14 Week Belly Post

How far along: 14 weeks

Size of the baby:  Around 3.4 inches. About the size of a Lemon

Total weight gain/loss: to be honest I am not sure. I forgot to ask at my 12 week appointment with all the commotion of our 12 week ultrasound. But hope to get an official number at my 16 week appointment.

Maternity clothes: No maternity cloths yet but some days I feel bigger than others. Can't tell if I am just feeling bloated or I have a full bladder. These days my bladder really can't seem to hold much!

Cravings: Started to get a craving for those delicious Chicken Lebanese Kebabs that Josh and I ate so much of when we were in Poland. I think I would have craved them at some point regardless of being pregnant so we ventured out to this AMAZING International grocery store called Phoenicia that just opened up dowtown. It is like a central market but of Mediterranean influence. WOW!!! Everything in there looked amazing and it was hard to refrain ourselves from loading up the grocery cart when we were so hungry. But to make a long story short we ended up with some delicious chicken Kebabs that didn't taste exactly the same but were pretty dang close!  Try the kebab with some of the best warm pita and hummus, and you have one VERY happy pregnant lady! =) One other craving I found myself having this last week was a very strange craving for sour patch kids. For most of you who know me that is pretty odd because I am not one to really like candy and sweets. So one little bag of sour patch kids did the trick. Wonder what other crazy cravings I will encounter along the way?

Symptoms: Since my last 12 week post I have only had one more episode of Morning Sickness. There have been a few times here and there where I would get a little wave of nausea but it usually dissipated soon after. 

Movements: Not yet but I sure can't wait!

Gender predictions: Most people including myself, seem to think we are having a boy. The prediction was almost confirmed at our 12 week appointment when the doctor performing our ultrasound asked if we wanted to know the sex of our baby. He said that he is 90% sure we are having a....BOY!!! Of course it is too early to know for sure and he has made mistakes in the past, so we aren't exactly going out and buying BLUE just yet! But we will either confirm or dismiss this prediction at our next ultrasound at 20 weeks. CRAZY!!!!

Here are some 14 week pics. Lighting is not great but we had no choice but to use our room lights because these were taken at night.

Had to include some pictures of the Big Sister! =)

Pure sweetness!