5 Weeks!

It has been so hard to keep everything on the hush hush!! Andrew and I finally (a little over 24 hours after we found out... yes it was hard for me to keep it from them that long) told our parents and family about our sweet little Bebo the Embryo (that's what we are calling baby Barnes right now) on Sunday evening.  I am so glad that our families are "in the know" because all I want to do/think/breathe lately is baby.

Right now, Bebo is very tiny, the size of an apple seed.  Its heart, spinal cord, muscle, and bones are beginning to develop.  The placenta, which nourishes Bebo, and the amniotic sac, which provides a warm and save environment where Bebo can move easily, are forming too.  The umbilical cord forms and connects him/her to my blood supply.

It is so weird to think  that all of this is happening inside me right now.  So far the only pregnancy symptoms I have had up to now are: fatigue, frequent urination (kind of annoying), bloating, sore (and growing) breasts, and heightened sense of smell.  I know it is really early in the pregnancy (most people don't even know they are pregnant yet), but I have not felt queasy at all.  The heightened sense of smell relates to everything I smell, smells like a baby. It is so odd, almost like my body is trying to send some kind of subliminal message to take a pregnancy test if I hadn't already.

Andrew turned on a song the other day that brought tears to my eyes.  He said that all day (the day we found out) he kept thinking about the lyrics to this song.  So today, baby Bebo, your daddy and I dedicate this song to you.  We love you more than words can explain and cannot wait to see and feel you grow.

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                                                    "With Arms Wide Open"--CREED

Well I just heard the news today
It seems my life is going to change
I close my eyes, begin to pray
Then tears of joy stream down my face

With arms wide open
Under the sunlight
Welcome to this place
I'll show you everything
With arms wide open
With arms wide open

Well I don't know if I'm ready
To be the man I have to be
I'll take a breath, I'll take her by my side
We stand in awe, we've created life

With arms wide open
Under the sunlight
Welcome to this place
I'll show you everything
With arms wide open
Now everything has changed
I'll show you love
I'll show you everything

With arms wide open
With arms wide open
I'll show you everything ...oh yeah
With arms wide open..wide open

[Guitar Break]

If I had just one wish
Only one demand
I hope he's not like me
I hope he understands
That he can take this life
And hold it by the hand
And he can greet the world
With arms wide open...

With arms wide open
Under the sunlight
Welcome to this place
I'll show you everything
With arms wide open
Now everything has changed
I'll show you love
I'll show you everything
With arms wide open
With arms wide open

I'll show you everything..oh yeah
With arms wide open....wide open

Love,
Your Mommy and Daddy