14 weeks

here we are ... 14 weeks. 

momma's baby is 14 weeks old in her tummy.

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.

pretty amazing, right?

mommy has had a rough first trimester. 

we are hoping she is rounding her corner to feeling back to herself.

pregnancy is such a happy time, and we are very grateful. 

but to briefly share, the post-partum fairy visited us early this time, and mommy feels a lot like she felt after i was born.

we know this will pass, and frankly, i can't tell the difference. 

but mommy can.

good thing she has been to bring a smile to her face during some tough times.

i am mighty cute.