Almost 8 weeks Pregnant

Is he ever going to stop looking like a little shrimp? i hope so. I am still having nausea almost all day long. I am craving mostly fresh fruits and fresh vegetables. The thought of eating anything else grosses me out, especially protein, but I make myself eat some anyways. Going to see the doctor for the first time this coming up Tuesday. Looking forward to it.

About Carnegie Stage 17Most embryos at stage 17 are approximately 41 postovulatory days old and measure 11-14 mm in length. Distinguishing criteria for this stage include distinct digital rays in the hand plate, a rounded digital plate in the foot, a complete complement of hillocks on the mandibular and hyoid arches, distinct nasofrontal grooves, and a slight indication of a lumbar curvature.

Just a fun pic of chapo wearing booties

We had all our dogs try out little booties. We had a lot of fun but I don't think they enjoyed it as much as we did. Look at Bernie and Gracie looking at the camera. (boy, we

need to have kids soon!)

On with the concrete slab

Finally after a lot of preparation, many evenings getting it all ready, we were able to pour the concrete slab for the addition. It looks beautiful. We decided on a terra cotta color for the concrete. Here are some pics/video of the prep, during the pour and the final product.

6 weeks pregnant

I have been feeling very pregnant the last few days. That is I have been feeling sick all day long. Strong smells make me want to throw up, including my husband's deodorant and cooked brocolli. Coffee and chocolate I can smell a mile away and I will do anything to avoid being near them, especially burned coffee. Yuck!. Did I mention that my hair is falling out? yeah, by the handfulls. Oh well, I heard it regrows (cross my fingers)



Most embryos at stage 15 are approximately 33 postovulatory days old and measure 7-9 mm in length. Distinguishing criteria for this stage include the appearance of nasal pits and hand plates. The lens vesicles are closed.

MY LITTLE SISTER IS ENGAGED!

My little sister Gisela got engaged this past weekend. The girls (sisters) called me on Sun morning to tell me. They woke me up, and then they were yelling and screaming on the speaker phone, I have crazy sisters. I am so happy for my sister and her fiance. They don't have a date set yet, but after my sis is done with the step two test they will set something up. I wonder how my parents feel. My mom is in Bolivia.

Tom Waits

This past Tuesday we went to see Tom Waits at the Orpheum Teather in Phoenix (what a beautiful teather that was) It was pretty amazing, there had to be at least 100 instruments on stage, but not even half of them were used. Tom is definately an entertainer and there is something about the way he sings that makes you not want to take your eyes off him. At least, I can't stop looking at him. He was very personable and talked and joked with the audience. It was a very nice experience.

Bowling with my Dept

Not too long ago, my department went bowling. Mind you I am a horrible bowler who is thrilled if I break 100. On this occasion, we played teams of 4, my team being my team lead and the other two guys I work with. I BEAT THEM. Here is the victory picture, and my bowling technique that won me the game.

more pics at picassa: http://picasaweb.google.com/soyyolaconeja/BowlingWithDepartment

5 weeks pregnant

Despite all my fears of losing my baby, I am now 5 weeks pregnant (LMP). The past 3 days I have had the honor of experiencing that awful feeling of nausea. Feeling like I want to throw up, but not quite, sometimes so intense that I can't concentrate on anything else but how sick I feel. Tiredness is also taking a toll, I don't understand why, since the baby is merely the size of a sesame seed, how much energy does he really need? I've noticed that no matter how much sleep I get (and I've been getting at least 9 hrs the last few days) I will not be able to stay up right after lunch. Yesterday, sitting at my computer station at work, my coworker sitting next to me, and I was dozing off. That hasn't happened since I used to take naps in my office in the afternoons a few years ago. I might need to go back to that. Oh well, most of my coworkers don't know I am pregnant yet.

Most embryos at stage 13 are approximately 28 postovulatory days old and measure 4-6 mm in length. Distinguishing criteria for this stage include the presence of all four limb buds and a closed otic vesicle. The lens disc is generally not yet indented. The specimen depicted here is most likely a late stage 13 embryo

Potter's Wheel

I just finished shadowing a Potter's Wheel 1 this past week. Even though, as a shadower, I don't go in the "Hot Seat" (intense and straight to the core, time with God with the help of a counselor) I always leave bleeding, but more alive. Aware of my own unmet longings and of my own persistent wrong strategies to protect myself from pain and complete dependance on God. I don't have all the answers and that unnerves me, but I know thats the place where God wants me. I feel that the poeple that go throught this come out always with open eyes, with hope and closer to Jesus than before. I wish that all the poeple I care about and love would go throught something like this.

Pregnancy Blood confirmation

Yep, its official now. Blood test came back positive for pregnancy. About 4 to 5 weeks they say. Luckily I don't have a lot of the symptoms yet, at least the ones I have are very mild. Am I really pregnant? its hard to believe.... or am I just afraid to hope and rejoice. We, Joel and I decided we were not going to tell people until at least we knew things were progressing without any problems. But I guess I used the term 'people' loosely. Of course ' people' does not include our families, and a couple days later, 'people' did not include my boss and my teamlead, my roomate, my friends, my old roommate, my neighbors or the wifes of the guys Joel plays basketball with. A friend told me today, that not telling people for me meant that the people at Safeway did not know about it.... I guess she is right. The poeple at Safeway don't know about it cause I don't go to Safeway that often. Hehehe.

Pregnant

So it looks like I might be pregnant. This past weekend I tested positive twice with the Pregnancy sticks. I will post a pic. I did get my blood drawn yesterday to verify and make sure everything is in order. So I will know for sure in a coulple of days. A lot of people are praying for us and the baby, it feels comforting to know that the baby and I are sitting in God's lap, being conforted and taken care of by him. I can't deny that there is still a hint of pain, remembering my last baby. Patti says that my not a single page of my story and that of my children will be dropped or missed by God.

Basketball League finals

Last night Joel played in the finals in the IBM Basketball league. Joel's team had to beat the other team twice in order to be champions. We beat them by a lot the first game. Joel played his best game ever, scored 18 points. You should have seen him, he was making almost every shot he took, it was exhilarating. We lost the second game which made the other team the champions. I am kicking myself cause I didn't take any pictures or videos, but may be nex time. The other team didn't play very clean the second game, which made mad and I started screaming from the bench that they should play clean. But I had to stop otherwise, a friend said, we could have gotten a technical.
During the second game I got to play with the baby of our team captain. This was the biggest two month old I have ever seen. While talking to the wife (had talked to her a lot during past games) I found out that they were christians. It was very encouraging, we will be keeping in touch.