10th Week & Nursery Furniture

First of all, we wanted to thank grandma and grandpa Jackson (Jody and Dale) for baby J's nursery furniture. We are so lucky to have them as parents and baby J is lucky to have them as grandparents. They have taken a tremendous weight off of our shoulders in buying the baby's nursery furniture and we couldn't be more grateful. It is an amazing set. It should get here at the latest by next Friday and we are super excited to put it all together in the baby's room. It's becoming much more real and very, very exciting. Thank you SOOOOOO MUCH mom and dad J!

Today Ashley is 10 weeks and 4 days, the baby is about the size of a lime at this point and we are a week and a half away from being in the second trimester. She is starting to show a little bit as you can see by the photo and according to all the books and apps, this week the baby should be forming hair follicles and nail beds (interesting..). Only about 6 more weeks (hopefully) until we find out the sex of the baby. We couldn't be more thrilled! Most people we have asked have guessed that it is going to be a boy except for the grandparents who unanimously agree that it will be a girl. We will see!

The baby is no longer an embryo and has officially become a fetus! The brain and nervous system are rapidly developing and, although we can't feel them, this rapid development is causing some uncontrolled movements and twitches. Also the baby's heart is almost fully developed so next time we go into the doctors office and get a sonogram (02 May) we will be paying close attention to see if the heart beat sounds any different from last time. We are excited to go back and will post all pictures we get from that appointment.

Thank you all for reading and being interested! It means a lot to us and we enjoy sharing this wonderful time and incredible experience with the people we love. We will talk to you all again in a just under three weeks and from the second trimester!