Week 14

So, like I said in the last blog, they changed our date again so that now we are 15 weeks, meaning I never got to do a week 14 blog. So, just so you don't miss anything in our little pumpkin's development, I'm going to post the info and a picture from week 14. It seems like this pregnancy is flying by. We are already 3 1/2 months in and into our second trimester. It is awesome and every single day I get more and more excited about being a dad. 

According to Baby Center, this week's big developments are: she can squint, frown, grimace (no, not the purple guy from Mc Donalds), pee, and possibly suck her thumb! Also, she is starting to form facial expressions and working out those facial muscles. Her kidneys are producing urine, which like I said before she is letting loose into her big uterine swimming pool...hehe. She can also grasp, which means she can start sucking her thumb, begin making fists, etc.

Finally, the body is starting to grow and stretch out, with her body growing faster than her head, thank God, and she is starting to look more proportionate. This week, the baby measured 3.5 inches, about the size of a lemon, and weighed 1.5 ounces. Her arms have grown in length and are now in right proportion to the rest of her body, although her legs still have some growing to do. And, interestingly enough, apparently her body has started developing an ultra-fine layer of hair all over her body called lanugo. Being covered from head to toe in hair, that comes from me. =)

Her liver is making bile and her spleen is helping produce red blood cells. She is also thrashing around, punching and kicking, which we saw on the ultrasound, but still is a little small for Lisa to feel anything. Her hands and feet measure about half a inch long and she is more flexible and active.