Growth Spurt!

Thankfully, this title does not apply to me...although I know it will soon. :) This week, according to my daily updates the baby is going through a rapid growth spurt. It started out week 6 the size of a lentil bean and ends up the size of a chickpea! Wow, no wonder I feel so worn out these days! I've also read that by the end of this week the baby will be 10,000 times the size it was at conception. It sounds huge, yet hard to believe that it's actually so tiny.
We've had a good weekend filled with free meals. :) My Dad and Kathy have fed "all the kids" all weekend long. One thing my family really enjoys doing together is eating. We have this huge table that we all sit around and you wouldn't believe some of the conversations we have. I won't share them with you! Right now, I'm regretting all the eating as I feel like I will explode very soon. My stomach feels so very tight and "stretched" and since I know it's too soon to attribute this to baby I can only imagine that it is because of the 800 pounds of food I've had this weekend.
My friend Tonya brought me some more maternity clothes today to add to the pile that Jenny has already shared with me, and my mom bought me a few items of my own. I now own three things that are maternity...everything else comes with a borrowed tag.
I've looked online at nursery furniture this weekend. Kathy suggested we look at JC Penney and I found some things I really like. I bet we end up getting the furniture there. I am excited about actually purchasing that stuff and getting it into the room...but want to get the room painted first. We are going to paint it gender specific and then do the nursery in accent colors. Right now I am not really into characters and all the bedding I am finding is just colors and patterns. I cannot wait to settle on our nursery "dressings" and am excited about making this decision with Cliff.
Speaking of Cliff, he's being very patient with me. I think it's safe to say that I have a bad case of pregnancy hormones which come and go. I can be the nicest, most loving wife one minute and the next minute the simplest thing can be driving me crazy...and lucky Cliff, living with me he gets to know all about the things that are getting on my nerves. I won't say he's responded to all my snappiness in the best way, but overall he's doing great. It's a learning process for both of us. It's hard to have these hormones and hear myself griping about something that would otherwise but a non-issue. It's funny to me to watch Cliff just shake his head at me and bite his tongue. I notice him doing this quite frequently. He's been so supportive and loving though. He is tickled pink...er, I mean blue...about this baby.
I mentioned in my previous post that my friend Heather was having her baby Friday. She delivered a healthy, beautiful baby girl. With her permission I will post a pic on here in my next entry. They named her Addison Claire and she looks just like her mommy!
Speaking of delivering-I've now set my tivo up to record A Baby Story on season pass because I just have to watch all the different labor/delivery experiences. Often, I will fast forward through the "get to know the couple" part and go straight to the part where the woman goes into labor. Today Cliff watched two episodes with me and just kept saying "oh goodness..." and things like that, indicating his fear of how I will be during that time. I wonder myself how I will be. I guess only time will tell.
Well, that's all for now. I could probably type all night, but Cliff has a live draft for one of his 3 fantasy football leagues he is in in just a few minutes, so I need to bring this to an end. Everyone have a great week. Thank you for your prayers and support.