Yep... Critter is a Plum!

Week 12: Plum

As you move into the second trimester, baby shifts into the growth and maturation stage. After weeks in the critical development stage, almost all of baby's systems are fully formed.

Our Story... First Easter as a Thomas

It was such a battle trying to decide what to do for Easter without Ty.  Easter has always been a fun event in the Thomas house, whether they went to Fort Richardson for the day or rented a cabin for the whole weekend.  I was so excited about doing Easter Thomas style, but it was such a conflicting emotion, not having Dad there with us.  We battled about what traditions to keep and what not to keep but in the end, tradition won out.  And I'm so glad it did, I just love ALL the Thomas family traditions, it's what family is about. 

So on good Friday we packed up our stuff and headed toward Davis OK to River Bend Lodge.  We rented a cabin there and took Dad, Judy, and Summer and her kiddos with us.  Kim cooked yummy meals for us, we flew kites, made cookies and cupcakes, fished and even jumped on the trampoline.  The place was perfect and close enough to get us home early on Sunday... when Tyler and I decided we would dye eggs -- so fun!!  Here is the cabin website if you are ever looking for a close getaway place http://river-bend-lodge.com/ . 

I'll never forget this Easter, it was a great time filled with good family and good friends -- and Jesus is the reason for all the blessings we experienced on this glorious weekend! 

He is Risen Indeed!!! 

Ok so it's 3 days late... better late than never! Lime week, oh yea!

Week 11: Lime

Your fetus currently enjoys a 1:1 ratio between body and head, and has skin so transparent that blood vessels show right through. But, fingers and toes are no longer webbed, and hair follicles, tooth buds and nail beds are forming -- setting up a significantly more attractive future.

Prune week --- Yuck!

Okay, so I wasn't feeling so grand on Sunday and Monday, due to a virus I think, not the baby... BUT that's why I am late on the update.  Sunday started week ten for our baby prune, sorry Tyler I am not eating a prune this week, I can barely stomach raisins.  The baby seems to be alot more picky about what Mom eats than he/she was before this week and smells... ugh.  
Week 10: Prune
With bones and cartilage starting to form and vital organs beginning to function, baby is making major progress. Body length will almost double in the next three weeks, and arm joints are now working. (Soon, legs will too.)

It's Olive week!

Week 9: Green Olive

Your little embryo has now officially graduated to fetus-hood. Adding to the excitement, a Doppler ultrasound device might be able to pick up the beating heart. With basic physical structures in place and increasingly distinct facial features, baby is kind of starting to look like... well... a baby!

Critter's First Gifts

I just had to post about the very first baby gifts we received.  The first one was several years ago -- my sister gave me the cutest little red t-shirt that says "MY MOMMY LOVES ME", i've been saving it ever sense.  If I remember right she got it shortly after Tyler and I started dating.  I just LOVE it.  I guess the second gift, not pictured, was a gift for me.  My sweet mother-in-law already had me a baby bottle for my James Avery charm bracelet.  When we told her we were expecting she jumped, cried, screamed and ran for the baby bottle.  She had been saving it!!  Sweet huh?  The next gift was a gift Tyler and I bought.  It's the book, a book that Tyler loved as a child... so sweet!  Cherry Wells from church got me the lullabye CD last week.  Worship songs for the baby, how cute can it be?!!  And then, on Sunday, my sweet sister, soon to be brother in law and niece got us two pair of baby booties!  They will be so perfect whether critter is a boy or a girl!  Thanks everybody!