15 weeks - Over a third of the way!

After our wonderful ultrasound this last week, I'm very pumped about this whole pregnancy. Seeing the baby bigger and moving around was awesome and hearing the little heartbeat made the pregnancy more real. I guess when we first saw her and she was so small, it was real but still felt a little like a dream. Now that we've seen her moving, seen the face and eyes, watched her suck her little thumb, and heard the heartbeat, it all seems more real.

The exciting news in our baby's life this weeks is that she now measures 4 inches in length and weighs about 2.5 ounces, which is roughly the size of an apple or navel orange. Let me just restate how much I love that Baby Center relates my baby's size to something I can understand: food. =)

She is now moving the amniotic fluid (yes the same stuff she pees into) through her little nose (a little gross) and her respiratory tract, which helps the little air sacs in her lungs develop and grow. Her legs are growing longer than her arms now, which is nice to know that she won't be a monkey. She can move all her little joints and limbs now. Even though her eyelids are still fused shut, she can now start to sense light. Her taste buds are forming, though she doesn't have anything really to test them out on. You gotta wait for that one kid!

We are getting really excited and actually starting to make plans for a nursery, talking about furniture and colors. Of course, we don't know the sex of the baby officially yet. If the baby decides to cooperate we'll see that on May 25th when we go back for our next ultrasound. I must admit that I'm a dork, just a little bit. As I mentioned previously, I recorded the sound of my little pumpkin's heartbeat on my phone, which I then transferred to my computer and iPod. I listen to it at least once a day. =) It's the most beautiful sound in the world and every time I hear it, I fall a little bit more in love with my little blessing from God.