13 weeks!

We've made it to 13 weeks! 1 week left in the 1st trimester!!!

We had our 3 month check up on Monday! Mama and Baby are both doing perfect!

We got to hear the heartbeat on the Doppler! The Doctor said that it was strong and fast and sounded great! She joked saying it sounded like the baby was on a tiny treadmill!

The only bad news that we got is that we are not going to have our ultrasound for 2 more months (the end of January). We can only get 1 in the 2nd trimester. The good news is that we will know the gender at that time so Baby Sorensen will have a name around January 22nd when we are 20 weeks along!


Some info about baby at 13 weeks:

Your baby can make a fist and even suck his or her thumb this week—both skills that are über-cute during infancy ... and not so much at the age of 9. If you're really lucky, you might catch a glimpse of baby's thumb sucking on an ultrasound photo. That's a framer! Other exciting developments include:

Your baby's eyelids are fused shut to protect his eyes as they develop. His bones and skull are solidifying and soon itsy-bitsy ribs may appear. (Baby ribs! How cute is that?!) Baby's intestines are finally right where you want them—in his or her belly instead of poking out into the umbilical cord. Baby's tooth sockets are all loaded and ready to pop out baby teeth six or seven months after baby is born (causing baby a lot of pain and you a lot of lost sleep).

His vocal cords and larynx are completed now.

Your baby-to-be now weighs about 20 grams and is nearly 3 inches long, or about the size of a Nutter Butter, covered in chocolate. OK, it doesn't have to be covered in chocolate, but isn't everything better that way?

Other things that went on this week:
Eric was offered a new job at another company and he decided to take it! He is so excited about the position. He is going to be working downtown Chicago and in the chicagoland suburbs so it's not as close, but the pay and benefits are better which is nice! He is going to be heading the ergonomics program as well as helping out in clinics in the chicagoland area! We are both so excited about it! We went out for a nice Italian dinner to celebrate on Tuesday night!

I started writing out our Christmas cards! We do almost 50 so it takes a while! They are very pretty this year! I have to admit though be bought them at the end of the season last year at Barnes & Noble for $1 a box! I do that every year as long as I can find cute ones!!

We put up all our outdoor Christmas lights up this week, we decided to get into the spirit and decorate! Here are some pictures:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2376706&id=22900934&l=5958bf1918

Hope everyone had a great week!! Have a wonderful weekend!

Lots of love,

Mary, Eric, and Baby Sorensen