Nickerson News

So, every pregnant woman will tell you all the different things their body went through when they were pregnant, but you can’t really fully understand until you are actually pregnant…at least that is how I felt. And now, I totally understand. So many strange things are happening to my body and for the sake of too many people reading this I will not go into too much detail.

For example…I definitely hesitated when Seth was putting up the new PregCam photo tonight. AAAH!!! I feel like I have popped. Wait. I have popped. And then as I was lifting up my shirt for the photo, I noticed dark hair on my stomach. Where did that come from? And I have dry skin even though I put so much cocoa butter on me. My face breaks out and I’m not used to that and I don’t think Seth is either. For example, I came home today after a wonderful day in Richmond with preggers Linny and Seth opens the door and says, “you have something on your face.”

I’m really not complaining. I will take all these changes for my baby. I am just writing my thoughts down so one day Baby Nick will read this diary and know all his/her mom went through while being pregnant with him/her.

On to other exciting news, my sisso, Kate, is due any day. We are all waiting on pins and needles. Hurry niece, get here…we are dying to meet you!

It was a long day and I’m too tired to write much, but I wanted to post what is happening this week with Baby Nick. Our baby ticker and this article seem to differ, but they are very interesting to read.

From Babycenter.com “Your fig-sized baby is now fully formed — measuring 1 1/2 inches long and weighing in at a quarter of an ounce. His skin is still transparent, allowing many of his blood vessels to show through. Some of his bones are beginning to harden, and tiny toothbuds are starting to appear under his gums. His fingers and toes have separated, and he may soon be able to open and close his fists. He’s already busy kicking and stretching, and his tiny movements are so fluid they look like water ballet. These movements will increase as his body grows and becomes more developed and functional. As his diaphragm develops, your tiny tenant may also start to get the hiccups. Because he’s still so small, though, you won’t feel any of his workouts or intrauterine gulps until sometime between weeks 16 and 20.”

I’ll be sure to let you all know when I feel the first kick!

GOOD NEWS!!! My best friend Lindsay (Brown) Wiederman is pregnant! I finally can tell everyone. I have been holding it in until she told her family, but now word is out and I couldn’t be MORE THRILLED!!! Our babies will be a little more then one month apart. She is due July 23. For those of you who don’t know my dearest friend, Linny, she and I have been best buds since the ripe age of 2 years old. Oh yes, it is true. Our families were neighbors and our moms (who are also best friends) stuck us together when we were toddlers and we haven’t left each others side since. She is like my 3rd sister and my sisters would say the same thing about her. So needless to say, we always talked about getting pregnant together, and now we are. I am just thrilled to have a pregnant buddy.

Congrats to Lindsay and Glenn!

On another note, Thanksgiving was wonderful! It was great being able to spend time with family and have some time off from work. Enjoy some of our Thanksgiving pictures. Oh, and that is our new Christmas tree.

I know Julie has done the bulk of the posting here, but the dad-to-be has something to say. First of all, I broke the news to my coworkers last week, so that means everyone officially knows. It happened to be one day after the other designer announced that she was engaged, so some people mentioned that they thought I was just trying to “one-up” her.

Anyway, I was reading the blog of one of my favorite designers when I came across a post that makes me wonder just how much life is going to change very soon. Granted, he’s talking about four boys, but Julie has mentioned that four is a nice number a few times. And I hear diapers are expensive.