Week 18

Apologies for missing a week.  It was the week of Thanksgiving.  Busy, Busy week to say the least.  But I'm back.  :)

We had a lovely Thanksgiving.  We invited some friends over (one family had never celebrated Thanksgiving before).  It was really nice with lots and lots of food.  EM woke up everyday asking for turkey and came home every day asking for turkey.  LOL. I finally had to kill the turkey (much to EM's dislike). We froze most of the meat and made stock out of the rest. 

Every phase that EM gets to, I'm convinced that this is the best and I worry about the next phase he'll enter.  While he certainly has his moments, he is the most awesomest three year old little thing.  Last night, I was doing a load of laundry and he asked to smell the fabic softener.  "Mmmm, dadiscious"  was his response.  :)  This morning, I was out of the Cheerios that he likes to snack on in the morning, I gave him prunes instead - sure that they would be rejected.  He responded with another "dadiscious" followed quickly by "thanks Mom.  You're the best mom ever?"  I like that he put the question mark at the end, like I'm supposed to confirm this.  I just smile.  I remember when he was a babe and he would poop and pee and puke on me and then smile the biggest toothless smile.  Then the next day he would pee on himself (which was hillarious.)  I remember being so excited when he started talking, walking, eating, etc.  I was so utterly in love and amazed that his daddy and I created this little being.  I've been in love since minute one, in fact I wanted to make another right after the doctor gave the green light.  :)  So happy that we have another on the way and that this new addition will have an awesome big brother from which to learn the ways of the world.

Babylove #2 is doing great.  Doing a superb job of stretching out my belly and growing.  Head to rump, baby is about 5 1/2 inches long (about the length of a bell pepper) and he weighs almost 7 ounces. He's busy flexing his arms and legs — movements that you'll start noticing more and more in the weeks ahead. His blood vessels are visible through his thin skin, and his ears are now in their final position, although they're still standing out from his head a bit. A protective covering of myelin is beginning to form around his nerves, a process that will continue for a year after he's born. If you're having a girl, her uterus and fallopian tubes are formed and in place. If you're having a boy, his genitals are noticeable now, but he may hide them from you during an ultrasound.

EM is convinced that baby is not one, but two and he thinks they are both girls.  Daddy thinks it's a girl, too. I'm holding out hope for ...  What do you think we're having?