First Belly Photo

Posted by dpruitt on July 18th, 2008 filed in Preg : Danielle, The Pregnancy
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A few nights ago I noticed that my belly was really starting to grow. So Cliff grabbed the camera and took our first belly shot at 8 weeks, 4 days. To other people it may not look like a big deal, but it was really exciting for me to actually be able to see for the first time a change in my shape. I already have a pair of pants that don't fit anymore, although that could be due to the fact that I've been loving food a whole lot more, ha ha.

We have an appointment scheduled for next week at which time we'll be able to hear the baby's heart beat and get a due date. It seems like time has been crawling these past few weeks as we've been anticipating this appointment. Now, it's only 10 days away!

I have been feeling great too. No morning sickness or any weird cravings, I've just been very tired. Oh, and my memory has been horrible. Like a couple of weeks ago when I went to Publix with the intention of buying Sprite. I sat in the grocery aisle looking at the difference in prices between Sprite and Publix Lemon-Lime soda. For some reason, it took me a very long time to work the prices out in my head and when I finally did, I walked away without even picking up the sprite I was there to get in the first place. Then there was the wine incident. I bought alcohol removed wine since I can't have the real stuff and poured myself a glass before sitting down to watch a movie with Cliff. As I was sipping on it I suddenly freaked out, almost spilling it on myself as I thought, "Oh my goodness!! What am I doing?!?! I can't have wine!!!"... completely forgetting about the fact that I had specifically bought the alcohol removed wine for that purpose. Since then there have been several other instances, but of course, I can't remember them.

Tonight Cliff bought me a special gift that I am VERY excited about. He told me a while ago that there was something he really wanted to buy for me and then a few days ago mentioned he had purchased it. It came in today and I just about started crying when he had me open it. It was a flip video camera. Always thinking ahead, Cliff thought it would be a good idea for me to have the little video camera to keep with me at all times so that we can catch all the important things on video. He mentioned video taping the baby's heartbeat at my next appointment and of course footage of the little one once they're born. And all the stuff Cliff might like to see (although he doesn't necessarily want to be present for) like shopping for baby stuff with our moms. I love my husband and his great big heart! =)