17 weeks :)

How your baby's growing:

Your baby's skeleton is changing from soft cartilage to bone, and the umbilical cord — her lifeline to the placenta — is growing stronger and thicker. Your baby weighs 5 ounces now (about as big as an onion), and she's around 5 inches long from head to bottom. She can move her joints, and her sweat glands are starting to develop.

Such a slacker :)

I know, I know.  It's been weeks. Literally.  At this point in my pregnancy though, things have gotten slightly boring and there isn't too much to write about yet. :)  I think that's a good thing.  I should be finding out sometime this month whether this little munchkin is a boy or girl :)  I think we are pretty set on our names.....if it's a boy, it will be Oakley Carter Hester.  And if it's a girl, her name will be Skylee Rae Hester.

School is going okay for me.  This month has kind of flown by.  Things are quite disorganized at my school still, so I'm wondering if when they finally get it together, we will get hit with a load of assignments that should've been done all along but weren't assigned because they were forgotten about. :/ I'm kind of nervous about that.

I've been looking around online and doing some baby registries....just for fun at this point. When we find out if it's a boy or girl, I will definitely get more serious about it because then I will know exactly what I want.

I still haven't felt the baby move, but I am thinking it will happen in the next few weeks.  The other night I was laying on my belly, and I got these pressure feelings in my lower tummy. It didn't hurt, but it was enough to make me roll over. I think that was the baby finding a way to tell me I was squishing him/her lol. :)

I'm a little nervous about my ultrasound.  I've just gotten my heart set on having a girl, and even though I know I will adore my little man if it is a boy, I think initially I'm going to be disappointed and it will be hard to hide that I'm not feeling ecstatic right at that moment.  However, after losing two sweet babies,  I know I will be grateful if I can just carry this little one full term and deliver a strong, healthy baby.  I have alot to be thankful for.

Our baby at 16 weeks :)

How your baby's growing:

Get ready for a growth spurt. In the next few weeks, your baby will double his weight and add inches to his length. Right now, he's about the size of avocado: 4 1/2 inches long (head to rump) and 3 1/2 ounces. His legs are much more developed, his head is more erect than it has been, and his eyes have moved closer to the front of his head. His ears are close to their final position, too. The patterning of his scalp has begun, though his locks aren't recognizable yet. He's even started growing toenails. And there's a lot happening inside as well. For example, his heart is now pumping about 25 quarts of blood each day, and this amount will continue to increase as your baby continues to develop.

Belly Photo of the Week :)

15 Weeks! :)

How your baby's growing:

Your growing baby now measures about 4 inches long, crown to rump, and weighs in at about 2 1/2 ounces (about the size of an apple). She's busy moving amniotic fluid through her nose and upper respiratory tract, which helps the primitive air sacs in her lungs begin to develop. Her legs are growing longer than her arms now, and she can move all of her joints and limbs. Although her eyelids are still fused shut, she can sense light. If you shine a flashlight at your tummy, for instance, she's likely to move away from the beam. There's not much for your baby to taste at this point, but she is forming taste buds. Finally, if you have an ultrasound this week, you may be able to find out whether your baby's a boy or a girl! (Don't be too disappointed if it remains a mystery, though. Nailing down your baby's sex depends on the clarity of the picture and on your baby's position. He or she may be modestly curled up or turned in such a way as to "hide the goods.")

14 Weeks :)

How your baby's growing:

This week's big developments: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around him — a process he'll keep up until birth. He can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch him sucking his thumb.

In other news: Your baby's stretching out. From head to bottom, he measures 3 1/2 inches — about the size of a lemon — and he weighs 1 1/2 ounces. His body's growing faster than his head, which now sits upon a more distinct neck. By the end of this week, his arms will have grown to a length that's in proportion to the rest of his body. (His legs still have some lengthening to do.) He's starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair, called lanugo, all over his body. Your baby's liver starts making bile this week — a sign that it's doing its job right — and his spleen starts helping in the production of red blood cells. Though you can't feel his tiny punches and kicks yet, your little pugilist's hands and feet (which now measure about 1/2 inch long) are more flexible and active.

First official baby bump picture :) 14 weeks

My Little One's Growth This Week ~ 13 Weeks ~

Fingerprints have formed on your baby's tiny fingertips, her veins and organs are clearly visible through her still-thin skin, and her body is starting to catch up with her head — which makes up just a third of her body size now. If you're having a girl, she now has more than 2 million eggs in her ovaries. Your baby is almost 3 inches long (about the size of a peach) and weighs nearly an ounce.