8 weeks

Today I am 8 weeks and 2 days pregnant. Baby Piki is the size of a raspberry. This week s/he is developing taste buds and is starting to make little movements that I won't be feeling for another 10 weeks. I had my followup ultrasound on Tuesday. Unfortunately Baby B shrunk so i'm back to a singleton pregnancy. I will admit it was exciting knowing of the possibility of twins, but it's worked out for the best. The baby's heartrate was 178bpm (beats per minute) and was measuring 2 days ahead at 8 weeks 1 day (when i'm 7 weeks 6 days). I was also officially released from the fertility clinic.  Here is Piki's 8 week picture!

 Afterwards my mom, the kids, and I went shopping. There is only one actual maternity store near us and that's 1 1/2 hours away (20 minutes from the clinic) so we had lunch and spent some money! I spent some of the money I would have used for maternity clothes and have a lot of things to make cute outfits. I also got something i've been eyeing for awhile. The store that sells these in town didn't have them in stock, so I was so excited to see it in Memphis. Aren't they pretty?

So far this week the only symptom that's really getting to me is nausea. It comes and goes but it's determinately draining. I've also been able to still take naps everyday with my kids. I've also had some pretty crazy cravings. I'll go from wanting one thing to another not long later. I've also begun to not enjoy some foods I would have liked.

Even though this isn't pregnancy related i've had two really awesome things happen this week. One being the birth of my friends 2nd child but first girl. The second is today one of my great friends and another who i've known since I was a child got married today. I'm just so excited for all of them.