Well, it's official. I'm in the second trimester! Here's my 14 weeks picture with Mrs. Nikki Paus. As you can see, I'm getting bigger. My stomach is supposed to "pop-out" soon, but if you ask me - it already has. I've moved up to size 6 clothes now and probably by the end of the month I'll be wearing maternity clothes. The baby is between 3 and 4 inches long and weighs about an ounce or slightly more.
I'm happy to say that I no longer need to take a nap in the middle of the day, but can't keep my eyes open past 11PM lately.
We'll probably start creating our nursery soon. I think we're going to combine the spare bedroom and the office for the time being and keep the "frog" as our workout room and extra tv room. In a month we have the option of finding out the sex of the baby so we know what color to paint and what items to buy. Will and I are still up in the air about finding out the sex. So far, I've wanted it to be a surprise and when we have #2 - we can find out the sex.
About names: we're starting to narrow down the list at this point for both boys and girls. We welcome any pointers for name selection. Alexander is a long last name and it's hard to pair with a first name that doesn't end in an "a" or an "l".
I'm still running 3-4 miles a few times a week at a fairly slow pace. I'm amazed at how much more taxing jogging has been lately with the extra weight and with the redistribution of my blood. From what I've read, my circulation system is working on overdrive pumping blood to my extremities and to the baby. That's part of the reason that I'm winded my earlier in a jog than I wa 4 months ago.
