21 weeks already!

My Baby
By the end of this week, your baby will measure about 7 inches from crown to rump and tip the scales at nearly a pound. Not too shabby for someone who barely weighed an ounce 10 weeks ago! Part of her growth spurt is likely because her stomach is now equipped to start absorbing energy-boosting nutrients from the amniotic fluid she's swallowing in there. (But most of your baby's nourishment is still coming directly from the placenta.)
Your baby's hearing is becoming even more fine-tuned now. In addition to making out your heartbeat, stomach rumblings, pulsing blood vessels, and your voice resonating inside the uterus, she can also hear sounds and conversations coming from the world outside of Mama. So have your partner chat her up regularly, too! This doesn't have to be nightly renditions of Goodnight Moon, by the way. You can each read regular books or mags aloud, sing along with the radio, or even just give baby a brief recap of your day -- especially all the parts where you couldn't stop thinking about her!

I can't believe I've passed the halfway mark already! It's amazing, and very exciting! It's starting to really hit me that there is a little life that I'm building, and everything! I'm still trying to get the bedroom organized, and there is still some stuff I know I need for the bedroom, but I'm trying not to stress about it yet. The baby it still a ways off from coming, so I don't need it all tomorrow. I'd just like to be able to get the room organized, so the biggest thing I'd like to get soon would be a bookcase and a little table to go in the room to put my lamp on. I'll probably check freecycle for both of those, which will save some money!