Nine weeks update

Baby T is nearly an inch long, about the size of a grape and weighs just a fraction of an ounce and is starting to look more and more human. The essential body parts are accounted for, though they'll go through plenty of fine-tuning in the coming months. Other changes abound: Baby T's heart finishes dividing into four chambers, and the valves start to form — as do tiny teeth. The embryonic "tail" is completely gone. Baby T's organs, muscles, and nerves are kicking into gear. The external sex organs are there but won't be distinguishable as male or female for another few weeks. The eyes are fully formed, but eyelids are fused shut and won't open until 27 weeks. Baby T has tiny earlobes, and the mouth, nose, and nostrils are more distinct. Now that the basic physiology is in place, Baby T is poised for rapid weight gain.

Eight weeks update

Because we are going to be out of town this week you get your update early. Plus we really have no clue what week we are in so who knows, we may already be in week nine. We get to find out in 13 days our due date! YEAH!


Webbed fingers and toes are poking out from baby T's hands and feet, his/her eyelids practically cover his/her eyes, breathing tubes extend from his/her throat to the branches of his/her developing lungs, and his/her "tail" is just about gone. In the brain, nerve cells are branching out to connect with one another, forming primitive neural pathways. Baby T is about the size of a kidney bean and is constantly moving and shifting, though I still can't feel it.

Seven weeks update

The big news this week: Hands and feet are emerging from developing arms and legs — although they look more like paddles at this point than the tiny, pudgy extremities we are daydreaming about holding and tickling. Technically, the baby is still considered an embryo and has something of a small tail, which is an extension of her/his tailbone. The tail will disappear within a few weeks, but that's the only thing getting smaller. Baby T has doubled in size since last week and now measures half an inch long, about the size of a blueberry.

Right now there are eyelid folds partially covering her/his peepers, which already have some color, as well as the tip of her/his nose and tiny veins beneath parchment-thin skin. Both hemispheres of your baby T's brain are growing, and her/his liver is churning out red blood cells until her/his bone marrow forms and takes over this role. She/He also has an appendix and a pancreas, which will eventually produce the hormone insulin to aid in digestion. A loop in baby T's growing intestines is bulging into her/his umbilical cord, which now has distinct blood vessels to carry oxygen and nutrients to and from her/his tiny body.

Six weeks update

This week's major developments: The nose, mouth, and ears that we will spend so much time kissing in eight months are beginning to take shape. His/her emerging ears are marked by small depressions on the sides of the head, and his/her arms and legs by protruding buds. His/her heart is beating about 100 to 160 times a minute — almost twice as fast as mine — and blood is beginning to course through his/her body. His intestines are developing, and the bud of tissue that will give rise to his/her lungs has appeared. His pituitary gland is forming, as are the rest of his/her brain, muscles, and bones. Right now, Baby T is a quarter of an inch long, about the size of a lentil bean.

Daisy on YouTube

Check this out! Our dog is famous for being a big dork!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoRT6JtgoWw

Fun with Family this weekend

We went down to Belton for homecoming and the best part was getting to see family and friends! We got to share our amazing news with all of them!




Bekah got a 3-day tent from Aunt Benita and Uncle Zach for her birthday! She really liked it!
















We also got to see Coralyn!

update

Can you believe he/she already has a heartbeat! That is amazing to me. What an amazing God we have that make a heart beat within a child that is less than 1/8th of an inch big!

Also what an amazing and humorous God we have that even though it is only 1/8th of an inch big it is already causing so many changes. I don't think it's that funny God.

Everything going good. Just some nausea and TIREDNESS! Some of the tiredness is still from The 3 Day though.

All grandparents have already bought stuff for the baby. We think that's cute. Now it's time for me to buy something. BABY SHOPPING TIME! :)

First Appointment

Our first doctor appointment is December 3rd. At this appointment we can confirm the due date and hopefully make sure it's just one baby. We will let you know! :)

In case you didn't hear!

WE ARE HAVING A BABY! :)
See the side of this page for our timeline on Baby T's arrival! :)
We will be using this website to update you on baby information as soon as we know it. We are both really excited and nervous and scared and so much more all at the same time! I know God will bless us with this new addition to our family! :) Thanks for you prayers already!

More to come...

I know all of our dedicated readers are anxiously awaiting more news of what is going on in with the Tomlinson Family. We have had a busy summer but it was great. We have pictures coming and plenty of great stuff. So stay tuned...

Summer

Well the summer is already passing by so fast. We had VBS at church this week every night. It's been fun but exhausting. Last night Zach had broomball planned with the youth so we didn't get home until midnight. It was fun, even though I stayed out of the way. I did get some hits in! :)

This week we have been working in the yard. We are cleaning out the gutters and working in the flower beds. I will post pictures as soon as it is all done. The gutters were pretty full of junk and not flowing properly which caused all the water to drain into the flowerbeds at a hard rate. So hopefully this will help. I guess we will find out when it rains this weekend if it works or not.

Zach bought some shelving supplies at Lowe's last night. After we finish the yard work we are going to clean out the garage and organize it. Maybe now my car will fit in finally.

Then garage sale time! I love and hate garage sales!! But we need every bit of money possible so time to clean out the closets.

Will post some new pictures soon.

Belton Visit

Lubbock/Waco Visit

Missouri Visit

Graduation

Congratulations Daddy! Is this how I wear this hat thing?

Very proud of his son!

Did you see my daddy!!!

Do we look alike?