21 weeks!!!

it has been a good but tiring week.  we got back from vacation and are getting settled and back to our routine, but bowie is teething and although she is fine during the day she is keeping us up at night as she is in pain and uncomfortable.  this pregger mama feels hungover the next day with lack of sleep.  we have company staying with us, so i have been eating like i am on vacation as well.  between california and guests i have put on a couple of pounds, almost bringing me back to my pre-pregnancy weight.  i am thinking that it will probably start to stick by now.

we also had a check up this week and another ultrasound to grab a few pics they couldn't get last time.  everything is looking good and doctor is happy with progression.  although the appointment left me feeling extremely sad.  we got there for our ultrasound and checked in and they warned us we may have to wait to see the doctor because she delivered a baby that morning and was running a few minutes behind.  luckily we didn't have to wait too long and when she did get to us she sat down and then immediately got pulled out of our appointment by a nurse.  she came back about 15 minutes later and was clearly upset and teary eyed.  she said that one of her patients just had an ultrasound and had a full term demise.  the sonographer didn't want to tell her the news, so she grabbed the doctor.  it reminds me once again how blessed i feel to be more than half way there with a healthy babe and just how fragile and delicate this process is.  i have been very on edge with this pregnancy and will most likely be that way until i am holding my baby.  but my heart broke for that family and the feeling stuck with me for days.

this little guy is very active and i feel more movement throughout the day and at other times than when laying down.  at night when we go to bed jarad will always put his hand on my belly and see if he can feel anything.  and this week he could feel him kicking around.  i'm excited to be able to see my belly move, that is always fun and crazy.  i feel like the biggest physical change for me this week is my boobs, they feel like they did when i was breastfeeding bowie, ouch!

baby milestones:

~hair is growing on baby's head
~facial features are formed
~bone marrow is making blood cells
~baby's intestines are absorbing small amounts of sugar ingested from amniotic fluid
~baby can blink and eyelashes and eyebrows are formed
~baby should be about 11 inches long and almost 13 oz, but we know this guy is big!
~baby is the size of a cantaloupe