic tail has disappeared completely, and your baby has fully separated fingers and toes. The bones of your baby's skeleton begin to form.
This week, your baby's brain will produce almost 250,000 new neurons every minute.
Your baby's eyelids are no longer transparent. The outer ears are starting to assume their final form, and tooth buds are forming as well. If your baby is a boy, his testes will start producing the male hormone testosterone.





ok...heres my pictures of josh getting a clue when i should him the card i made with two little pink lines in it(:


and this is right after i told him...the happy glowing new parents(: we were a little dazed all day(:

and here is the handsome new mcbroom born to phil and jenn on saturday night...he doesnt have a name yet...but hopefully that will soon be remedied...jonny and davy are calling him "BABY BROTHER MCBROOM"(:

eight weeks today...going into week nine

see the line on the pic?the top of the line is the top of his big head,and the bottom of the line is his little butt sitting on the eggsack(:



josh and i went to our first doctors appointment this week.it made everything seem so much more real than seeing two pink lines on a stick.our baby is healthy from everything they could tell,and my projected due date,feb. 25th,was right on target!they did an ultrasound to measure the baby,so we actually got to see our tiny 1/2 inch baby on the screen right next to us!it was so amazing that a half inch baby already has a very distinctive human shape,we could see the head and the little butt,and where his legs curled out,it was so cool.and the most amazing thing is that he is going to double in size this week!!!by the end of this ninth week,our little sea monkey will be a whole inch long(:


Week 9: Movement begins

Your baby at week nine (seven weeks after conception)
Your baby is now nearly 1 inch long and weighs a bit less than 1/8 of an ounce. The embryonic tail at the bottom of your baby's spinal cord is shrinking, helping him or her look less like a tadpole and more like a developing person.
Your baby's head — which is nearly half the size of his or her entire body — is now tucked down onto the chest. Nipples and hair follicles begin to form. Your baby's pancreas, bile ducts, gallbladder and anus are in place. The internal reproductive organs, such as testes or ovaries, start to develop.
Your baby may begin moving this week, but you won't be able to feel it for quite a while yet.

going into week eight....

Week 8: Baby's fingers and toes form
Eight weeks into your pregnancy, your baby is just over 1/2 of an inch long.
Your baby will develop webbed fingers and toes this week. Wrists, elbows and ankles are clearly visible, and your baby's eyelids are beginning to form. The ears, upper lip and tip of the nose also become recognizable.
As your baby's heart becomes more fully developed, it will pump at 150 beats a minute — about twice the usual adult rate.

Fifth of July pig roast in Ninlchik

we saw ton of animals...sheep,moose,rabbits,fox,
eagles,buffalo,but we only got pictures of the sheep
they were eating gravel(:
we left at 10 o clockp.m. after church on wednessday night,and arrived around 8;30 thursday morning



potty break in the middle of the night(:



bye-bye miss piggy
these guys werent too upset by the whole ordeal

skinning the pig...eeeww....gross

father/son time

we made food for two days straight


making garlic bread
smoking the meat
josh and ron traded off smoking the pig and basting it all night...it cooked all night and all day
taking the pig off the spit




shucking the corn
ron's special papaQ sauce for the pork sandmiches
lots of watermelon
smoked chickens and smoked sausage

meat,cheese and smoked sausage trays
baked beans and jalepenios
mmm..........smoked pork........

serving the whole town of ninilchik(:
there was so much food we didnt even scratch the surface with about 40 people there.after the food...everybody had ping-pong wars all evening
one of denise's boys

anita serving her homeaide icecream...she only made THREE different kinds!!!(:
pam and her new charge,Raisha...she was only two months old....so cute

noahs, mom,Mary...yes she's his mom,not sister(:

this is devon,noah's neice...she was an absolute riot...and noah is very proud of her...as you can see,he's already had quite an influence(:

at church on sunday

on our way home sunday after church...we were stuck in traffic for about two hours between girdwood and anchorage...not sure why we looked so happy right here...but we had a good time despite the traffic jam(:

this was the gorgeous sunset on the way back to fairbanks

our last stop was red robins of coarse!!!!(:

week seven-1/3 of an inch long already

so...we are going into week seven...so far not a bit of sickness,but i am nice and bloated,and have some mild cramping off and on....the bloating is consistent with high progesterone levels,which is a good thing,cuz i was worried i was already getting fat(: and the cramping is due to my growing uteris,and fairly uncomforable.but at least everything seems to be normal and healthy so far...my first doctors appointment is july 14,so its in less than 2 weeks.exciting!(: i wonder if ill get to hear the heart beat?(:


Week 7: The umbilical cord appears

Your baby at week seven (five weeks after conception)
Seven weeks into your pregnancy, your baby is 1/3 of an inch long — a little bigger than the top of a pencil eraser. He or she weighs less than an aspirin tablet.
The umbilical cord — the link between your baby and the placenta — is now clearly visible. The cavities and passages needed to circulate spinal fluid in your baby's brain have formed, but your baby's skull is still transparent.
The arm bud that sprouted last week now resembles a tiny paddle. Your baby's face takes on more definition this week, as a mouth perforation, tiny nostrils and ear indentations become visible.