8 weeks!!!

hard to believe i am 8 weeks pregnant! i am still feeling good, a few days of not feeling so hot, but i also blame the heat for that!  my new symptom is that i am short of breath, even doing simple tasks like putting my hair up or folding laundry will make me breathe harder. 

baby the size of a raspberry

thank goodness my hunger has calmed down a bit as well as my exhaustion.  although working out (aside from walking) is getting harder and harder.  last weekend we broke down and told our family the exciting news.  we will stay traditional and wait until after the first trimester to officially spill the beans.
here are some developmental markers this week...

~baby is starting to move (even though i can't feel it)
~fingers and toes are only slightly webbed and the tail is gone
~taste buds are starting to form
~baby is growing a millimeter each day

i had my first prenatal visit with my doctor on friday august 21st (at this point i will be 8 weeks 4 days).  everything went well, it was a lot of information and i got to ask the doctor my long list of questions.  we got to take a quick peek through a sonogram of little baby berk!  again, we had a strong heartbeat and he/she even jumped and was moving around a lot!