20 weeks!

sorry... behind again...

How your baby's growing:

Your baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now. She's also around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom and about 10 inches from head to heel — the length of a banana. (For the first 20 weeks, when a baby's legs are curled up against his torso and hard to measure, measurements are taken from the top of her head to her bottom — the "crown to rump" measurement. After 20 weeks, she's measured from head to toe.)

She's swallowing several ounces of amniotic fluid these days, which is good practice for her digestive system. She's also producing meconium, a black, sticky by-product of digestion. Shes even got working taste buds!


19 weeks!

How your baby's growing:

Your baby's sensory development is exploding! Her brain is designating specialized areas for smell, taste, hearing, vision, and touch. Some research suggests that she may be able to hear your voice now, so don't be shy about reading aloud, talking to her, or singing a happy tune if the mood strikes you.

Your baby weighs about 8 1/2 ounces and measures 6 inches, head to bottom — about the size of a large heirloom tomato. Her arms and legs are in the right proportions to each other and the rest of her body now. Her kidneys continue to make urine and the hair on her scalp is sprouting. A waxy protective coating called the vernix caseosa is forming on her skin to prevent it from pickling in the amniotic fluid.

18 weeks

I'm getting a little behind... its almost 19 weeks... ! For now, enjoy the information for 18 weeks.

Head to rump, your baby is about 5 1/2 inches long (about the length of a bell pepper) and he weighs almost 7 ounces. He's busy flexing his arms and legs — movements that you'll start noticing more and more in the weeks ahead. His blood vessels are visible through his thin skin, and his ears are now in their final position, although they're still standing out from his head a bit. A protective covering of myelin is beginning to form around his nerves, a process that will continue for a year after he's born. If you're having a girl, her uterus and fallopian tubes are formed and in place. If you're having a boy, his genitals are noticeable now, but he may hide them from you during an ultrasound.

Babymoon!

This past weekend Dutch and I went off on a little babymoon ... our last vacation alone together as a family of two. It was so nice to just enjoy being away together with nothing planned... something we actually hadn't done since our honeymoon. Sure we were able to travel the past few years, Boston, Austin, Dallas, Hilton Head, trips to see our family etc, but we were always running around getting to a wedding or spending time with our friends and family. We had such a blast doing that the past few years and seeing some great new places, we had lost track of our own time together.

We drove down to Destin, Florida which is on the gulf coast. It is absolutely beautiful. I was a broken record all weekend stating just how amazing it was. We had rented a condo right on the beach. we were on the first floor and our patio stepped out onto the pool and the beach boardwalk. It was a dream. The weather was perfect, we saw some dolphins, ate some seafood, got sunburned, listened to reggae music, and just relaxed. I even found a place that served virgin strawberry daiquiris!

Here are a few pictures from our trip....

Were dorks.... out watching the supermoon saturday night...

Supermoon gazing

amazing beaches....

Dutch's revenge after being pinched by a crab in the ocean....

In case you missed it.... Our gender reveal!!!

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18 weeks....

Here's some pictures from our ultrasound today : )

2 days!

I can't believe we only have to wait 2 more days till we get to see our little baby again. Nervous excited as I feel once we see him/her, and know its healthy and then know the gender, everything will be so real.

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