Week 14

Wow, I went a whole week without posting! I was at home visiting for Joanna’s shower and bachelorette party = busybusy! I’ll post about that later…

The Baby:

*The baby evens out = arms and legs proportionate to rest of body
*Hands and feet now measure 1/2 inch long
*Actively kicking and punching (I still can’t feel it)
*Covered in fuzzy layer of hair (lanugo)
*Taste buds! Theoretically, the baby can now taste.
*Unique fingerprints
*If I poke my finger into my stomach, the baby may start rooting (a reflex to search for a nipple) — awwww!
*Baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee and possibly suck their thumb
*Measures 3.5 inches in length, weighs 1.5 ounces
*Size of a lemon!

The Mom:

*Showing: the uterus now extends above the pubic bone, causing most women to start to show around this time
*Constipation. I don’t have it (yet?) but now is the time it can start. The digestive tract slows and the extra iron in my prenatal vitamin also contributes.
*Feeling more hungry? Not yet… some foods still make me nauseous, which I don’t discover until I’m eating it. I can’t seem to make myself eat any more yet, but if I go to my next doctor appt and still haven’t gained any weight (or lost weight like last time), I believe I will cry.
*Symptoms: getting better. No more sore breasts. The fatigue is a lot better, but I still pass out by 10pm (at the latest!). Only slight nausea on occasion.
*Headaches: still getting them, but I’ve figured out what causes them. The weather. I get a headache every time it’s going to rain and it tends to last the whole rainy day. I feel better that at least I know the cause. The weather has been really bad recently, but I have hope that when the rainy season here ends, my headaches will too.

The Dad:

*Lost 22 pounds since “knocking up the wife” — yes, his words. He has started running, lifting weights again and he occasionally walks home from work (3 miles).
*Had his first “field day” at work on Tuesday. He had to go to Des Moines, hike around and sit in a boat for hours collecting water samples. He loved it! Although it poured rain the last 2 hours he was on the boat, brr!

Other news…

We’re working on a baby registry… Rachel is throwing me a shower next month before we move! We’re using a site where you can register from multiple stores.. to help people out who don’t live near a Babies-R-Us or something. So we have things on there from Target, Walmart and Amazon too. You can see it here, but it’s still a work in progress: www​.kaboodle​.com/​e​r​dicky

We finally got the fan in our car fixed (thanks grandpa dickey!) = working air conditioning!! It’s like heaven. And just in time for our 90 degree. THANK GOD.

I found a beautiful wooden high chair at a garage sale in Rockford while I was visiting.. just happened to drive by! I hate those huge plastic ones that most stores sell. This one is 4 years old from The Children’s Place. Got it for $20 (they sell in stores for $100 or more)! Love the carved back – looks like a heart.

Btw, here is the bassinet my mom bought for us… filled with some of my stuffed animals and baby stuff It’s light blue, but we’ll add some pink if it’s a girl. (We find out in ONE MONTH!)