WEEK 5??? WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW 24HRS AGO, AND ALREADY WEEK 5?

Until week 12, let's keep this a family-only/very close friends site, okay?

Well, we've done it. We've joined the legions of nearing-middle-age people that start a blog about their family so other's can keep up because...WE ARE FINALLY STARTING A FAMILY. Whatever - look at it this way - this will spare you from ever getting a lame Christmas card from us with a boring letter.

So, here's the story one last time so I'll quit boring you all with it's retelling...

I was on the phone with mom yesterday after stopping off to yet again purchase a box of pregnancy tests. (At this point, I think I own stock in EPT) Since I'm rude and disgusting, I decided to go ahead and take it while I was on the phone with her. I mean, they're negative every darn time anyway, and mom is used to hearing me pee on the phone.

No sooner had I set it down that it began to show. PLUS. A PLUS. A POSITIVE RESULT!!!???!!!??? (Yes, I ended up taking 2 more tests just to make sure!)

In the midst of choking and trying not to laugh and cry, I asked mom if I could call her back, and of course she wouldn't just say 'sure' and hang up. She had to ask what was wrong and keep asking if I was okay so I had to resort to, "MOM. I'M CALLING YOU BACK. GOOD BYE."

You all know how emotional I can get. I broke down in the bathroom crying and laughing and laughing and crying. Then I ran around the house doing this same routine. When I realized no one was home yet except a very perplexed Sophie Queen the Wonder Dog, I called Zach.

"We can't tell anyone! It's so soon! Get home as soon as you can." Naturally by the time he was home we'd both already broken that rule!

Turns out according to doctors, I'm in week 5 already. Normal people would say week 3, but I'm going to count the weeks the way the doctor does it so I don't get confused by #19. (Thus making pregnancy 40 weeks now instead of 38 - it's all the same amount of time, if you ask me - but I was a Theatre major, not pre-med.)

I'm feeling pretty great so far - still able to jog/run and no nausea. I am going to the bathroom more frequently, but that's also because I'm drinking water like a fiend. And, as Katie observed, I'm more clumsy now. Thanks, Katie!

I'll keep everyone posted on doctor appointment developments.

Anyway, here's how we're doing:

The developing greatest baby ever has three layers. In the top layer (ectoderm), the neural tube will form which will further develop into the nervous system (brain, spinal cord, skin and hair). In the middle layer (mesoderm), the heart and circulatory system, bones, muscles, kidneys and reproductive organs will develop - eventually. At this stage, however, the heart and primitive circulatory system will rapidly form. In fact, the circulatory system is the first organ system to function. In the inner layer (endoderm), a simple tube will develop into the intestines, liver, pancreas and bladder.