22 weeks

I can't believe how fast each week is flying by! I feel like I was JUST 20 weeks and now I am already 22. These past few days this little boy has been going crazy moving around! On Sunday morning, I was watching TV and out of the corner of my eye I saw my belly just moving all around. So that was really cool, for like 5 minutes I was just watching him. I find myself already running out of room in a lot of my clothes haha.

Andy been really working hard in his room. He's almost done sanding and yesterday he put up some new dry wall on the back wall. He's doing a really great job on it. We bought paint on Friday. And now I am looking for carpeting. I'll probably buy furniture within the next few weeks.

Here are my 22 week baby bump pics and what the room looks like now:






Here is what is going on with baby this week:



from thenest.com

Guess what? Your baby has finally broken the one-pound mark. How heavy is that? Hold a one-pound box of sugar in your hand the next time you're in the grocery story (and expect people to ask you why you're grinning from ear to ear). Is the box eight inches long? That's about the length your baby is too!

This week, your sweetie is making more sense of the world as he or she develops the sense of touch. In fact, your little one's grip is quite developed by now — and since there's nothing else to grab in utero, he or she may sometimes hold on tight to that umbilical cord (don't worry — it's tough enough to handle it). The sense of sight is also getting more developed. Your fetus can now perceive light and dark much better than before (even with those fused eyelids). But remember — unless you're shining a flashlight over your belly (which you can do, by the way), it'll be mostly dark for your baby inside that cozy womb of yours.

Moving up from the eyes, the eyelashes and eyebrows are well formed now — and even more hair is sprouting atop that cute little head. You'd be quite surprised, though, if you could see your little one up close and in color. Hair at this stage of fetal development has no pigment, so it's bright white

from whattoexpect.com

21 week baby bump

Here I am at 21 weeks:

Meet....

OUR SON!!!


*giggle*

21 weeks!

We now officially have less weeks to go til baby than weeks finished! Holy cow! 19 more weeks! How crazy is that!?!?!

Hopefully this coming weekend we can get started on the nursery. We went last Thursday and started our registry at Babies R Us. That was fun hehe. I still have quite a few more little things to add to it, I just wanted to do some more research on things like a swing vs. bouncy seat and a high chair. We also need to find some furniture. There is a lot of nice stuff. I want something to last and last.

I have a Dr's appointment tomorrow.



from thenest.com

At about seven inches in length and almost 11 ounces in weight, your baby is about the size of a large banana.

By now, your baby swallows at least several ounces of amniotic fluid each day — not only for hydration and nutrition, but also to practice swallowing and digesting — skills your baby will need as soon as he or she arrives in your arms. And keep this in mind: The taste of the amniotic fluid differs from day to day depending on what you've eaten (spicy enchilada one day, sweet carrots another). And that smorgasbord of tastes won't be lost on your baby. That's because your little one has very developed taste buds already. In fact, researchers have noted that babies who were exposed to certain tastes in utero via the amniotic fluid were more eager to eat foods with that same taste after birth. Want your baby to eat his or her broccoli later? Eat yours now!

Your developing baby still has a great deal of room in your womb — though like anyone who lives in one space for a long time, this tenant will soon begin to feel cramped. Until those uterine walls start closing in, however, there's plenty of space for twisting, turning, and even an occasional somersault (so that's what you were feeling last night!).

With all that belly dancing going on, it's hard to believe your baby gets any sleep at all. But believe it or not, your fetus sleeps as much as a newborn, perhaps 12 to 14 hours per day! (Now if only you could get some sleep!)



from whattoexpect.com -- I guess I have a big baby...he was 13 oz at 20 weeks hahahaa.

BABY LEW IS A....

BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We're having a son!!!!!! I keep giggling everytime I say it haha. Everything looks wonderful -- heart, brain, kidneys, all of his limbs, etc. His heart rate was 144bmp and he already weighs 13 oz!!! If you ask me, I'm going to have an Andy Junior. If you look at Andy's profile vs. the baby's profile, it is ALL him. I'll post pictures as soon as I can get them scanned.

Here are the beautiful flowers and card that I got from the daddy-to-be on my mommy-to-be Mother's Day:




And my 20 week baby bump:

20 weeks!

I cannot believe I am half way through already. Where has the time gone to?! 12 weeks ago I saw my baby for the very first time and now tomorrow we finally **HOPEFULLY** know what Baby Lew is! Please send lots of OPEN LEG VIBES haahaa. The baby is moving around like a crazy one today, which means probably tomorrow it'll be sleepy hahaa. I just started this weekend being able to feel the baby from the outside just a little poke here and there.



from thenest.com


You've got a heavyweight in your belly now (well, in baby terms, anyway). Your little champ weighs about ten ounces and has a height, crown to rump, of about six and a half inches. Think small cantaloupe (and probably as sweet too).

Is it a boy cantaloupe or a girl cantaloupe? You'll be able to find out your baby's gender via the ultrasound by this point. If you're carrying a girl fetus, her uterus is fully formed this week and her vaginal canal is starting its development (which means that in about twenty-five or thirty-some-odd years, she could be just where you're at, Grandma!). She also has primitive eggs in her tiny little ovaries now, seven million of them — though by the time she's born, that number will be down to two million (still more than she could ever hope to use). And interestingly, your baby girl will be born with all the eggs she'll ever have.


Have you got male? If your fetus is a boy, his testicles have begun their descent this week, though they're still located in the abdomen, waiting for the scrotum to finish growing so they'll have a place to drop into in a few weeks.

Though the external genitals in both male and female fetuses still have a way to grow, you should be able to find out the sex of your baby (if you want to) during an ultrasound exam.

from whattoexpect.com

19 week baby bump

19 weeks!

Where in the world is the time going!?! I cannot believe only 8 more days until my big ultrasound! And only 8 more days until I am 1/2 way through. I am starting to feel really antsy to get things done in the baby's room. Hopefully after next week we can get started! Nothing else is really going on, still waiting to feel those nice strong kicks and Andy is waiting to feel it too. But for now I will settle for the wiggles I get haha.


from thenest.com

Six inches long this week and about eight ounces in weight, your baby is the size of a large mango.

Your little action figure is able to choreograph Matrix-like moves by now. Arms and legs are finally in proportion, neurons are now connected between the brain and muscles, and cartilage throughout the body is turning to bone. All these upgrades combine to give your baby more control over limb movements. Which explains all that kicking, stretching, and bodysurfing (or rather bellysurfing) you've possibly started feeling by now.

Something else going on this week: Your baby is getting a cheesy varnish. Say what? Yup — a protective substance called vernix caseosa (vernix is the Latin word for varnish; caseosa is cheese) now covers your baby's skin. It's greasy and white and is made up of lanugo (that downy hair), oil from your baby's glands, and dead skin cells. This waxy "cheese" may not sound too appetizing or attractive, but it's there for good reason: Vernix protects your baby's sensitive skin from the surrounding amniotic fluid. Without it, your baby would look very wrinkled at birth (sort of what you'd look like if you soaked in a bath for nine months). Some babies — especially those born early — will still be covered with vernix at the delivery, so you might get a look at your baby's first anti-wrinkle cream

from whattoexpect.com

18 week baby bump