25 Weeks... about 103 days to go!

Holy cow!! I can't believe I'm 25 weeks already. Where has the time gone? Our first visit with the midwife went really well and I think Gary really enjoyed hearing the heartbeat for the first time in person. We have our next visit June 2nd and two more scheduled after that. I can't believe I'm hitting the every two weeks so soon. Wow... before we know it our little bundle will be here! I start my Biology class, Field Botany, next week and look forward to the challenge. Our wee one is kicking right now but they're still pretty little. :) Gary and I had a good weekend... he had to work but we had Billy and Courtney (his cousin and wife) over and we grilled out. I spent Sunday (mommy to be day) with my family in Independence. It was a great day! My Baby: The fetus weighs in at 1 1/2 to 2 pounds this week, and measures about a foot from head to toe. Though still skinny and wrinkly (skin hangs loosely until the fetus develops more baby fat), she's growing rapidly and starting to fill the space in your uterus. You'll feel her kicks and pokes more strongly with each passing week, with kick-strength peaking in about a month when she gets too crowded to do anything but squirm. Baby's Length: 8.5-9 in. Baby's Weight: 1.5-2 lbs. Baby's Size: 5 lb. bag of flour How your baby's growing: Head to heels, your baby now measures about 13 1/2 inches. Her weight — a pound and a half — isn't much more than an average rutabaga, but she's beginning to exchange her long, lean look for some baby fat. As she does, her wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and she'll start to look more and more like a newborn. She's also growing more hair — and if you could see it, you'd now be able to discern its color and texture.