7 weeks today

Today we're 7 weeks along. (We decided to pick a combined due date, so that it would make things easier for us and other people to remember...so our "new" due date is: May 3rd. bag!!!)

At 7 weeks, the babies are the size of a tic-tac or a blueberry (which ever visual picture you like best!) and weight whatever it is an eyelash weighs. (lol) This week their little brains will be growing at a crazy rate of 100 cells per minute. Insane right?! The mouth hole, ear holes and nostrils are forming this week, as their little faces are beginning to take shape. Their eyes are wide open, but they don't have any irises yet (the colored part.) Little arm and leg "paddles" (digits will form later on) are growing and forming this week and the umbilical cord will be visible by the end of the week.

Here is another mind boggling fact: he's or she's (or one of both!) are 10,000 times bigger today than they were at conception. Wow!

I would post a picture of what they look like right now, but it's kind of creepy...so I'll spare you. Maybe in a few weeks when they actually look like babies.

I've never had morning sickness before with my last two pregnancies, but this time I've had a lot of it. (Not a horrible case, but enough to make me feel like everything is progressing well.) Mama and I realized a few days ago that with our miscarriages we never experienced any of the barfies, so we're feeling pretty excited and positive to be feeling a bit green now. It's weird how something so unpleasant can be turned into something good and happy when looked at in a different light.

Certain smells have been turning my stomach lately, such as...onions, ranch, beef, the soap in our shower, Jeff's cologne and a whole lot more. I've noticed that I've eaten a LOT of potato products lately. That's one food that's not triggering my smell senses and causing a case of the barfies.

My cupcake cravings are back, its time to track down my tried and true recipe and mix up a batch! Mmmmm!