Hi everyone! Can you believe Im 14.5 weeks old already...crazy. Mom has decided to take her outside pictures monthly now but I can tell you...she knows Im here now! Im almost 4 inches long, about the size of a lemon, and Im still growing. My body is catching up with my big head now and I can finally reach my mouth with my hand, which gives me something to suck on to pass the time. I am a squirmy wormy in here, moving all around and testing out my happy and sad faces. I understand I will have a better shot of getting what I want when I get out of the place if I can make good faces.
Mom and I took a fun road trip to DC this weekend to see her Italy girls (also called Dante's Angels, whatever that means) and to celebrate Vanessa's wedding. There were a lot of people at the shower, I could hear them all, & they were very excited to "see" me. I also got to meet all of the the other "Angel" babies. Apparently the big question is whether I will be another "Angel" or the first "Dante" for the group...a few more weeks and I guess we will finally know :)
Gotta go make some more red blood cells! Talk to you soon!
Tiny-T
This weeks project, vocal chords! Im making all kinds of noise in here to let you guys know I'm here but I'm not getting much of a response...You just wait, i'll keep practicing until I get really good at making noise!
So today was a big day, mom and dad went back to the Dr. man to get another look at me today. Today was my 12 week check-up, or first trimester screening...but I don't know what that means. I do know that their favorite picture taking lady Sue got some really good photos of me today and said I was a very good baby because she got the measurement pictures she needed right away which gave her more time to play and get a bunch of good photos of me. Mom and dad finally got to see me move around and i was opening my mouth and "drinking"...now they can see how cute I am! Another "big" today...my feet apparently...I keep kicking those around too, must not be too big if mom's not feeling them. We actually saw a new Dr. woman today and mom and dad really liked her. She said everything looked good on my pictures and that they would call mom Friday to let her know the results of the blood test. Glad I didn't have to give blood today...sounded like it hurt. Oh yea, did I mention I can hear what's going on out there now? Its pretty cool to hear mom and dad and my fur-sister Sierra...she is really loud though! Ok gotta go practice my screaming. Holler at you soon!
Love Tiny-T
How could I forget to tell you that I have hit my first real milestone! I am now (and have been for a week) officially a fetus! Did you also know that word actually translates to mean "little one" which is pretty accurate. Although I have more than doubled in size in the last three weeks I am still only as big as a large plum, (see my photo below) and weigh approximately half an ounce! I can swallow and kick and have lots of room in here to do somersaults...which are especially easy considering my head is half of my body size right now! (gives me good forward momentum) :) Mom says it just means I have more room for all the brain cells I've been making. For the most part all my major systems are in place and now I just have to focus on developing them and getting bigger and stronger...which means momma gets bigger too..hehe. Ok peeps, its a holiday weekend and apparently we are headed to the beach, I like that place, its nice and warm. I go back to the Dr. man in a week so stay tuned and I'll let you in on what he has to say.
Love and kisses
Tiny-T
Well we're working on the knees this week but as for the rest: check, check, check! I'm a little over 10 weeks old now and so much has happened in the last week! I have grown to the size of a prune...and I have to admit I feel a little like a prune floating around in here. I can bend my arms now and my fingers move all on their own! No more webbed hands for me :) Actually all of me moves around on my own, I've got so much room in this place to kick around, its great! My big job this week is to grow my bones and teeth! I don't know what I will use those for yet, but I'm making a lot of them so it must be important.
I'm being really good to mom, not making her sick or anything. I do wake her up a few times a night but that's for her own good, I'm trying to get her ready for when I blow this pop stand. So I had mom take another picture of me...still kind of hard to see. I think I will give her another week or two and then really make my presence known :)
Wow, sorry for the delay folks, but mom and dad have been dragging me all over creation for the past few days. Quite a bit has happened though. This past Tuesday mom and dad went back to that Dr. man (mom was pretty worked up about the "date" issue the week before so they checked me out again). This time we saw an ultrasound tech...whoever that it...but apparently she is WAY better at this job than the Dr. man because she told mom she was right...and I think we all know how happy that makes mom...So I am back up to speed (actually a little ahed of it-I'm now in my 9th week!) and we are on for our party date of January 20, 2012!
In addition to our Dr. visit, we went on our first road trip as a family, dad is a very good driver! We stopped first at my Aunt Mina and Uncle Peppi's and mom and dad got to play with my cousin Joey. They were all very excited to hear of my impending arrival. From there we were on to Danville to see mom's family. We got to tell Grandma and Grandpa Clifton ( I think they were quite surprised), Aunt Patti and Uncle Jeff and my big cousins Patrick and Christian. We were visiting for his high school graduation. I dont know what that is yet but it seems to be a very big deal! We were able to tell Grandma and Grandpa Tamayo on Skype. They were very excited and said something about telling all of Ecuador!
As a special side note, today is my very first Father's Day! I had mom sign the card for me...the whole webbed paddle hand thing makes it very hard to write, but Im working on it! Attached are some updated photos of me, both from the inside and outside
Well its been an eventfully couple of days! I went to see that Dr. person on Wednesday. I wasn't really sure what to expect, I don't think Dad was either! Over all it was pretty ok, I got poked around a little but Mom and Dad got to see a very fuzzy picture of me...see I TOLD you I was really here...did all the trips to the potty not give it away? Anyway they also got to hear my heartbeat. A very strong 147 beats a minute, which seemed to make everyone happy. The only small surprise was...well me. Apparently I'm measuring a little smaller than Mom's math...which seemed to bum her out, but its just 5 days! I'll be here soon enough people. So to make her feel better they are going to take my picture one more time next week...that perked her up a little :)
Ok if i'm having another photo shoot I've gotta clean things up around here. Talk to you all soon!
Tiny-T
Greetings!
This week I am a blueberry...not really of course, but the size of one. I have had a very busy week! Not only have I been making a ton of brain cells but I'm starting to sprout what they tell me will be arms and legs. Not sure what to do with these yet, but it seems like i'll have some time to figure it out.
As for mom, she seems awfully sleepy, which is fine with me cause I really like naps. I'm also excited because this week for the first time I will go to the Doctor! (I don't know who that is, but Mom & Dad seem very excited about it, so he must be ok). Ill be sure to give you all a play by play, so until then back to my busy work of growing.
Love
Tiny-T
