Cantaloupe

20 weeks pregnant, 20 weeks to go, and Baby Sophie is about the size of a cantaloupe!

Our sweet little munchkin is about 6.5 inches from head to bum and weighs a little less than average, around 10 ounces. I feel our Sophie bouncing around in my belly on a daily basis now! She is active at night and while I'm sitting still for long periods of time. Maybe it's just me, but she seems to like up-beat music, too!

"This week you're carrying around 10.5 inches (head to toe) and about 10.5 ounces of solid magical baby goodness!  Your fantastic fetus' fragile tiny bones continue to ossify and toughen while her itsy bitsy finger and toe pads (and unique finger prints) are finishing up.  Your little womb-dancer also has teeth buds sprouting beneath her gum line.  And finally! Your wee one's limbs have reached their relative proportions — no more bobble-head!  Her little pink lips are more defined, and might be helping out in a bit of prenatal thumb-sucking.  And in a final anti-alien development: the first of her tiny eyelashes and eyebrows are now present.  Essentially, your little one really does looks like a miniature baby — and we do mean miniature - your little swimmer currently weighs a mere eighth of their birth weight.  Good work mama! You're bakin' a beautiful baby and you're already half-done!" Baby Gaga

We're starting to finalize our baby registry, now that we know our baby is a girl!!! Baby Sophie. We love the name more than anything! Her middle name is still up in the air. We are teetering between Kayleen and Ann: both family middle names and important to each of us. Like I wrote in last week's post, we'll reveal Sophie's middle name when she comes into the world!

Still no weight gain on my end. I lost another pound, according to my Dr. appointment last week. That makes me 8 pounds down from pre-pregnancy weight. My doctor isn't worried about my continued weight loss, since I am eating steadily and started out over-weight as it was. No worries!

We're planning a trip (that has been delayed over and over) to visit my side of the family (Mom and Dave) in mid-August! We are so excited to see them and I'm happy that Drew will finally get to meet Dave's family.

We bought a futon (at a yard sale for an amazing price!) in preparation of our moms coming to visit when Sophie is born. We are also doing a lot of deep cleaning and moving furniture around so that it's easier up-keep in the coming months. Sophie, we are more anxious every day to meet you!