17 Weeks

"Your baby is approximately 5 inches long (crown to rump) and weighs just less than 5 ounces. He or she should weigh more than the placenta from this point on. Since your baby's hearing has become more finely tuned, he or she may respond to loud noises and you may feel movement at the sound of large trucks passing or a slamming door. Epidermal (skin) and fatty tissue are developing all over your baby's body to protect it after it is born and a substance called vernix is beginning to form on the skin tissue to protect it from the long exposure to amniotic fluid."

Well, this will be a special week for Jellybean. We're gonna go visit our Texas family! Tim and I are flying down Thursday and flying home Tuesday. I'm all prepared to have my belly poked and patted - it's what family does. And I can't wait for Tim's momma to spoil me rotten with her yummy cooking... It will just be so nice to be with family right now. The only family I've been able to see so far has been baby brother Andy and Tim's pops. A girl need to be with her family when she's pregnant!