Warning----there is a lot of stuff in this post!----I'm just sayin'----be prepared! :)
16 weeks pregnant on April 21st! Here is how our baby is growing now:
Your baby is already mugging for the camera as she practices all sorts of facial expressions, such as squinting, yawning and grimacing, which will come in handy when you introduce her to pureed spinach.
Check out what else is happening in utero:
- Your baby is already mugging for the camera as she practices all sorts of facial expressions, such as squinting, yawning and grimacing, which will come in handy when you introduce her to pureed spinach. Check out what else is happening in utero:
- You're just getting comfortable with being a new mom, but you're actually on the road to being a grandma. If your baby is a girl, her uterus is fully developed and the ovaries already hold primitive egg cells. Did that just make you feel a thousand years old, or what?
- Your baby's skin is still translucent and wrinkly, not unlike an old man's, but more fat will soon accumulate under the dermas to plump her out. If you could peer inside right now, you'd be able to see all of her veins under her skin. And speaking of veins, your baby's heart now pumps about 25 quarts of blood per day, and she hasn't even seen Orlando Bloom yet! Also, her eyes are now locked and loaded at their final destination, facing forward rather than to the sides. (Whew!)
- This is the week women get an amniocentesis, if their doc recommends it. In addition to supplying doctors with a boatload of info about the baby's health, amnios are also more than 99 percent accurate in determining what version of baby you'll be having. So if you want to know and you're getting an amnio, now's a great time to find out for sure.
- Your baby weighs about 3 ounces this week and measures between 4 and 5 inches, about the length of your mascara.
We will hopefully find out the sex of Baby J in about 2 weeks, and we can't wait! Mom took me shopping for maternity clothes on Wednesday night and it's crazy how much they accentuate the bump! (btw, thanks mom, I love you and owe you big time!!) It looks like my belly has doubled already (but yes, I know....it will get HUGE)! I'm thankful that I've been feeling great and I can actually enjoy being pregnant. Here is the belly picture for 16 weeks:
Finally, I have uploaded the Baby Announcement video we made along with the reaction shots we got of family. They are below!
First off---the announcement video. As most of y'all know, Jeff and I do a little videography business on the side (check it out here: www.highrockfilms.com.) We told our family that we had created a short "commercial" for our business and wanted to show it to them. We sort of prefaced it by saying we wanted to compare simple photos to actual video footage, and how important video can really be. Obviously we wanted to surprise everyone with the news and not give them any idea what we were really announcing. It worked because everyone told us they had no idea! Check out the announcement below:
We told my family on a ski trip at the end of February. Here is the video of their reaction (mainly mom's)....she didn't get it at first. And dad's reaction is great...."Son of a b*tch!" haha But Robert's was the best....he didn't know the camera caught him being a little emotional. Good thing he'll be a "kick-ass uncle" I can't wait! :)
Then we shared the video with Jeff's family the Friday night we got back from the ski trip. Here is the camera on Jackie, Jay and Jacy:
And here is the camera that was focused on Don & Sybil:
Glad to have those posted! Hope everyone enjoys! :)
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Amanda and Jake came up this past weekend to visit. Along with surviving the horrible tornados that blew through, the boys went hunting turkeys and we did some baby gender tests! Here are a few pics from the weekend:
We did a few gender tests at home to see what they would predict the sex of Baby J to be. Here is a video of the tests, followed by pictures of the intelligender results.
So, according to our tests, Baby J could be a boy. We will find out how accurate they are soon!
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