Growing Paynes

The Adventures of Two First Time Parents

Posts from ‘February, 2010’

Week 7

Today is the start of Week 7 and as usual I am excited for the new week to begin.  So many things are happening for Carlos right now.  Carlos is now the size of a blueberry, which doesn’t seem like much, but is actually 10,000 times bigger now than at conception.  Most of Carlos’ growth this [...]

So supportive…

This a real conversation between Sean and I this morning Me: Guess What? I have only gained 2.2 pounds so far, which is really good considering they say you are only suppose to gain 2-3 in the first 12 weeks. Sean: That good, I thought you were going to get portly. Can you feel the [...]

Early Pregnancy

Early pregnancy can really cause a normally ‘sane’ person to go a little crazy.  Sean might dispute the sane part sometimes. At this point I am just shy of 7 weeks to be exact I am 6 weeks 6 days pregnant.  It isn’t until pregnancy do you start counting everything by the day.  I find [...]

Week 6

Today I hit the 6 week mark and I was very excited.  I know I have a very long way to go but there was just something about 6 weeks that made it feel so much more real. Since finding out a week and a half ago we have already told our family and a few close [...]

Pregnancy Brain

I have heard from many people that you begin to lose your mind when you are pregnant, that you start doing things that are a bit forgetful or silly. Up until this point I didn’t really feel like I was suffering from it.  Yes I did try and put the coffee pot in the fridge, [...]