Week 21!

We have now technically crossed the halfway point!

It truly is through the grace of God and your many prayers that I have made it this far.

Positively I would like to say that the past few days I have been feeling more like myself. Food is starting to taste relatively normal again and I have had more energy to fulfill my tasks as wife and mother. This week I have a cold coming on and so that has sapped my strength.

One item for prayer - for some reason I have not been able to sleep well the past few weeks. No matter how tired I am at nap or bed time it takes me about 2 hours to finally fall asleep and then I don't sleep that well. This is extremely frustrating.

We talk with Jeremiah a lot about our "baby in mama's tummy." Now if we ask him where our baby is he pulls up my shirt and rubs my tummy. Cute. As we think about names we like we ask Jeremiah to pronounce them - we are trying to make sure that he can say the baby's name too.

Check out what our little boy is up to this week!

Fetal development in pregnancy week 21:

Your beautiful little miracle-gro baby will be putting on a full ounce and a half this week (up to 16.5 oz), but that’s just the beginning! Within the next five weeks, they’ll really be packin’ it on! For now, we’re pleased to report the addition of rapid eye movement (REM) a key component to any baby’s healthy sleep schedule. And in the dermatology department: their thin soft skin is very red, failry translucent, and a bit wrinkled. Not to worry, it’s not a premature aging disease. It's just their clever little body setting them up with extra space that will smooth out once your little one starts packing on the baby-fat. That won’t be for a few more weeks, though. So for the time being, your munchkin is still a little lean mean growing machine! The beginnings of what is commonly called “brown fat” is just starting to fill in to help your baby retain some body heat, which is crucial as they’re not yet capable of regulating their own body temperature