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Six Weeks

 This week I am six weeks along. And I have felt cramping and I just worry that I will miscarry. I pray daily and nightly that everything will be good and that neither of us will have problems or complications. I had Aaron give me a blessing Sunday night- I forgot how worried that I get in these early stages. So Baby is- The embryo is less than 1/5 inch (4–5 mm) long. A very basic beating heart and circulatory system develop. Buds for arms and legs develop. The neural tube begins forming. The neural tube will later form the brain, spinal cord, and major nerves. The bud of a tail develops. The umbilical cord begins developing. I have taken a few Chinese gender prediction things just for fun...and every time but once says, "It's a girl!" Ryan is so adamant that it is still a baby girl- Every time we ask him he says "BABY DIRL!" So in about 14 weeks we will see if he is right!

Telling the Kids!

 Aaron went Trucking from Thursday until Sunday. I was DYING wanting to tell the kids. I didn't workout on the 30th because I was tired.  Holli thought that it was odd that I didn't workout. As we were waiting for Aaron to get home, Ryan laid his head and my stomach and he says.  "There is a baby in there." I said, "Oh really?" He said, "It's a girl!" I was dying inside- HOW DID HE KNOW?!?! None of the kids heard him saying this to me. So I called Aaron and told him what Ryan had said. He couldn't believe it either. So when it was time to go and pick up Aaron I took Ryan with me- and I said, "How do you know Mom has a baby in her tummy?" He said, "Jesus told me" I said, "What is it in my tummy a girl or a boy?" He said "Baby Girl!" Anyway...finally Sunday came and Aaron got home about 4:45 PM. We went out into the family room and I asked Mason if he wanted to move into the weight room. All the kids we...