16 Weeks

I realize I haven't posted much about Baby #3 so I thought I'd give him/her a little blog time. Frankly, when it's your third time around you don't chart the milestones quite so closely. Plus with 2 other kids to chase there are times when I actually forget that I'm pregnant. Sorry baby!! I am determined to get more belly pics this time though. I only have a few from when I was pregnant with Wesley.

X brought me a book the other day and asked me "Mommy, is this my new Bible?". Turns out it was actually a week by week pregnancy book (easy mistake since they both are fairly thick books, ya know). Anyways, here's a little of what it says about the baby's development at 16 weeks:

Your baby is about 4 1/2 inches long and weighs about 2 3/4 oz.....fine lanugo hair covers your baby's head. The umbilical cord is attached to the abdomen....fingernails are well formed.....legs are longer than arms now and the arms and legs are moving.

I'm not sure if I've felt the baby move yet. I think I have, but it's hard to tell. I'm sure in the next week or two it will become more apparent. Thankfully I haven't been very sick with this pregnancy, just a few times here and there. I'm mostly just tired, but that is more attributed to my other kids I think :)

I'm starting to bust out the maternity clothes again. So far I've worn maternity jeans twice and 1 top. I hate this stage where you just look like you have a beer gut and nothing really fits. (which is exactly what I look like in the picture below!) Regular clothes are a little tight but maternity clothes are too big. My friend Ruth blessed me with a huge bag of clothes the other day so I'm excited to go through it and see what's going to be in my new wardrobe! This time around I'm pregnant in totally opposite seasons so I'm not going to be able to reuse some of my maternity clothes.

To date I've gained about 5lbs. I'm determined to do better than I did with Wes. I gave in to cravings for donuts waaaaayyyyy too often last time :)

We are starting to throw out some names and once again I'm realizing it's going to be quite a challenge to agree upon something. Good thing we still have some time!

So here's a quick pic of me and Baby #3.