14 WEEKS!!!!!!

Hey there blog world! It has been quite a while, I know. I had a post up right after the ultrasound but Kyle got a little upset because he was afraid everyone would see the pictures before we got a chance to show them to the people who live close to us. So I deleted it. Sorry about that! I'll try to add a few pics to the end of this post for those who haven't seen our beautiful little Clumpy yet. The reason I haven't posted since is because I have been CRAZY busy at work. It has been insane!!!! Stupid hackers is all I have to say about it...and now, I'll move on to bigger and better things!

I am almost almost in week 14. Tomorrow is when Babycenter.com will send out my little newsletter letting me see Clumpy's supposed size and actions for the week. However, being the ingenious internet person that I am, I skipped on over there this morning and checked out week 14 before they had time to send me the newsletter.

Clumpy McClump Clump is now the length of a lemon! WOOHOO!! He/she is slowly making it through the fruits. I honestly cannot wait for the little booger to be pumpkin-sized...only 26 more weeks to go!

Babycenter.com also says, "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."

Look! Clumpy actually might have a face and fingers and ears and a head that doesn't look forty million sizes too big for his/her little body. It is just amazing!!!!

We head off to the doctor again on the 6th at 10:15. I am also taking that day off work to go car shopping...woop! It'll be a great day. Hopefully, and almost positively, we will be able to hear the heartbeat this time and just make sure everything is good with me. :)

Now on to the ultrasound pics...

This one is my absolute favorite! I just want to pick him/her up!