HALFWAY!!!

It is SO hard to believe that we are halfway through this pregnancy- it really is going by quickly! I don't feel like I am even showing at all really- I am not really wearing maternity clothes yet so unless I am wearing a fitted shirt I look like I might just be a little soft around the middle :) Im sure I will pop out sometime in the next few weeks though.

I have been feeling this little guy alot more frequently- I first felt him about 3 weeks ago but it was just tiny flutters. Now I feel what seems to be turns and somersalts in there. In fact, I woke Corey up a few mornings ago because he was literally kicking me awake so I put Corey's hand on my belly and he was able to feel him in there thumping away as well :)

I am trying to truly enjoy this pregnancy and savor all of it- the good and the uncomfortable that is to come. This is for SURE our last one- I will be getting "tied up" when I deliver this one so he will definitely be completing our family. I can't believe how excited I am to have a little boy- I never imagined myself with a little boy but now as I shop for little clothes with dinosaurs and trucks on them I just can't wait to meet this little guy! Lily might be the most excited of us all; she is constantly wanting to kiss "my brudda" and always says goodnight with "Goodnight Mommy, Goodnight baby brudda". Makes my heart want to just explode in a million pieces.

Here is what is going on with little one this week:

Your baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now. He'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 his head to his bottom — the "crown to rump" measurement. After 20 weeks, he's measured from head to toe.)He's swallowing more these days, which is good practice for his digestive system. He's also producing meconium, a black, sticky by-product of digestion. This gooey substance will accumulate in his bowels, and you'll see it in his first soiled diaper (some babies pass meconium in the womb or during delivery).See what your baby looks like this week.