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How far along: 30 weeks! (we're in the countdown now...10 weeks to go!) How big is baby: About the size of a butternut squash, or 17 inches long (pretty much at his birth height, just not as filled out). Weight is around 3.1 pounds (and he'll gain approximately 1/2 a pound each week from here [...]
July 2, 2015 Dear Jameson, Your cousin Madelyn was born last week! By the time you read this, the two of you might be teenagers (which makes my mind feel like it's going to explode), but right now she's a tiny little thing...only 5 pounds and 10 ounces when she popped out. And you're even [...]
How far along: 29 weeks How big is baby: About the size of a small cabbage, or 17 inches long (although that kind of depends on his genetics. He might be a bit smaller than that). Weight is around 2.9 pounds. Newest baby developments: He's growing white fat deposits under his skin, which is giving [...]
(28.5 weeks in this picture and featuring the handsome hubs, since I never got around to taking a solo picture for this week) How far along: 28 weeks - hellooo third trimester! How big is baby: About the size of an eggplant, or about 16 inches long. Weight is about 2.5 pounds (but he feels [...]
How far along: 27 weeks (Last week of the second trimester! How is that possible??) How big is baby: About the size of a cucumber, or about 15 inches long (the measurement is from his head to his feet now, instead of his head to his bottom). Weight is about 2.2 pounds. Newest baby developments: [...]
(featuring Charlie, my best puppy friend) How far along: 26 weeks How big is baby: About the size of an eggplant, or 10-11 inches long (but this could be off because the apps I have on my phone are giving me inconsistent information...). Weight is about 2 pounds! Newest baby developments: He can probably open [...]
How far along: 25 weeks How big is baby: About the size of a cauliflower, or 10-11 inches long (still). Weight is about 1.7 pounds. Newest baby developments: He's putting on more and more baby fat and filling out all over. He also has a sense of equilibrium now, so he can tell which way [...]
Our sweet baby boy finally has a name! I know some people choose to keep the name a secret until the baby is actually born (and we really thought about doing that too), but it's been so wonderful to actually refer to him by name that we decided it would be more fun for everyone [...]
How far along: 24 weeks How big is baby: About the size of a cantaloupe, or 10-11 inches long. Weight is about 1.5 pounds. Newest baby developments: He has hair now, including eyelashes and eyebrows! I wonder if he's a redhead like his daddy. 😉 His skin is also becoming more opaque (it used to [...]
How far along: 23 weeks (& one day) How big is baby: About the size of a grapefruit, or 10.5 inches. Weight is about a 1.2 pounds. Newest baby developments: He has wrinkly skin right now that's waiting to be filled up with chubby little baby fat and he'll double in weight by the end [...]
Milk with a Meal 