15 weeks already!

I've been sort of distracted lately, and realized that I hadn't taken any belly photos, nor have I looked up the baby's development for a while. I'm in my 15th week, which means the baby is four inches long from crown to rump, is beginning to grow fingernails and toenails, and is able to sense light. I'm not feeling movement yet, but I expect to soon. I'll try to get a picture taken this week...the old saying that things "fall out" faster with subsequent pregnancies is very true in my case!

It occurred to me a couple of days ago, that as this pregnancy lines up with Mia's, it's been exactly four years since I was this pregnant. It's amazing how much you forget. Zack and Dom are 20 months apart, and Dom and Mia are 26 months apart, so this is a large gap for me. It's almost like the first time again. Joe seems to have also forgotten. He rubbed my already bulging belly the other night and said with a very large grin, "Wow, you're gonna get huge aren't you?" Not all the growth has been as...amusing for me. The women will understand...I went up three cup sizes in about a week and a half. Yeah...ow.

I had a blood test a few weeks ago, and am no longer anemic, which is a huge relief. I'm still more tired than I remember being in my other pregnancies at this time, but I think it's water and protein intake related...I often forget to drink and snack, so I've got to watch that.

We're pretty sure we've decided on first names for both genders, which would make this the easiest and earliest we've ever resolved that issue. Now the dilemma is middle names...that may take a while. We don't like to find out the gender before the birth, and I'm not one of those women who "knows" if it's a girl or boy during the pregnancy. Mia has decided it's a girl, and the boys say it's a boy, so no help there. They ask me every couple of days when the baby is coming out. A few days ago, Mia asked that and I told her Mommy's belly was going to get a lot bigger first. Her eyes got huge and she said, "Big like Daddy's?" I don't care who you are, that's funny. Joe thought so too.