A turnip?? Really??

Ok, so I'm having some trouble staying on task, but it's because of work. I've been away from the house for 3 weeks and haven't exactly had much time to be blogging about the baby, so unfortunately week 17 is going to be a short and sweet review of what happened in my baby's life a week ago. Ooops!

According to Baby Center, our little one weighed 5 ounces and was 5 inches long from Crown to Rump, about the size of a turnip. Now, I have a little bone to pick with this week's fruit/veggie comparison. Last week was awesome and really cute to say. "Ooooo...my little aguacate (avocado in Spanish)." Everyone thought it was cute and loved when I said something about my little aguacate. All the other ones have been cute and likeable:

week 4 - poppy seed (who doesn't like that little opiate they put on top of muffins?)
week 5 - sesame seed (sure does taste good on my General Tso's chicken!)
week 6 - sweet pea
week 7 - blueberry
week 8 - kidney bean
week 9 - grape
week 10 - kumquat (not sure what this is exactly, but it's fun to say)
week 11 - fig
week 12 - lime
week 13 - medium shrimp (not so much a fruit or veggie, put still awesome!)
week 14 - lemon
week 15 - apple
week 16 - avocado

Such a wonderful cornucopia of beloved foods, so great to compare to a newly formed life and then we have to go and throw in a turnip...a turnip! It's not even fun to say in Spanish "nabo". Who likes them? No one I know! How many people have seen a turnip? Such a waste of a comparision. Other sites compare it to the size of an onion, which I must admit is equally as disappointing. A smelly, layered veggie that makes you cry and grows funny little brown eyes on it as it goes bad. Awesome! That would mean you are comparing my baby to an ogre (if you're confused, please watch Shrek!)

Oh well, at least for only one week of the development so far as my beloved Baby Center failed me. I guess in some ways the baby will be like an onion at some point. They are smelly, from what I gather of those who have ever changed the first poop diaper and for several after that one. They do have multiple layers to their personality, most of which we will probably never really understand (what is THAT cry for???). And they will make me cry at times, of this I have no doubt. Especially when I'm going on 3 months of sleep deprivation and sensory overload.

Well, that's enough of my turnip inspired rant. Please, oh please, Baby Center give me something to compare to next week!

As for what was developing in my little pumpkin, apparently the skeleton is slowly changing and starting to go from soft cartilage to bone and the umbilical cord is getting stronger and thicker. She can also move her joints and her sweat glands are developing as well. Lisa also says that the baby is frolicking through her womb, swimming back and forth during her waking hours. She's sucking her thumb, playing with the umbilical cord, doing somersaults, etc.

Enough for this week. Pumpkin, please hurry and get here! I can't wait to see you and all of your wonderful baby cuteness!