20 WEEKS!!! HALF WAY THERE!!!

New News! Baby's now the size of a cantaloupe! Baby gulps down several ounces of amniotic fluid every day, both for nutrition and to practice swallowing and digesting. And, these days, those taste buds actually work! Studies show that after birth, babies respond best to tastes they've already had via amniotic fluid. Meaning, think about what you'd like your future child to eat as you prepare your own lunch. 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 - he 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).

HAPPY EASTER SUNDAY!!! I am officially half way through pregnancy now! It's gone by super fast and I feel the rest will fly by as well! I know he's starting to grow faster and faster each week- sometimes I literally feel likes he's grown overnight! I think now I will really start to become big, since I only have a tiny bump now! I am so excited to finally shop as well since I know he is a BOY! That's about all that I have now, but thanks for reading!! GO BUTLER!!!