My How Baby Has Grown

Today we went for our 16/17 week checkup and also got an ultrasound. It's amazing to see how far Baby Lamont has come from the 8 week ultrasound when he or she was just a little tiny blob the size of a raspberry....


To the 16 week 6 day ultrasound where they look like an actual baby!


Baby Lamont is now the size of an avocado (5 inches crown to rump) and his or her head is measuring at 17 weeks. It must be that big brain! All of Helen's anatomy looked good from the inside. Her bump is even measuring 17 weeks too, despite it's small size.

Next ultrasound is the BIG one-- January 4!

Thanksgiving

This weekend we celebrated Thanksgiving with our family, (newly) extended family, and friends. Joey and Meg hosted both of their families (including parents, grandparents, siblings, in-laws, and cousins) at their new house. We were even lucky enough to have Ashlee join for the festivities. There was a TON of delicious food and great company.

We even took the opportunity to take a picture with Baby Lamont

(although Helen is only 16 weeks 2 days, she pushed out for this picture--in reality, even after all the yummy Thanksgiving food, the bump is not very big).

AND on Friday, Joey and Meg got engaged! We are so thrilled for them! Welcome to the family, Meg :-)

14 weeks: PRICELESS

We have finally let the secret out that Baby Lamont is expected on May 11, 2010. As you may know, sharing the news (and the reactions) has been quite "priceless," leaving more than one family member and one tall, loquacious professional usher speechless. It's so nice to be able to share our joy with our family and friends at last.

Anyway, enough about us, let's talk about the Munchkin. At week 14, Baby Lamont "...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."