Week #20: Halfway Point!!!

Every Sunday, which is when my pregnancy week begins, I read the write-up on that specific week from my "What to Expect" book. Then, throughout the week on lunch, I continue to google things about that week of pregnancy. So since I don't have many updates since my last post, I'll just go ahead and share what I've read for 20 weeks - the halfway point!

• Silly Baby is the size of a cantaloupe
• Silly Baby's digestive system is busy creating meconium (a tarry black substance made of swallowed amniotic fluid, digestive secretion and dead cells), which will fill the first diaper after birth. And, speaking of the diaper situation... Silly Baby's genitals are now fully formed!
• Silly Baby's little delicate bones continue to ossify and toughen while their itsy bitsy finger and toe pads are finishing up.
• S/he little monkey now has teeth buds, although they’re hidden beneath the gum line.
• Their limbs have reached their relative proportions—no more alien baby!
• Their cute pink lips are more defined, and might be helping out in a bit of prenatal thumb-sucking.
• What’s more, eyelashes and eyebrows are also visible. At this point, your little one really looks like a miniature baby—and we do mean miniature as your little swimmer currently weighs a mere eighth of their final birth weight. With half the pregnancy behind you, the most significant gains are yet to come!

As for mommy & daddy, we began crib shopping over the weekend in Milwaukee. Grandma Simon will be buying Silly Baby their crib! Thanks, Grandma! While we did find one we really like, we are going to continue to browse. We will making our decision and getting our crib by the end of February, as we officially begin "nesting."