25 Weeks

It's amazing how quickly time is flying. In a mere 15 weeks, we'll have a real, live baby to love, cherish, and care and provide for. Thinking about where we were 15 weeks ago, it doesn't seem very long at all. Surely the next 15 weeks will pass just as quickly, if not moreso. Yet, we truly cannot wait!

This week, the baby is about 13 1/2 inches long. He weighs in somewhere around 2 pounds, or about the size of a large rutabaga. All that energy that has been going into developing key organs and such now begins being used to put on weight. At this point, he's going to begin putting on about a quarter pound a week, and soon that will increase to half a pound a week. Another key development this week is that his hair begins to take on color. Up until now, it's been white. Given that both Mike and I have brown hair, I'd guess his will be brown, too, but there can always be surprises! He's also developing more distinct patterns of sleep-time and awake-time at this point. Each morning, when my alarm goes off at the ripe hour of 5:15am, he's definitely awake already, so we'll have to see what we can do about that when he arrives!

We have another doctor's appointment later this week on Thursday just to check in. Before this appointment, I get to drink a nice tasty concoction that they described as flat, super-sugary orange soda. I then have to go have my blood drawn for a glucose tolerance test. That should be fun! Other than that, it will just be your standard check-up.