8 Weeks

Saturday marked 8 weeks or as I like to think 1/5 of the way there! ;) I actually love being pregnant but at this point I'm not to any of the fun stuff like feeling the baby move or hearing the heartbeat and I'm pretty nauseous every day so I am wishing the beginning parts away.  Hubby lets me take a nap everyday and I definitely need that.  I am yawning and barely able to keep my eyes open when I'm driving home to get the girls.....just absolutely exhausted!  I haven't had any headaches like I had with the girls yet so I'm hoping to avoid those.  All in all this is a completely different pregnancy and so I can't help but think that it is a little boy in there!  I realize this pregnancy would be different either way because it is just one baby instead of two, but honestly this one feels harder.  It's probably because I have the girls now and they need attention and when I was pregnant with them I didn't have many responsibilities.

We won't be able to find out what we are having until April and then we want to have a gender reveal party because there is just no way I would be able to wait until September to find out.  A lot of my friends do that and I think it is so cool and exciting but I find it just as exciting when you find out at 20 weeks.  You still get that moment and then you have the time to plan accordingly and I just felt so connected to my girls knowing who was who in there.  I felt like I knew parts of their personalities even before they were born. 

My belly is definitely bigger earlier this time around.  This first picture is from 5 weeks, 3 days:

And this one is from the day of my appointment last week (7 weeks, 2 days):

I'm guessing it will slow down and even out because I'm sure my belly won't get as big as it did with twins, or I should say it better not!