Second Trimester!!!

Yea! I am officially at 14 weeks. That puts me out of the dreaded 1st trimester. I cant believe how good, and normal I feel again. I am anxiously awaiting feeling flutters of baby!!!

Sorry no photos this week. I am on my last and final days of designing Snap Fitness' new corporate website. It is crunch time, and just a tad stressful! This is also my busiest time with the photography company. Fall is the time of year everyone things of getting family photos.

Andy is also in his busy season of sales. Leaving around 6 and not getting home until 7, he is usually sleeping on the couch after dinner. :)

Though things are a little stressful at the moment, we are very thankful for our jobs!

Stay warm, and thanks for checking in! :)

Here is what is going on at 14 weeks:

How your baby's growing:
This week's big developments: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around him — a process he'll keep up until birth. He can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch him sucking his thumb.

In other news: Your baby's stretching out. From head to bottom, he measures 3 1/2 inches — about the size of a lemon — and he weighs 1 1/2 ounces. His body's growing faster than his head, which now sits upon a more distinct neck. By the end of this week, his arms will have grown to a length that's in proportion to the rest of his body. (His legs still have some lengthening to do.) He's starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair, called lanugo, all over his body. Your baby's liver starts making bile this week — a sign that it's doing its job right — and his spleen starts helping in the production of red blood cells. Though you can't feel his tiny punches and kicks yet, your little pugilist's hands and feet (which now measure about 1/2 inch long) are more flexible and active.