Growing and Growing

So I have this cool app on my phone that alerts me each week letting me know what week I am on and new baby developments.  I thought I would share some of those today because she has come a long way already.

I am 16 weeks!  That means there are only 24 more to go, but who’s counting.  You know what the best part about 16 weeks is?!  This is when I can start feeling movement!!  Oh how I am looking forward to that!  Nothing big at first, just little flutters here and there but I can’t wait! She is about 4.6 inches long (like the size of an iPhone people!) and should weigh around 3.5 ounces.  She most likely weighs a lot more though because at my last appointment two weeks ago, she was already at 3 ounces when she was only supposed to be 1.5.  That worries me… only because I keep seeing people post pics of their newborns that weigh 9 & 10 pounds!!  Umm… for obvious reasons, I would like for this baby to be normal sized.  She is currently growing hair, lashes and eyebrows.  She also is forming tiny bones in her ears so she can listen to us now.  This means that I need to stop singing immediately so she doesn’t learn so early that her mom is a little tone deaf.  Christian on the other hand, needs to start singing to her so she can hopefully absorb his musical talents that we are all a huge fan of. 

How am I doing?  Oh! Thanks for asking. J  I am doing GREAT!! Energy is coming back more and more and I have slept through the night these last 2 nights which means I don’t look like Oscar the Grouch scowling at people all day long.  For a while, I was waking up around 2am and would be wide awake until around 4am.  I was NOT a fan.  If there is anything that people know about me is I must have food and I must have sleep.  Without one of those, I am pretty grumpy.  Speaking of food, I am not really craving anything right now.  Still eat a lot of strawberries and fruit, but not a consistent craving for something specific.  I guess that is a good thing because though I am not full on ‘bumping’ yet, my clothes are starting to get snug.  I have only gained a couple pounds so far so that means the baby is expanding her home.  We all know how a pregnancy belly works… one day you look normal… the next you swallowed a watermelon and you finally look pregnant instead of looking like you just had a big lunch.  Knowing that, Christian took me maternity pants shopping over the weekend.  Some may think that is not fun but c’mon, an excuse to wear stretchy pants for the next 6 months and not be judged?!? Sign. Me. Up!  My one and only complaint about maternity clothes: shouldn’t they be sold at half price since they are only worn for a short period of time?      

On my last post, I mentioned that I am going to have to stay away from stores and limit myself on how many outfits I can buy.  I am happy to report that I have done a good job so far!  I have only purchased a few things.   With that said, this girl’s closet is already filling up!  At this rate, by October she will need some of my closet space too.  I am so grateful for all our wonderful friends and family who have already kept this little one in mind and have made sure she will look adorable.  As for the bigger things… oh man!  There is like a million of everything to choose from and research!  Picking things for a registry will be fun and probably a little time consuming.  Since this is Christian and my first baby together and it’s also been 9 years since Axel was born, we have absolutely no baby items in our home.  Any recommendations about what we should definitely have or even not bother with, let us know. 

Alright… Alright… the moment you have all been waiting for… her name!!  We still have not nailed down her middle name but figured we could go ahead and share her first name which has been decided.  The middle name is taking us some time because we are in between 2 and they both have significant meaning to us.  Before I tell you her name (stop trying to scroll down and cheat!! LOL) I have to tell you how we picked it.  I heard this name a long time ago and it kind of stuck with me.  I ran it by Christian and he was sold.  Once we looked up the meaning and found “intelligence or wisdom of an eagle” we both knew it would be the name because… duh! We are EAGLEstons.  The second best thing about this name is it has a musical meaning too.  An Aria is an elaborate melody sung solo with accompaniment in an opera.  Since Christian is so musical it again only made sense we go with that name.  Ha! You see what I did there… I snuck in the name and you didn’t even realize it until after!  J  That’s right!  Her name is Aria.  Knowing that it’s a girl already made us feel such a connection to this little Princess but now being able to call her by name makes all of this even more real. We love her so much already and can’t believe that we are just a short time away from meeting her.  My next appointment is tomorrow so I should have some more fun updates for you soon.