The end of the 1st trimester

I was taken off guard in the above picture...but, as you can see, still not showing :(

So we have finally made it to the end..the end of the beginning, that is. If you didn't already know, my ticker is off by 2 days. Tomorrow, we hit 13 weeks, the official beginning of the 2nd trimester. Next week we get to hear the heartbeat for the first time, and that's super exciting! I sometimes worry that they won't be able to find the heartbeat, but those are thoughts I just have to put out of my mind. Everything is okay and there's no reason to think otherwise. It's been a long first trimester. The worries that I had are finally beginning to dissapate. I'm still not showing at all, but I'm sure that will change in the next few weeks. I look chunkier, but it isn't the baby showing yet..it's just chunk. The love of deviled eggs had gone away for the time being also. This is great seeing as I can't stand the smell of eggs, but the taste was great. I won't have to smell them for awhile. The morning sickness seemed to really only last 2 weeks. My sister was a little disgusted at this. She was sick throughout her pregnancies. I still get the occasional yuckiness, but for the most part, headaches and stretching of the uterus are the only symtoms I have left. Oh, and the breakouts on my face. These just started a few days ago. Yuck! I am really happy that everything still seems to be going okay. I still think it's going to be a boy, but my sister-in-law thinks it will be a girl. So does my friend Kimberly, and so does Blake. Blake doesn't really count, though. He thought it was going to be twins. They pretty much ruled that out at 6 weeks, but they did say they have been wrong before. I don't think they were. I'm sooo good with just one. Valerie and Blake sure do like to tease about it! We get our next ultrasound in September, I think. From what I understand, we get referred off base to one of teh local german doctors, and we get a 4-D ultrasound done. This is pretty cool. I'm not sure if that's a defenite, but it seems that way. It will be so exciting to find out what it is! I will be posting a "belly shot" at the top of this, I just havn't taken it yet. Blake had to go to work for a few hours, but he will be back...and then I'm going and playing Bingo (woo hoo!!), but then once I get home, We will take the picture. Then I will post it at the top.